After thinking about it, here's what I'm thinking I'll do. I'm going to abandon the BBB idea. It doesn't seem worth the time. I'll either end up with an ethernet system on Linux or an ethernet system on Windows, using a standard x86 CPU.
So I'm going to try running Linux on my existing CNC laptop from a bootable USB stick. That will enable me to try things out without zapping my Windows install. If that works, I'm up for getting the Mesa 7i92 and giving it a whirl. The cost of the Mesa is tiny compared to my time trying out something and having it not work, and then having to resinstall Windows. But exactly what will I need then? Just getting an .iso and making a bootable USB stick and riding off into the sunset sounds great, but I'm not expecting anything that simple. Especially given posts I've seen on this forum and the necessity to have an appropriate real time kernel so I can run an ethernet interface. I'm also interested in why MachineKit over LCNC. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR HELP!! -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
