RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI

Here is input from Paul Corner regarding a minimum sized BDI install.

A couple of notes for your EMC minimum spec page - I have a basic BDI system
running on a 420Mb drive that was automatically partitioned :

hda1 /boot 8Mb 27% used
hda5 / 350Mb 78% used
hda6 Swap 42Mb

I have set BDI up with just a / and a swap. I think I gave / about 1 gig and
swap about 48 mb. That took a complete install except for printer packages.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Marconett KM6VV [mailto:KM6VV@...]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:03 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI
>
>
> Thanks Allan,
>
> I suspected I was *FAILING* the video test (Time to find another
> card/monitor). Now about the disk drive, Did you let BDI have the whole
> thing?
>
> Alan KM6VV (narrowing in)
>
> allan_r9@... wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alan,
> >
> > I'm running an AMD K6-2/450 with 6GB HD, 128MB RAM, 16MB Riva TNT
> > video, 15" monitor. Only minor problems so far, and I think they are
> > related to the .INI file (5 axis) that I'm playing with. During
> > setup, at the video card selection screen, by clicking the "Test"
> > buton, the screen should change a couple times, then show a dialog
> > asking if you can read the dialog "Yes/No" while it counts down from
> > 10 to 1. Install from the BDI is easy and problem free - Thank you,
> > Paul.
> >
> > Allan
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> > > Hi Ray, BDI fans,
> > >
> > > Well, I finally got an AMD K6-2/400 machine up and checked out with
> > > Windoz98 (I had sometime previously built a machine for my wife
> > with the
> > > 6Gb drive).
> > >
> > > The drive is partitioned as C,D,E &F, each partition is 2Gb, except
> > the
> > > last, which got 32MB. Seemed like a good idea at the time; I think
> > the
> > > other intended target machine didn't like anything bigger then 2Gb.
> > >
> > > As Windoz98 is in the 'C' partition, I thought I'd try to bring BDI
> > up
> > > on the 'E' drive partition. I selected custom (?) and gave 'E' the
> > root
> > > '/'.
> > >
> > > The first problem (?) I had was in the video board/monitor
> > choices. I
> > > had put in an old Trident 9000 512 kb controller, and a Toshiba 17"
> > > monitor I had. Monitor not on the list, but I determined H & V sync
> > > rates, and put in the numbers (OK?) I tried the "test", but other
> > then
> > > a few flashes and clicks of the monitor, I didn't see any "graphics
> > > screen" (Am I supposed to see something?), and the 512K selection
> > was
> > > deleted upon the return to the text setup screens. I continued.
> > >
> > > The setups suggests about 15-20 min of time to copy all
> > the "packages",
> > > that starts but never finishes (I tried different builds, I think
> > the
> > > developer finished, but hung on the post stuff).
> > >
> > > After waiting a good while, I rebooted, and with Windoz, I saw
> > (from the
> > > developer load try) a 1Gb or so image file, and a 32K file.
> > >
> > > Some questions:
> > >
> > > 1) Did BDI (RedHat) not like the AMD K6?
> > >
> > > 2) Did I blow it on the 'E' partition? (it would be nice to do dual
> > > boot), but I couldn't see a way to switch the boot to the "extended"
> > > partition. (Something about ASKING for instructions on doing a
> > > dual-boot in the printed note that came with the CD).
> > >
> > > 3) SHOULD I have seen something on the video test? (800x600 VGA)
> > >
> > > 4) I can and will blow away the Windoz98, if necessary (easier),
> > but as
> > > the drive is 6Gb, I thought I'd keep it.
> > >
> > > 5) IDE drive and CD, but couldn't boot from BDI CD (machine seems to
> > > boot from Windoz98 2nd Ed CD). Not a problem, I made a boot floppy
> > per
> > > instructions on CD.
> > >
> > > Any Ideas?
> > >
> > > Alan KM6VV
> >
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