Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: BDI hardware requirements

Would someone cover for me the brief procedure for installing a DOS
partition in aLinux box?


At 06:08 PM 7/10/02 -0500, you wrote:

>
>John
>
>Sounds like you've made a good start with the dual boot. The 700 meg is
>small but if you remove the Red Hat you can install the BDI 2.16 workstation
>there and still have some space left over for putting your favorite Red Hat
>packages back in.
>
>I'd install the BDI rather than trying to make the existing Linux install do
>the work. It uses a real-time patched kernel that you can most easily get
>from the BDI disk. If you do it this way, you will have a working EMC

rather

>than trying to piece together a system.
>
>If you decide to install the BDI, use the manual partition option. This

will

>save the dos partition that you have win95 in. This makes a reasonably good
>multi os system. I've got a couple of them around here somewhere. About

the

>only thing I do now on MS is run easycad.
>
>If you decide to try to pull BDI packages into the existing Linux, you will
>need the BDI kernel, all of the EMC packages, the RCSLIB package, and the

tcl

>and tk packages. Probably several others as well.
>
>Ray
>
>
>>    From: Jon Elson <elson@...>
>> Subject: Re: BDI hardware requirements
>>
>> jmkasunich wrote:
>> >   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?
>>
>> I run a servo system with a 100 MHz Pentium, 32 MB ram, 1 GB hard
>> drive.  You will have slow or ragged stepper operation with such a slow
>> machine, but it will definitely work.
>>
>> Jon
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