Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BDI EMC Install problem

Linux loads a bootloader into the first sector so to clear that out for
Windows use you would do a "Fdisk /mbr" and afterwards you setup your
partitions and format. Then Windows will load properly.
The only other option would be to use your Harddrives Manufacturer
utilities disk (or downloaded from their site) to write a clean Low-Level
to the drive. If you have Western Digital, they make some great software
free for download on their site.

If I remember right you can select your EMC to act as either a Server or a
Workstation/Client. If you set it up as a Workstation I think the error
might be normal. I'm not sure about this. I set mine up as Workstation
but didnt get the error like you did. When it got the error it just
continued to load and was gone.

Vince

> I downloaded the BDI latest version the other night and tried to install
> it. Actually, the download, burn the CD, and the install seemed to go
> without a hitch. I decided to blow windows 98 off my system and do a
> dedicated install. Like I said, the install seemed to go well. I opted
> to not use a password. When I booted up, I started getting notices
> that the "server:" was not located, and finally it ask me for a pass
> word. I assumed I had screwed up with the password on install so I
> re-installed it and this time put in a password. Same thing. After a
> couple hours of fumbling around, I gave up and went to install Win 98
> back on my
> machine. Here, I got a nasty surprise, The BDI changed the cyl 0,
> record 0. No big surprise here, but I found that I could not reformat
> the drive to get windows to boot. After three install attempts using
> Fdisk to delete partitions, and to re-assign them, I still couldn't
> get windows to boot. I finally did a low level format of the drive and
> then the windows install went without a problem. I haven't had to do
> anything like that since DOS 3.0 days.
>
> So my questions are
> 1. how to get around the password/server not found problems.
> 2. has anyone else had problems trying to go back to a Win98 system
> after installing the BDI
>
> I sure would like to get it (EMC) up and running to try it out. I know
> nothing about linux and have found nothing in the way of documentation
> that would let me accomplish getting EMC running, short of becoming a
> linux hacker. I have zero interest in becoming a linux expert. I
> don't really care what the OS is, it is the application that I want to
> use.
>
> Don
>
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