Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread John Dammeyer
Machine Controller (EMC)'" us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > > > So if I want Xstep on pin 2 and xdir on pin 3 then this? > > > > 1 0 IOPort None > > 14 1 IOPort None

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:45:11 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC So if I want Xst

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:41:40 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC Hi Andy, P

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks Sam, > -Original Message- > From: Sam Sokolik [mailto:samco...@gmail.com] > Here is a couple crap explanations... > > Printer port > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dI0JYC5q4= > > mesa > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYsWPriZVU= > The overall perspective I already

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Andy, Peter, > > > So that begs the question. Am I the first to try using a 7i92H to replace > two > > > parallel ports for LinuxCNC? If it has been done is there not a simple > > > template for even just one of the DB-25 with simple step/dir, limit, > estop, > > > machine enable? > On Sun,

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread Sam Sokolik
Here is a couple crap explanations... Printer port https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dI0JYC5q4= mesa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYsWPriZVU= On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 5:06 PM andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 22:47, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > > > > So that begs the question. Am

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 22:47, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > > So that begs the question. Am I the first to try using a 7i92H to replace > > two > > parallel ports for LinuxCNC? If it has been done is there not a simple > > template for even just one of the DB-25 with simple step/dir, limit,

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-23 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:17:21 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC Not sure why

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-22 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks Peter, I'll try that. John > -Original Message- > From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:p...@mesanet.com] > Sent: June-22-19 9:27 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > On Sat, 22 Jun 2019

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-22 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 20:43:00 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC My friend dropped o

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-22 Thread John Dammeyer
My friend dropped off my new 7i92H card this evening. I've downloaded the zip file and manual. And I'm lost. I thought I understood that there was a LinuxCNC support file that I could install or link to via the HAL to make things work. But I guess not. Misunderstood that. I thought that

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-06 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Jon, Thanks. I'll end up trying that or even running separate power. > Also, a lot of these cheap encoders (CUI and US Digital) > benefit greatly from a small capacitor (0.1 uF) right at the > encoder's power terminals when long cables (more than a few > feet) are used. > > Finally, many of

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 June 2019 02:02:53 pm Ken Strauss wrote: > Have you considered trying single flute endmills? With single flute > you could run at twice the RPM of 2 flute and the same chip loads and > axis speeds. That might solve the problem of insufficient power for > high speed movement and

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Dave Cole
The hobby licenses look like they will run on multiple machines, but the pro licenses appear to be locked to the hardware. I think they had to do something since their Mach3 licenses were being reused on Chinese machines over and over again. If they go out of business I think a pro user could be

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 3 Jun 2019, at 18:16, Jon Elson wrote: > > Does this mean Mach4 will no longer run if Artsoft closes or changes their > net address? Potentially. Though I think that other applications with a similar subscription scheme have issued a perpetual licence as they pulled down the shutters.

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Ken Strauss
age- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2019 1:18 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > On Monday 03 June 2019 12:16:09 pm Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 06/03/

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 June 2019 12:16:09 pm Jon Elson wrote: > On 06/03/2019 10:02 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > > Mach4 is unknown to me and requires a phone home > > license. Is there a compelling reason to go there? > > Does this mean Mach4 will no longer run if Artsoft closes or > changes their net

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/03/2019 10:02 AM, Dave Cole wrote: Mach4 is unknown to me and requires a phone home license. Is there a compelling reason to go there? Does this mean Mach4 will no longer run if Artsoft closes or changes their net address? Yikes, I sure would not want to be locked in like that! Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/03/2019 01:00 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: I think you answered my question. The moment you have to use the MDI to do anything you are into the Linux world of do it from the command line. No, all machine controls I've ever seen had MDI. So, Allen-Bradley, Fanuc, Haas, etc. And, what you do

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/03/2019 12:27 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 2 Jun 2019, at 23:41, John Dammeyer wrote: LinuxCNC is still very much a command line type application compared to a WYSIWYG graphical application. I don’t think that is entirely true. Admittedly there are a lot of scripts in the background

