Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Linux EMC computer

I have one question WHY put something out that only works sometimes ?????

I have bought Lenix disks twice now and thrown them all away in disgust
!!!!!!!!!

Ron

Jon Elson wrote:

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>>HOWDY Jon..
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>> I got it to boot, still does.. The BDI installed, just would not
>>boot. You have to configure LILO. I had a script sent to me but not
>>had the time to figure it all out.
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>Ah, yes. So the CD boots, the install goes, but in the end you don't
>have a system that will boot itself completely from the hard disk.
>That sounds WAY too familiar! And, LILO is not the most obvious
>in the way it works. If the boot track doesn't get put together right,
>or if a critical part of the kernel lays beyond cylinder 1024, it won't
>boot on many machines. The trick is to put a 50 MB partition right
>at the beginning of the disk, and link it to mount point /boot. The
>kernel, boot scripts, and a few other things like initrd.img get put there,
>so that any BIOS can boot from it. Then, you can put the rest of
>everything in one partition linked to mount point "/".
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>Do you know how to boot what's on the hard drive from floppy or
>CD? Does that work? If so, then you are real close, and you are right,
>just making the right magic incantation over LILO will make it
>able to boot directly from the hard drive. If the system won't boot from
>CD or floppy, then try the "rescue" boot from the CD, and see if you
>can at least mount the hard drive file system and see the files.
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>Jon
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