Ray Henry wrote: > Hi Doug > > On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 11:07 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: > >>I have and old computer 155 MHZ I >>thought maybe to install xubuntu and Emc if the machine is fast enough >>. > > > This box would really stretch the low end for CPU. Nope, it won't stretch it, it will break it. Ubuntu absolutely will not install on a 155 MHz CPU. I think 400 MHz is the lower limit for the stock install. it has certain tasks that wake up at a set rate, and if they don't complete before the next wake-up, then the whole system bogs down. Also, you absolutely need 192 MB or memory to install from CD, and many systems will thrash endlessly unless they have 256 MB. Part of the problem > with steppers is that the base thread speed you use is what determines > the steps per second you can get from it and base thread will be slow > with a 155. Another part of the problem is getting enough memory into > these old boxes to satisfy the Ubuntu install stuff. I've done that > successfully with 196 and once with <100 on a laptop but it was a day > long process. > > I was able to run BDI-4xx on an overclocked Gateway 166. Right, the BDI will install and run on a slightly lower-class computer, but you will be missing out on a number of improvements.
I get off-lease Dell desktop computers on eBay for about $89 delivered, with 256 MB of memory, 20 GB hard drive and 600+ MHz CPU. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
