Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linux PC's, EMC, and BDI

Good buncha info here~!
Thanks, Paul~!

Weyland


From: Paul <Paul.Corner@...>

>
> Like Microsoft products, EMC still has a few glitches lurking in the
> background. Unlike M$, we all have access to the EMC source code, and can

help

> in tracking down and eliminating any residual bugs.

> The Brain Dead Install for Linux and EMC - A phrase that was coined on

this

> list during a thread on this list back in February 2000. The original

brief was

> to produce a CD that would enable even the newest of newbies to install

and run

> EMC with the minimum of headaches.
>
> Announced to the world on April 1st of this year, it has enabled a large

number

> of people to get EMC running without the pains of compiling the sources

from

> scratch.
>
> While you're surf'n check out http://www.linuxcnc.org for info about EMC.
>
> A number of ways can be used :
>
> a) Plug the hard drive into a desktop computer to do the install.
> b) Use a serial cable and a couple of boot floppies.
> c) Fit a PCMCIA network card to the laptop and again boot from floppies.
> Be warned though - Laptops can be problematic getting any linux installed,
> mainly due to the nonstandard nature of the LCD graphics.