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

Tim,

No doubt, but only if the workstation install works. Mine didn't.

Steve

At 06:45 PM 6/27/00 -0600, you wrote:

>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
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