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

If you had to do the custom install, you can still look through the
"Official" RedHat manual and in the section in the back where all the
packages are listed the ones required for the workstation install are all
listed with a "W" to designate them.

Strange that the workstation install did not work for you as the only
difference between it and the custom is the partitioning and the preselected
packages. THe partitioning scheme is simple, a small amount for /boot, a
small swap file and the rest to /. I did find it is possible to do a custom
partition with the workstation install. I was installing on a large hard
drive and Linux was constantly failing when it did a fschk.

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 6:55 PM
Subject: 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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