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/02/2019 10:00 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: And creates a huge ground loop. The shielding on the motors drive cables should quit before it gets to the motor and the other end should be tied to ground at said bolt. Yup, exactly. They have NO IDEA what they are talking about. The encoder

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Dave Cole
On 6/1/2019 5:01 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: The host needs to run the Servo thread (typically at 1 KHz) reliably Yep, and that isn't possible with WinXP.    Mach3 runs a buffered interface to the Smoothstepper. I think there is about 100 ms of buffered data at anyone time. WinXP is

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread Danny Miller
No command line anything here.  I would not characterize LinuxCNC like that at all.  It ABSOLUTELY is a GUI tool. We use the WHB04 wireless mpg for everything but loading the file, looking at the job, and the occasional rescue from broken bits and misc catastrophes (rolling the job back to a

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-03 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Andy, > > On 2 Jun 2019, at 23:41, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > LinuxCNC is still very much a command line type application compared to a > WYSIWYG graphical application. > > I don�t think that is entirely true. Admittedly there are a lot of scripts in > the > background handling the config,

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 2 Jun 2019, at 23:41, John Dammeyer wrote: > > LinuxCNC is still very much a command line type application compared to a > WYSIWYG graphical application. I don’t think that is entirely true. Admittedly there are a lot of scripts in the background handling the config, but you don’t

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 June 2019 08:16:24 pm John Dammeyer wrote: > Hey Gene, > > > If you've got noises bad enough to mess with the encoder, I'll bet a > > bottle of suds your grounding system violates the single point > > "star" rule. You want shielded cables yes, but all shields and all > > ground

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread John Dammeyer
Hey Gene, > If you've got noises bad enough to mess with the encoder, I'll bet a > bottle of suds your grounding system violates the single point "star" > rule. You want shielded cables yes, but all shields and all ground > commons come back to a single long bolt, and none of it is grounded any

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks Phillip. > > Gmoccapy has buttons you can assign macros to. > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/gmoccapy.html#gmoccapy:macros > > Really looking forward to digging into the whole user interface part of

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Phillip Carter
> On 3 Jun 2019, at 7:41 am, John Dammeyer wrote: > > LinuxCNC is still very much a command line type application compared to a > WYSIWYG graphical application. Since I have the retention span of a grape I > can bring up the help, read something, get rid of the help or put the sheet >

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Gene Heskett
; > > -Original Message- > > From: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] > > Sent: June-02-19 1:30 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > > > I'm not a big Linux guy in g

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Greg Bernard
it's a great learning experience to be able to flip back and forth > between the two systems with just a reboot. > > John > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] > > Sent: June-02-19 1:30 PM > > To: emc-user

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread John Dammeyer
USPS. Really too bad there isn't a > driver for > MACH3 for this board to make the dual boot option easier. > > > > John > > > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] > >> Sent: June-01-1

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread Danny Miller
: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] Sent: June-01-19 7:09 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC Longtime user of the 7i92.� Former user of Mach3/Smoothstepper. It is very good all around, perfect high performance, and frees you

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-02 Thread John Dammeyer
. John > -Original Message- > From: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] > Sent: June-01-19 7:09 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > Longtime user of the 7i92.� Former user of Mach3/Smoothste

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 01 June 2019 10:09:07 pm Danny Miller wrote: > Longtime user of the 7i92.  Former user of Mach3/Smoothstepper. > > It is very good all around, perfect high performance, and frees you > from almost any PC latency probs. > > It can configure as a plain-jane parallel port that you'd plug

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Danny Miller
Longtime user of the 7i92.  Former user of Mach3/Smoothstepper. It is very good all around, perfect high performance, and frees you from almost any PC latency probs. It can configure as a plain-jane parallel port that you'd plug and play into PMDX-126, but also other things. Combine with

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread John Dammeyer
bit PIC running 40Mhz. John > -Original Message- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: June-01-19 3:32 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > On 06/01/2019 02:52 PM

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/01/2019 02:52 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: But it's turning out that the PCs I have show a latency of 25uS with on board video and go up to almost 100uS with 3 different low profile video boards. The stock motherboard video with WIN-XP can do 75Khz under MACH3. The Smooth Stepper can also

