Re: Linux/EMC

If you're tracking Linux installs, here are my results:

AMD-K6-2-400, 128MB 4 gig IDE, Creative Blaster Banshee video:
RH 5.2 install 25 minutes, time to get Xfree going, several days (this was
due to
the new 16MB gamers dream video card).
Re-installed RH 6.0 15 minutes, Xfree 10 minutes (I know what I'm doing
now).

Sharp widenote laptop, P133, 32MB ram, scsi cdrom, 1gb ide hard drive
RH 5.2 1-2 hours (unattended, it wasn't done at an hour, it was at 2).
Xfree config, 10 minutes (standard video chipset)

Cyrix 200MMX, 64MB ram ET4000 video, 3GB hard drive
RH 5.2 ~ 1hour


My only problems came when I had the latest/greatest video card. The
new release of Xfree is supposed to have drivers for it. I have yet to
install EMC
or the RT patch, because my mini mill is not converted to steppers or servos
yet.
I understand that the latest RT patch works with RH 6.0, which is much
easier to
install by the way, but I haven't checked it out yet. I'm still not sure I
will convert the mill,
I'm more interested in homegrowing a DRO, although I'm also thinking of a
Shooting Star.
I'm also thinking of a bigger mill.


Marshall Pharoah
Software Engineer
Adirondac Software
PIC/6805/6811/68000
Asm/C/C++

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Carlisle <quatsein@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Linux/EMC

>From: "Steve Carlisle" <quatsein@...>
>
>Well, here's Steve's story on getting LINUX_RTLINUX_EMC
>up and running on a Pentium 100, 32 megs ram, 1 gig scsi
>hard drive, Cirrus Logic GD-5430 video, Motorola Lifestyle
>28.8 modem, cdrom and floppy.
>
>About an hour to install RH 5.2, linux for dummies
>About 15 hours to configure video for Xfree
>about 15 hours to configure to recognize modem
>About 4 hours and counting on RTlinux install, 2
>times with Tims script, 2 times with Matt's instructions,
>and I am right now on the 3rd try with Tim's script.
>
>But hey, I will not give up! And those time estimates are
>very conservative. I have used MS/Windows machines
>only before this try with Linux.
>
>Any helpful idea's I may not have tried would surely
>be welcome.
>
>Steve Carlisle
>
>----------
>From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Linux/EMC
>Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:57 PM
>
>From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>
>It seems like there is a lot of negative feeling going on over the
>Linux/EMC installation thing and I think that most of it is coming from
>folks who haven't tried it out. Jon Elson and Matt Shaver inspired me to
>install in my shop. They both have had great luck with it and use it every
>day- as do I now. I am not a programmer/IT specialist or computer guru in
>any way. It just happens that the instructions given by Matt, Jon, and Tim
>work! For instance, today I did a fresh install (on a Compaq 4540) of
>RedHat 5.2, Rtlinux, and EMC in 1 hour and 15 minutes. How did I do it? I
>used the install instructions that Tim gives out on his web site
>(http://www.ktmarketing.com/CNC.html).
>Why did I go with EMC? It is powerful, runs smooth, and is a lower cost
>solution than Ah-ha, Maxnc, Bestsoft, etc... There is also a lot more
>potential power with the system. The authors listen to us and implement
>new features/fix bugs. The source code is there for the programmers out
>there who want to tinker with the system.
>I use EMC in my shop to make parts and make money. I have been retrofitting
>another mill and will be installing another EMC controller within the next
>few weeks. I'm not a Linux nut, I just see a lot more potential with EMC
>than the other systems.
>
>Hoyt, I would think that you would have a great time with EMC, since you
>are a programmer already.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>
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