On 12 February 2012 19:25, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote:
> 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 > > OK, thanks. Will try that. Regards Roland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
