Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Throwing cold water!

I started out on the quest to find what files were needed and it got old
real fast. I finally came to the conclusion that if you did the workstation
install and then loaded the 3 RPM packages that are called out in my install
script you would have all that you need. After that revelation It seemed a
waste of time to find out what was loaded that I did not need.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Gunsel <gunsel@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Throwing cold water!

>Ray,
>
>I agree that I'm geting close. But I'd like to know HOW close.
>
>My first attempt at starting Linux was RedHat 5.2, as provided with the
>"Linux for Dummies" (aptly named) book. My first computer was a P233
>Windows95 box, but when the install program locked up in a loop, I decided
>to resurrect an old computer and dedicate it to Linux to minimize the
>confusion factor. Well, as I went along I ended up replacing the cpu, hard
>drive, motherboard, video card and case in the "old" computer, ending up
>with what I have now:
>
>P150mmx, Intel AN430TX motherboard, 32 Megs ram, STN Nitro3D pci video card
>with 4 megs, 6GB HD, CDROM, and a 3.5 floppy. Still strictly Linux for

emc.

>
>All seem to work OK. But the first attempt at a clean 5.2 installation
>failed with the same loop during the workstation install. Using the custom
>install I was able to get Linux started, but I could only boot from the
>floppy. Once booted, it would run from the hard drive.
>
>Dave Land burned a CDROM with RedHat 5.2 and Tim's script and associated
>RTLinux, emc etc. I loading his 5.2 version and it seemed to go well,
>better than my previous attempts. For the first time, I could boot from
>the hard disk, and xwindows started right up too.
>
>When I attempted the updates from the EMC cdrom, however, I received an
>"out of space", or some similar error. Sooooooo, re-partition the hard
>disk and start over. Again, went smoothly until the updates. Didn't run
>out of space, but several update files failed to load, including XFree86
>3.3.6 - "could not load", and a bunch of cyrillic fonts that I do not need
>or want anyway. I guess the older version of XFree86 is probably OK since
>everything seems to work. I'm not sure which files I really need, or where
>they need to be located, so it's hard to know if all of the critical
>software is present. But so far it looks pretty good.
>
>Thanks. I really appreciate everyone's assistance. Dave said that he'd be
>working on the 6.2 release soon. I think he did a great job with 5.2 and
>as I said, my biggest problem is simply not knowing what I need. A list of
>files needed for RTLinux and emc and where they should be located would
>sure help.
>
>Steve