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Andy, > > On 1 Jun 2019, at 21:22, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > Really too bad it's not compatible with MACH3 too. At least I can't find > anything that says it is. > > I don�t know why nobody has written Mach3 drivers for any Mesa cards. It > ought to be fairly straightforward. > One

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 1 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 13:46:19 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC Thanks Peter, Ther

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks Peter, > >>> > >>> Therefore under LinuxCNC I need something with say an Ethernet > interface > >> that has two ribbon cables compatible with PC Parallel port pinout so the > >> latency isn't an issue > >> > >> > > http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=product/product_id=303 > =7I92H >

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 1 Jun 2019, at 21:22, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Really too bad it's not compatible with MACH3 too. At least I can't find > anything that says it is. I don’t know why nobody has written Mach3 drivers for any Mesa cards. It ought to be fairly straightforward.

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 1 Jun 2019, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 13:22:32 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC Thanks Andy, -

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks Andy, > -Original Message- > From: Andy Pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: June-01-19 1:02 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > > > > On 1 Jun 2019, at 20:52, John Damm

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 1 Jun 2019, at 20:52, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Therefore under LinuxCNC I need something with say an Ethernet interface that > has two ribbon cables compatible with PC Parallel port pinout so the latency > isn't an issue

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-06-01 Thread John Dammeyer
Sometimes I feel like I've headed off a cliff wondering why I'm where I am halfway down to the water. The dual boot exercise was to start with MACH3 and eventually migrate to LinuxCNC. The PMDX-126 with dual parallel port inputs and a number of other nice features works well with MACH3 and

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 May 2019 06:48:35 pm John Dammeyer wrote: > > > When I run Linux with a customized hal and config file it will > > > crash with the window with the errors. But after that I can't > > > even run the stock single parallel port version without it > > > crashing. It's like the 0x378

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 19:22, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > > My recommendation would be to use 'screen' Another possibility is the serial monitor available in the Arduino IDE, if you have that installed. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:26 AM Jon Elson wrote: > > On 05/27/2019 11:54 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I want to download putty so I can access the com1 port and talk to the DC > > Servo controller for diagnostics. > > > Why would you use putty, which is really for Windows > systems. I've NEVER

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread John Dammeyer
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 17:06, John Dammeyer > wrote: > > My solution was simple since apt-get wouldn't update anything. > > > > Did you try the incantation

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 17:06, John Dammeyer wrote: My solution was simple since apt-get wouldn't update anything. > Did you try the incantation I suggested? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: May-28-19 8:24 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > On 05/27/2019 11:54 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I instal

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: TJoseph Powderly [mailto:tjt...@gmail.com] > Sent: May-28-19 4:48 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > John hello > I am sorry I did not specify which

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/27/2019 11:54 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: I installed the linuxcnc-2.7.14-wheezy.iso I want to download putty so I can access the com1 port and talk to the DC Servo controller for diagnostics. Why would you use putty, which is really for Windows systems. I've NEVER seen putty used on

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 14:29, andy pugh wrote: > > sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false > > A space crept in, now deleted. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." —

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 05:56, John Dammeyer wrote: > E: Release file for http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/dists/wheezy/updates/Release is expired (invalid since 47d 13h 37min 5s). Updates for this repository will not be applied. > > So it appears it's up to date but also out of date?

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
John hello I am sorry I did not specify which iso to use. see https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/ for scheduled expiration dates of Debians see http://www.linuxcnc.org/downloads/ for recommendations and caveats I understand that any search you may have tried likely sent you to the Wheezy version The

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread John Dammeyer
I installed the linuxcnc-2.7.14-wheezy.iso I want to download putty so I can access the com1 port and talk to the DC Servo controller for diagnostics. Standard practice for the Pi and Beaglebone is to sudo apt-get update and this is what I get with linuxCNC Hit http://linuxcnc.org wheezy

