Re: Linux/EMC

Jon, thanks for the SUPPORT. Over the last day I have
been looking over the boot files, and the configuration of
LILO. The boot section has extra INITRD files to configure
a ram disk, for the scsi disk I believe. The RT script of
course does not support that. I have to now figure how
to configure the extra needed files to work with Linuz-1.
Thanks for the help.

Steve

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From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Linux/EMC
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 11:02 PM

From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>



Steve Carlisle wrote:

> From: "Steve Carlisle" <quatsein@...>
>
> Ian, As you know Linux can be configured for just
> about all hardware, and for sure that which is listed
> on the compatibility list. My machine runs well under
> Linux, with all the hardware configured. When I install
> RTLinux, the LILO configuration in the script is giving
> me problems, that I am almost posative on because
> Linux and RTLinux fail at the same point. I am sure
> I will figure it out, just like all the other hurdles. You
> learn as you go, and that is great. I can see I am
> going to enjoy Linux, as compared to Windows

The most important thing to check here is if the kernels
you are trying to load have SCSI support permanently
compiled into the kernel. If SCSI is only a loadable
option module, it won't be able to boot on a system
with a SCSI hard drive. What you can do is boot
from the floppies, and use the 'rescue' mode to gain
access to the disk, and check the options in your kernel
config file. The default kernel from the raw install should
have the SCSI support installed. Finally, if you forgot
(I've done this) you need to run lilo after any change
to the lilo config file that sets up the bootable kernels.

Jon

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