BDI-LIVE / Question for JON...

Jon:

I too am a convert... I'd love to get my emc running.. It boots and seems to
operate off the cdrom. What I love about Linux, well lots of FREE good
software out there Including the C++ programmers *I am still learning.
I am having trouble installing emc off release 23.. It loads onto the hard
drive, then while trying to boot it comes up "Grub".. Not got past that yet..

Question:
IS there a way to load another emc.ini file? perhaps off the OTHER linux
drive? what directory do I need to name? If so I may be able to try it on my
machine, A converted bridgeport.. IS there any good books to read ON
linux? I bought Linux for dummies and went through it in about 5 minutes,
not much else I have found.....

Rattle:
I downloaded AYAM (3d modeler) off the internet and have it working on my
other machine (redhat) this one is Mandrake 9.1 since I heard the RTlinux
would work with it.. I have not got there yet thou. If I was a lil brighter I'd write
a toolpath program for it.. Not there yet either thou.

What I am runnin:
Running turbocnc off a boot disc right now on my mill. IT will run on
DOS-EMU for Linux, It will boot off a floppy..

More rattle:
TRY, KNoppix cdrom (5$) off ebay or download and burn the
www.knoppix.net image.. it blowes away windows on internet speed on
charter.net cable... It too won't install without errors. It is great to use to get
lost information off WINDOWS machines when the OS crashes.. You can
copy off the data before you try to work-reinstall windows..

FUNNY about the rtlinux, I got a linux game disc, it runs fine on it on both
computers.. got the real time graph window going like the emc does..

Cheers...
David...
EMC sure looks great, not got to cut chips with it yet..


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...>
wrote:

>
>
> Ron K wrote:
>
> >This kind of stuff is why most of us just give up on Linux , until they
> >get the bugs out you have to be a programer to figure out how to get it
> >to work .
> >Too bad I'd love to see a serious threat to Microsoft , they are worse
> >than IBM use to be.
> >
> >
> This is so typical of the people who really don't want to see if there is
> an alternative. With Microsoft, if something doesn't work, you take
> it back to the computer store and get something else (if you are lucky).
> There is no way to "fix" it, although sometimes various special-interest
> lists have people who know the trick. But, it is hard for anyone to
> know the tricks, since the code is secret.
>
> With Linux, even if YOU don't want to get into it, there are others who
> have taken it apart, read the code, understood what they needed to know,
> and now know what makes it tick. There are thousands, no TENS of
> thousands of really sharp programmes out there who are fixing bugs
> one at a time. But, together, they are a pretty impressive force!
>
> With Microsoft, stuff works, kind of, out of the box, but is DAMN
> unreliable, requiring reboots all the time, losing your work time after
> time after time, and there is absolutely nothing you can do to make it
> better.
> Upgrade? You have to be kidding. Every version gets worse!
>
> With Linux, there may be more pain to get it running, you really have to
> go over every SINGLE piece of hardware in your system and check it
> against the hardware compatibility lists to make sure it is supported,
> but when you do this, it really DOES work.
>
> I've been running Linux on more and more computers since 1998, and am
> a complete convert. I still do CAD on Windows, but that is about it.
> My main Linux machine is also a web server, mail server, ftp server,
> local network server, router and nameserver, and I use it for all email,
> web browsing, etc. It normally stays up 75 - 90 days between power
> failures. Other than 2 hackers finding their way in and causing mischief,
> I NEVER have to reboot or do much else on it. My Linux machines for
> EMC have NEVER had the slightest problem since 1999, and never so
> much as hiccupped on me. When moving large machines, reliability is
> of the UTMOST concern!
>
> You need to know that Linux IS a serious threat to Microsoft, and has
> already
> cost them something like $1 billion in lost revenue. Some large companies
> have farms of hundreds of Linux servers for enterprise-wide services.
> When you count up the cost of not only the Windows OS licenses PLUS all
> the myriad applications, networking, etc. programs that they DIDN'T

purchase

> from MS, it really becomes a significant $ amount. It is not as big a
> movement here as in the far east, especially, but it is growing.
>
> <rant mode off>
>
> Jon