BDI hardware requirements

Oh EMC gurus - I come to you with questions <grin>

Well, I know a lot more about Linux than I did a week ago, but
I also know a lot less than I need to! Ray, you answered my
question about how much computer I need to run EMC-TNG, and the
answer is too much. (At least for now.) What about the "regular"
EMC? I just acquired a Pentium 100MHz machine, 72M ram, 1.6G HD.
I also picked up a RedHat 6 CD (came with a book). I now have
a dual boot system, 700M Linux partition and 120M swap, with WIN95
in the other partition. (Yeah! Just getting it running gets me
psyched - I've been wanting to get into Linux for a couple of
years, and finally made some time to do it.) This is certainly
enough computer to let me start getting familiar with Linux.
Is it enough to run EMC? Can I install EMC onto my existing
Red Hat 6 system using the BDI disk, or do I need to re-install?

John Kasunich

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray Henry <rehenry@u...> wrote:
>
> Hi John.
>
> I think that I'm answering your questions in reverse order but
> here goes.
>
> I've got TNG running here on several machines. The 266 laptop
> takes a while. Once it is up and running, the EMC is okay.
> I use it to demo the EMC but not much else. TNG is tollerable
> on the k62-400 but I really like it on the Cyrix/Via 800. I
> use 128 Meg RAM and it never swaps out no matter how many
> screens and apps I start at the same time. I'd use at least
> a 4 Gig hard drive if you can find one that small these days.
>
> A throw out machine would be ideal for a first shot at it.
> The KDE and Gnome desktops that ship with 2.16 are really
> very capable windowing environments.
> The 2.16 will load a full developer install and the networking
> stuff on about 1.2 Gig and a 64 meg Ram will satisfy most needs.
>
> HTH
>
> Ray
>
>
> On Wednesday 03 July 2002 18:16, you wrote:
> > Message: 15
> >    Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 16:36:35 -0000
> >    From: "jmkasunich" <jmkasunich@y...>
> > Subject: BDI hardware requirements
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray Henry <rehenry@u...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > BDI is based on the open source Linux operating system but
> > > it is more than Linux.  It includes ...<snip>...
> > > 
> > > The BDI-2 series uses packages mostly from the Red Hat 6 Linux
> > > distribution.  
> > > 
> > > BDI TNG runs with the Red Hat 7 series of Linux
> > > releases ...<snip>... This package requires quite a bit
> > > more computer than the more stable version.
> >
> > How much more computer?  Roughly what is needed in terms of CPU
> > type and speed, RAM, and disk, for BDI and BDI-TNG?  I understand
> > that max step rate, etc., depends on the computer, and more is
> > better, but what is the minumum
> >
> > John Kasunich