Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc - don't buy it!

Mike Rainone wrote:

> Hi, Tim.
>
> Thanks again for all of the great help. As for Linux, I am not
> intimidated, having been, many years ago and a galaxy far, far away,
> a Unix systems guy. I do shudder at the memories of horribly time
> consuming Xenix installs, with 3 thousand, 5 1/4 inch floppies,
> busted kernels and having been impaled by the imbedded video driver
> hooks into the kernel. God forbid. While I might hate MS, I sure
> like the install.

Well, it is NOT like that any more. I tried installing Linux on a 486,
and that WAS
slow. Kernel compiles were many hours. But it takes from 30 minutes to
2 hours
to install Red Hat Linux in the workstation configuration, if you have
compatible
hardware and know how to answer some of the questions on hardware and
other
configuration issues.

>
> I have a P90 with 32meg of RAM and a 1gig hard drive sitting in the
> shop with DOS only on it. I realize that the 1 gig HD is
> overkill, but is the rest of the box OK? I know that you have been
> working on a CD install for the complete idiot and I will be
> first in that line.

You have to read the hardware compatibility lists on the Red Hat site (I
think these files
are on the CD, too). This is the only way to know. IDE disks are
compatible,
but many people have been 'impaled' by the million incompatible VGA
cards.
But, most of the major name brand chipsets are supported, so you can
usually
figure out whether a particular card will work.

Jon