Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC on a ThinkPad?

"Carey L. Culpepper" wrote:

> Jon: I neglected to tell you that I have a docking station for the
> ThinkPad that will accept the DRO card and a second hard drive for the
>
> linux and emc. I have not purchased the second hard drive yet. I have
> a
> choice of either 2.1gig or 3.0gig( for about $30 more). Should I go
> for
> the 3.0 gig for this use? Is there going to be a major problem
> installing with this setup? Well, let me rephrase that. A major ,major
>
> problem, I have been keeping up with the woes of the linux-emc
> install.
> I am not even sure that I am up to the task. Or would the dos version
> desknrt be a better alternative for me? I get frustrated really easy
> with things that I don't understand.

First, you MUST read the supported hardware listings at redhat.com (I
think that's
the right URL). If your machine is not on the list, you have a problem.

I am running a system with a 1 GB hard drive, but it is dedicated to EMC
only.
You should remember that the DeskNCrt is not supported by a large group
of
helpful people. Also, I find it very useful to have the Xwindows
environment,
so I can pop up editing windows, FTP file transfers from the CAD
computer,
calculators, etc.

Jon