Thanks, Sounds like it is going to install the entire Live software to the hard drive, I was thinking it was just going to create a little data directory for the edited program files and variable tables and such while still booting and running off the CD. Not sure I want to do that to this laptop yet. I was thinking it would be handy to use the laptop to write and debug some G code using the simulators, a little more portable then the big box.
So far I have only run the Axis interface and only a few times, looks like a lot has changed. At 09:18 AM 5/18/2007, you wrote: >Hi Andre. It has been quite a while since I saw your name here. > >I've installed the Ubuntu, both 5 and 6 on several systems that had XP >preinstalled. Most of time the XP survived. It does tend to startup in >whatever XP considers a safe mode but lives okay after that first reboot >to it. By default if you say yes it will shrink the XP partitions to >about half their original size. Be sure to save any critical stuff to >something else before you do the install. > >Ray > > >On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 09:07 -0500, Andre' Blanchard wrote: > > Hello > > I looked at EMC a few years ago but other priorities got in the way of > > hobbies before I could get hardware running. :) > > > > I have downloaded the live CD image and have burned a disk that will boot > > on my HP laptop, which has Windows XP home on the hard drive. > > > > So far I have been answering NO to the question of creating a home > > directory. But I would like to try some of my own programs. > > > > What happens if I answer YES? > > Will Windows survive? > > Can the home directory be on a USB drive? How big does it need to be? > > > > I do have an older computer I will try to install the Live disk to, but if > > I remember correctly I could not get the BDI version to install on it, I > > think it was some problem with the video card. > > > > I will be away from phone lines and the web for the weekend but hopefully > > will have some time to play around with the simulators some more. > > > > > > __________ > > Andre' B. NW Wis. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users __________ Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
