Hi Chris, I had a LiveCD with Knoppix from 2005. Came with a book. It boots and reaches the point where it's waiting for the hard drive I think. All I had installed at the time was the CDROM. With a hard drive plugged in it didn't look like it wanted to put the OS onto the drive or boot.
So I installed WIN-XP to verify that at least the PC works. Which it does. It really needs something more like WIN-7 but with only 2GB RAM max it's not exactly a powerhouse either. Now that the WIN-XP boots I'll try booting the LiveCD again and see if it hangs. If I don't hit the F2 key it even puts the Penguin in the top left hand corner. I also downloaded an ISO image of Wheezy LinuxCNC but for some reason none of my systems want to allow the DVD to be written with any of the image writers. Not sure why. 4GB should be enough space for a 1GB ISO. Don't want to give up quite yet simply because the issues mentioned in the reviews were for a Linux that was 10 years old. It's quite possible that the newer installs will have no trouble at all. Still it's progress. On the weekend after looking at the smoked custom sized power supply I had given up hope this would even run. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: October-16-17 7:02 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] PC MB for Linux. > > It will take only a few minutes to know it it will work. Boot Linux from a > CD and it if comes up and runs at all you are good to go. > > But the specs on that old MB are not great. As it turns out, the best > deals are for used systems, not used parts. You can buy a PC in a chassis > with power supply disk, CD memory and an OS that boots for under $100. > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:52 PM, John Dammeyer > <jo...@autoartisans.com> > wrote: > > > Even with all this Beaglebone discussion I've not closed the door on using > > a > > PC motherboard and either the parallel port or an add on card for extra IO. > > > > I mentioned that to my son and he dragged over a box that had one of these > > loaded with 2GB RAM > > ASUS K8S-MX 754 > > > <https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131518> > SiS 760 > > GX Micro ATX AMD Motherboard > > > > Although the board is no longer available new, the reviews for it are still > > up and it's somewhat disconcerting. > > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131518 > > > > Back in 2005 one poster said this but it's also 12 years ago: > > "Comments: Via chipsets on this mobo don't have real linux drivers. Sucks. > > DOn't buy for linux. Totally unusable. Don't beleive me? Google it!" > > Should I toss it? > > Thanks > > John > > > > > > > > "ELS! Nothing else works as well for your Lathe" > > Automation Artisans Inc. > > <http://www.autoartisans.com/ELS/> http://www.autoartisans.com/ELS/ > > Ph. 1 250 544 4950 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
