On Sun, 2012-02-12 at 16:02 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: > Hi > > I downloaded and burnt a CD of 2.4.6 and popped it into a windows machine > to have a look at it.... > > But... (I think) I can't actually run EMC because it wants to install a > stepper config file on the drive, which I assume is a bad idea because it > has windows on it. > > The only options I have are "OK" or "Cancel" > How come there is no "No"? > > I got the same thing with a few of machine configs I chose. > > Regards > Roland
I think what you are getting is when you start LinuCNC, a notice comes up and presents a list of configurations from the sample library. Since these are sample files, it is best not to change them directly, but to make a copy so you can edit the copy if needed. To promote this, the configuration selector offers to copy the file for you straight off the bat. When you boot the LIveCD, Ubuntu creates a RAMdisk (or similar) and this becomes your working drive, the configuration copy and other changes are stored here and go away when you turn Ubuntu Off. In Live mode, there should not be any other disks mounted, so nothing of the original Windows system should be in danger of being changed. You can, if you want mount your Widows drive, but it isn't mounted normally when the LiveCD loads. While exiting the Live session, an offer to save the changes on the RAMdisk is made. If desired, you can mount a removable drive, save your changes, then reuse them on the next session. Bottom line though, the original hard disk will not be touched. If you want to see what is mounted, from the desktop, click on Applications, then Accessories, then Terminal. In terminal, type in "mount" and press Enter. A list of mounted objects should be presented. Hard disks usually start with "/dev/sda" with a number appended that designates the partition number. "sda" represents SCSI Disk A -- SCSI being a hold over from the old days. "sdb" would be a second disk drive. To get out of the terminal type the command "exit" then Enter. This also can be done graphically using System / Administration / Disk Utility. This should show the disks Ubuntu knows about, and allow you to mount or unmount them as needed. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
