Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: 486 & EMC or CNCPro

Can the BDI install just install the EMC software without installing the
linux os?
Just that I have a linux redhat7 machine running with rtlinux3.0 installed I
just having mayjor probs with the emc software...

Regards

Steve G

cadcamcenter@... wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> A belated thanks for the BDI. Will be contacting you off-list later.
>
> Tried to install BDI much earlier on another meaner machine which
> already had Win98 installed, didn't make it so I thought perhaps I
> try it on a clean machine, it may help. I will eventually have quite
> a number of older system from 486 up, all the way up to PIII 600MHz,
> so I may be able to afford the luxury of dedicating one individually
> for each. Will probably reserve that for CNCPro
>
> Thanks again
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Paul <Paul.Corner@t...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter
> >
> > I doubt very much if the BDI will run on a 486 - The kernel has
> been optimised
> > for a Pentium class processor.
> > Even if linux does run, I suspect the performance will be so poor
> that you will
> > be dissapointed.
> >
> > Jon - The BDI is based on RH 6.x. There were too many problems
> being reported
> > with RH 7.x to justify using it.
> >
> > Regards, Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 02 Aug 2001, cadcamcenter@y... wrote:
> > > Thanks Jon. Just for the experience, I think I'll try to load
> Paul's
> > > BDI on the 486 and see what happens. But I'll probably use the
> 486
> > > exclusively for DOS based software after that.
> >
> >
> > > > Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> > The BDI is based on a 7.1 Red Hat distribution, I think.
>
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