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Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation

Posted by Matt Shaver
on 1999-10-12 12:02:25 UTC
> From: paul@...
> If there's any interest, we could do this.
>
> We generally build Linux systems by cloning hard drive images anyway.
> It's a heck of a lot less painful than doing installs from scratch.
> Sometimes you need a kernel rebuild if you have special hardware, but
> a generic kernel can be made that works for most of the stuff.
>
> The biggest problem will be the X configuration.

I've been giving Dan's idea some thought as well and I was wondering if all
video cards support the VGA standard frame buffer interface. If so you could
use the VGA16 (gag!) or the SVGA X server. It wouldn't be as pretty as it
could be, but it would work.

Matt

Discussion Thread

Dan Mauch 1999-10-12 08:37:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation paul@x... 1999-10-12 09:35:41 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation Matt Shaver 1999-10-12 12:02:25 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation paul@x... 1999-10-12 13:30:19 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation Jon Elson 1999-10-12 14:59:19 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation Marshall Pharoah 1999-10-13 03:39:43 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation