Re: Where can I download BDI-TNG?

Hey,
I tried about all the BDI's. BDI 2.18 and 2.22 are based on RH6.2
and thus don't support very much in current hardware. BDI-TNG is
based on RH7.2 and is much better for hardware support, but still
lacks support for the latest hardware. TNG was supposedly an
experimental version, that was given up on and is not to be updated
or supported ever again. BDI Live has the best hardware support for
newer computers, and also has the steepest system requirements. It
can be installed on the HD.

I did test TNG and had no special problems with it. I ended up
with an installed version of BDI Live because of the newer hardware
support for my newer computer. If you have an older PC, go with TNG,
if it will work for you. If you have a newer PC, go with Live. Good
luck.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "dayap1" <dayap@m...> wrote:
> Thanks for all the good responses. I guess I did not explain what I
> am trying to do, and my rationale for trying to use BDI-TNG.
> I plan to run EMC on a regular PC (sitting under the table) hooked
> upto my mill, but without a keyboard and monitor, since I do not
have
> the space for a monitor on my worktable.
> Instead, I will be running a VNC server on the EMC/Linux machine,
and
> a VNC viewer on a 120MHz Win95 Laptop, which has a smaller
footprint
> than a monitor and keyboard.
> Since I need VNC, I cannot run BDI-LIVE directly from CD, so I need
> an installable version. Now, my understanding was that TNG stood
> for "The Next Generation", which would suggest a newer version than
> the regular BDI-EMC on the Sherline site. (By the way, after my
last
> post, I did find a site with the TNG images)
>
> Since I am a little confused about the available versions, please
> help me out.
>
> Bearing in mind what I want to do as described above, what is my
best
> choice?
> 1. Download the LIVE CD, and use the install option, OR
> 2. Use the BDIEMC218 from the Sherline site, which is based on
Redhat
> 6.2?
>
> Thanks and regards.
>
> Daya.
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...>
wrote:
> > dayap1 wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >I have seen lots of references to BDI-TNG, but was unable to
find
> a
> > >download site. Can someone please point to a download location?
> > >
> > >
> > You probably do NOT want to download this. It was an experimental
> > branch of the project that has been let die. It had a number of
> problems
> > both in the EMC code and in the support for certain motherboards
and
> > peripherals. You would be much better getting one of the BDI-
Live!
> > versions, that has a MUCH newer Linux distro underlying it, as
well
> as
> > almost one year of important EMC updates.
> >
> > See http://sherline.com/emc/ for some downloads.
> >
> > Jon