On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> Rondal Nannie wrote: > > Gene I went in and changed it so that it would boot the cd first. It > started to load the cd and about 3/4 into it ,it failed to load. This > happened several times.Thanks for the reply Ron > > > You must have 256 MB of memory. For some reason, a vew machines seem to > need a little more. Also, you need somewhere around 3-4 GB of hard > drive. If either is in too short supply, the install will grind to a > halt, often without any error message. There are a few graphics cards > that are not compatible, and also you need about 4 MB of memory on the > graphics card. It will get to a certain place in the install and croak > when it tries to configure the graphics. > > There is an Ubuntu hardware compatibility list that you can check to > make sure your graphics is on the good list. > > Jon > > > You can also install just a regular Ubuntu Live CD without EMC - go to the Ubuntu Site. I originally succeeded that way. Once you have Ubuntu working, then follow the instructions on Linuxcnc.org on how to download EMC to a system with Ubuntu already installed. Others have found this path while not as easy results in fewer hardware issues. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
