Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Throwing cold water!

HI,

But in my experience, I have yet to have Red Hat load as a workstation
install even after multiple attempts and with different hardware
combinations. I know, this part is supposed to be easy. But if this isn't
OK, the rest of the scripting is pretty worthless.

What I don't recall seeing, or maybe I saw it but did not recognize, is a
list of the files that are needed to load rtlinux and emc. Obviously, you
need the proper files to make the hardware function. This I have done
repeatedly, but you are doomed whenever any of the other (?) files are
either not present or located in the wrong directory.

I think we need to address two issues separately: hardware, which differs
for every hardware configuration, and the rtlinux and emc stuff. If I know
what is needed, I can make sure it is there. If I blindly follow a script,
I am always at a loss whenever it doesn't work as expected, which is more
common than not, at least for me.

Thanks to all who have helped and continue to do so.


Steve in Medina, Ohio


At 09:16 AM 6/26/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Ok, so lots of people want a simple CD of EMC that will just load and
>go.
>
>Sorry, but I dont think it can be made quite so simple. Any form of
>'disk image' copy will have the requirement of very nearly identical
>hardware, and particularly in the area of graphics and X config, that is
>just not going to work.
>
>Red Hat et.al. have spent a lot of money to develop simple to use
>install scripts. Go with the flow, and use a standard distribution. let
>Red Hat figure out all the isssues of packaging.
>