Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-09 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, I finally made it and installed the new live CD on my former office PC. I wanted to keep the Windoofs system on the first HD and was very glad to see that the installer chose the second HD for Ubuntu and automatically loaded grub2 also to go with it. Ubuntu and LinuxCNC are up and

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-04 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, I burned the ISO image file and booted from the CD. Everything seems to be ok. I prefer installing the new release on a different PC with a new hard disk in order to be sure that all the junk I produced by fiddling and playing with 2.3 or 2.4 is left behind. Therefore, I don't like

[Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, I would like to download the new release as a live CD with Lucid Lynx and LinuxCNC 2.5 as I did before with Hardy Heron and V. 2.3. When I go to the LinuxCNC.org download site I get offered the live CD ISO-file ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso, but I can't find confirmation that it

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread John Prentice
- Original Message - From: Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de Gentlemen, I would like to download the new release as a live CD with Lucid Lynx and LinuxCNC 2.5 as I did before with Hardy Heron and V. 2.3. When I go to the LinuxCNC.org download site I get offered the live CD ISO-file

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread sam sokolik
There isn't an ISO yet with 2.5. You will have to use what you have and update. sam On 4/3/2012 7:41 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Gentlemen, I would like to download the new release as a live CD with Lucid Lynx and LinuxCNC 2.5 as I did before with Hardy Heron and V. 2.3. When I go to the

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread sam sokolik
Please disregard.. I seem to have missed a section of this conversation... On 4/3/2012 8:06 AM, sam sokolik wrote: There isn't an ISO yet with 2.5. You will have to use what you have and update. sam On 4/3/2012 7:41 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Gentlemen, I would like to download the new

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Alex Joni
, April 03, 2012 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5 There isn't an ISO yet with 2.5. You will have to use what you have and update. sam On 4/3/2012 7:41 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Gentlemen, I would like to download the new release as a live CD with Lucid Lynx

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread yann jautard
Le 03/04/2012 15:59, Alex Joni a écrit : (..) http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso (...) it includes: - Ubuntu 10.04 (incl. latest updates) - LinuxCNC 2.5.0 (note the linuxcnc2 in the name, the linuxcnc1 contains LinuxCNC 2.4.x). so why not writing it down

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 05:58:06PM +0200, yann jautard wrote: so why not writing it down clearly in the iso name ? don't you think ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2.5.0-i386.iso would have been a more representative name ? Yes you are right, it would be more representative. But let me go on and

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread John Thornton
Wouldn't that be a good idea to put this info on the download page instead of assuming people would do the sensible thing and not download the LiveCD if they have 2.4 installed? John On 4/3/2012 11:21 AM, Chris Radek wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 05:58:06PM +0200, yann jautard wrote: so why

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:21 , Chris Radek wrote: So to everyone currently running Lucid or Hardy and thinking about downloading the new CD, again let me point you to http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5 Users who are happy with their distro (Hardy or Lucid) and just want to

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Yes… The download instructions in general are pretty scattered and confusing. There are three different methods: upgrade an existing install, fresh install from LiveCD, and fresh install with Ubuntu CD followed by linuxcnc_install.sh. Each of these can be done with several different distros

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5 There isn't an ISO yet with 2.5. You will have to use what you have and update. sam On 4/3/2012 7:41 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Gentlemen, I would like to download the new release as a live CD with Lucid Lynx and LinuxCNC 2.5 as I did

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5 (by torrent)

2012-04-03 Thread Kim Kirwan
For those who are interested in downloading the new ISO (not needed just to upgrade) a torrent link is available here: http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent-detailsid=58c3d84f5124725969bbbc24b1c8cad291ebbcb4 Please remember to help seed after you have downloaded. Thanks! Kim