Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO EZ Linux EMC Installation

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> From: "Matt Shaver" <mshaver@...>
>
> > 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

The SVGA server usually works, certainly for most modern stuff. Video
boards are pretty cheap and the vga16 looks pretty bad. Would probably
be worth an experiment.



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