Thank s Guys for the response sorry Im a bit late repying but I work a 12hr day and night shift pattern and when on shift the PC doesnt go on.
I did now about the Bios and boot order, in fact the pc in my shed boots first from A:\ then CD then H/D this is because I still boot to DOS some times from a floppy. In this respect what I was'nt sure of was how the disc or partition was formated to except Linux but from your replies this is obviously done when you boot from the LiveCD. I think you hit it on the head Ray Nero has not created a boot disc there is only one file on the CD and not the 9 or so I should be seeing. So I,m going to download another CD burning prog form the internet today and have another go. All my previous CNC progs are DOS based. The one I use most is TurboCNC, current Ver. 4.01 which is a great prog and has a good user forum. But its been a while since it was updated probably due to lack of time avaliable from Dave's real time job. But hey we all have to earn a living and I can only extend my thanks to him for giving us a great program. Although I'm sure I'll continue to use TurboCNC I think its time to look at something else and from the response I've had from my first quiery on EMC2 from you guy's I think this is a great start as I,m sure to run into a few more problems. Thanks Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How to > > Welcome, Rod > > Glad to hear of your interest in EMC2. There may be a few issues with > Nero and burning. IMO it has to do with those other OS folk not wanting > bootable stuff reproduced. After you've burned one, pop it into the > reader again and look at the file structure on the disk. If there is > only one file with an .iso or .img or some such extenison, Nero did not > make a bootable disk. If there are 9 or so directories and a few files > then you've got a good disk. I don't know how to make Nero do this but > somewhere buried in the tabs or preferences there should be a bootable > or direct copy ability. > > That done, you'll need to make certain that the "sacrificial" machine > can boot from CDROM and has the CD reader as first boot device. These > are bios settings. Once you've got it booted up you will see an install > icon on the display. During that process you'll be asked if you want to > save some of the old file system or can Ubuntu use the whole disk. > > Good luck > > Ray > > > > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 13:06 +0100, Rod Welland wrote: >> I,m totally new to Linux of any kind but I wish to use EMC2 I have >> downloaded the liveCD and created an image on a CD using Nero but >> can't seem to get it to do anything. Its supposed to be bootable but >> does this mean bootable in XP as well or bootable in linux and I >> assume that this means putting the CD in the drive and restarting the >> PC by swithcing off and on again. Also if I like it and by all that >> Ive seen on it I probably will I have a 800Mhz pentium PC with Windows >> 98 and a 10Gig H/D that I could dedicate to Linux and EMC2. So, how >> would I go about this, ie could I re-format it using Windows or DOS or >> does Linux use a totally different format system. In which case would >> I need to source another bit of software to do this or does the Linux >> install do this for me. Also will EMC2 only work under Ubuntu or would >> it also work under Mandrake 10.1 because I also have a copy of this >> which apparently will install alongside Windows which would be useful >> on my indoor PC which has 170Gig of H/D. >> There a few questions here but I think my first priority is to try to >> get the Live CD up and running and see where to go from there. >> >> Hoping some of you guy,s out there can help. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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. 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