Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI-Live boot.img

On Monday 29 March 2004 02:11 pm, rotarysmp wrote:

> BDI-LIVE RC23
>
> Okay, got CD to boot. Now the spash screen with the penquin comes up,
> and I can F2 into options, but as soon as I want to boot, I get
> Loading VMLINUZ and the dots and then it says boot failed, insert
> disk and it reboots when you hit a key.
>
> I see on the Linuxcnc.org that Intel 815 chipsets with inbuilt
> graphics don't work for the BDI. Is this the same for the BDI-Live?
> the computer in question is a PIII 866 with an i815 mobo and
> integrated graphics.

Not wanting to get too much into this stuff in here, but...

If the software has a problem with that built-in graphics stuff, then disable
it and throw a different video card in there. Depending on the resulution
you _need_ on that box, this can get real cheap! I've got one here that I'm
using in a test fixture that only cost me $1.