Re: Linux/EMC

Ian, thanks for the interest. I am quite sure that I could
solve my RT install problem by swapping out the scsi
for an ide drive. After all the time spent configuring my
other hardware, and the experience I gained, I want to
make the software work with the hardware, not the other
way around. Below is the Lilo file with RH 5.2,


boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linux
root=/dev/sda5
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-0.7.img
read-only

After the RT script is run the file adds the following

image=/boot/vmlinuz-1
label=rtlinux
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
append="mem=31m"

and removes the initrd command from the file, and changes
the sda to hda. I need to create a file similar to the one for
standard linux, to be used with rt linux. I am currently
exploring Linuxconf and also the Kernel Configurator, which
has the scsi_host module listed. Any more idea's that would
shorten this install up? Thanks,

Steve






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From: Ian Wright <Ian@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Linux/EMC
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:21 AM

From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>

Steve,
My suggestion could still be valid as, in the case of my first attempt, I
could get linux up and running fine - 'XFree86' installed and AfterStep and
a couple of other utilities. Where it fell down was in setting up RTlinux
properly. Everything seemed to be OK but I just couldn't get EMC to run in
anything other than the simulator mode. Before I got to the stage of
changing the motherboard I was almost tearing my hair out (couldn't
actually
as there's hardly any left!). Each time I tried to recompile for RT I was
getting different error messages - just one or two and easy to miss. I
wouldn't have thought LILO was so difficult to configure - have you posted
the script you are using to the list - I may have missed it, and you need
to
tell us the set up of your hardware.

Ian
--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Carlisle <quatsein@...>
.net>
>
> 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

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