Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC and Linux versions RedHat vs Mandrake

Hi Tim,
I don't really think that's its very important what distribution you
use. In all cases, you'll have to apply the realtime patch to a kernel
and rebuild to get RTLinux 2.0. The easiest way to do this is to just
get the prepatched kernel from rtlinux.org. Given this, the kernel
shipping with the distribution doesn't matter as EMC doesn't use it.
IMHO the only vital issue is that the distribution contain a recent
enough gcc, libs, and X system. Any recent distribution should, I think,
meet this requirement.

George


Tim Goldstein wrote:

>
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> Doug,
>
> You may not be a RedHat fan, but you are going against the stream trying to
> get EMC to run on anything else. I am no expert on this, but from what I
> understand RedHat has made a few changes in the kernel and EMC is expecting
> them to be there. I do remember people trying to get EMC to run on other
> Linux distributions, but I don't remember anyone actually getting it to work
> with a real time kernel and making a machine run.
>
> So, if you objective is to mess with Linux you probably have a good plan.
> OTOH, if you want to use EMC to run a metal cutting machine and want to get
> it running sooner rather than later, I would suggest you use the
> distribution EMC is written for and accept that it is not your favorite.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> timg@... <mailto:timg@...>
> http://www.ktmarketing.com

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