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

Hi,

You should be able to install a DOS partition using fdisk from a terminal
window - the linux version of fdisk that is, not the DOS version. Open a
terminal window and type fdisk /dev/hda (or whatever the ident of the hard
drive is where you want to put the partition. If you then type m, you should
get the help menu and I think it gives you the option of resizing an
existing partition and adding another which you select as type FAT, or FAT16
or FAT32. An alternative is to use one of the boot sector utilities which
you can find at www.bootdisk.com - MBRWORK and Techworm are two which spring
to mind. To use these, you make a DOS 6.2 boot disk with the image from this
site and boot the machine into DOS, then run the utility and make the
changes to the partition table. Hopefully, you should be able to change
things without affecting your existing installation.

Best wishes,
Ian
--

Ian W. Wright
Sheffield, UK

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Subject: 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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