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread John Dammeyer
> > > > But it was there once. So far only a reboot has fixed this. I'm not sure > > why. > > > Sometimes you can end up with kernel modules that claim to be dependent > on > each other, and the kernel won't let either fo them go. > (at this point it is rather out of LinuxCNC's hands) > > You

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread John Dammeyer
So new problem. Using the config program I've made up a 4 axis parallel port hal/ini with just the one parallel port since importing the MACH3 config blows up with the second parallel port issue. I'll work on that later. The PMD_126 BoB has the Charge Pump mapped to net charge-pump =>

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 23:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > > But it was there once. So far only a reboot has fixed this. I'm not sure > why. Sometimes you can end up with kernel modules that claim to be dependent on each other, and the kernel won't let either fo them go. (at this point it is

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread John Dammeyer
> > When I run Linux with a customized hal and config file it will crash > > with the window with the errors. But after that I can't even run the > > stock single parallel port version without it crashing. It's like the > > 0x378 port has now vanished. > > > It has. You will need to blacklist

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 May 2019 01:24:13 am John Dammeyer wrote: > Thanks everyone. I booted from the LinuxCNC live DVD I created. > Once I realized that the single partition I'd reserved for Linux > needed to be turned into two partitions, one for the swap file and one > for the data disk things went

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-27 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 06:26, John Dammeyer wrote: But after that I can't even run the stock single parallel port version > without it crashing. It's like the 0x378 port has now vanished. Try a simple config with one parallell port at a time. halrun loadrt hal_parport cfg="0xd000 out" exit

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Chris Albertson
DOn't put s SATA based SSD in a computer unless you are forced into it. The SATA interface is a bottleneck.Those SSDs that are made to look like a disk are for retrofit into computers at had disks. It made the retrofit easy but the SATA interface "chokes" the performance. You can buy a

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread John Dammeyer
Thanks everyone. I booted from the LinuxCNC live DVD I created. Once I realized that the single partition I'd reserved for Linux needed to be turned into two partitions, one for the swap file and one for the data disk things went smoothly. Now I can boot from GRUB. Select a number of

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
SATA port multiplier, or if there's an open PCIe x1 slot get a SATA card for it. Either can be found cheap on eBay. On Sunday, May 26, 2019, 10:17:36 AM MDT, Gene Heskett wrote: I'd got an older 60GB Kingston SSD in the dell running the G0704.  Linux only, useing around 15GB of it,

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Sam Sokolik
I am off by a factor of 1000 a lot I haven't done a dual boot in a while - but remembering that it is the best to have the windows installed first and working. Then install linux - there was an option to use the remaining space for linuxcnc. IIRC - it just works... Grub installs and sees

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 26 May 2019 12:29:05 pm John Dammeyer wrote: > Sorry, Meant to say 1TB, split for 500GB for each. > All I can say is :) > > In a 1GB drive John? I have doubts it will fit. Its got to be > > bigger just for a bare xp install. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > >

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:43 AM John Dammeyer wrote: > I've started with a fresh 1GB hard drive and set up two partitions. I suspect a typo. 1GB is rather small, did you mean 1TB? The boot option happens before Linux starts and might not even involve Linux at all. For example if you have

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread John Dammeyer
Sorry, Meant to say 1TB, split for 500GB for each. > > > In a 1GB drive John? I have doubts it will fit. Its got to be bigger > just for a bare xp install. > Cheers, Gene Heskett ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 26 May 2019 11:40:59 am John Dammeyer wrote: > I've started with a fresh 1GB hard drive and set up two partitions. > One now has WIN-XP and MACH3. The other is still unformatted and > ready for LinuxCNC. > > How do I install LinuxCNC so the system is dual boot? > > Thanks > John > In

[Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-26 Thread John Dammeyer
I've started with a fresh 1GB hard drive and set up two partitions. One now has WIN-XP and MACH3. The other is still unformatted and ready for LinuxCNC. How do I install LinuxCNC so the system is dual boot? Thanks John ___ Emc-users mailing

[Emc-users] dual boot

2009-04-30 Thread pstenlund
Help! Situation: 2pc's home office PC dual boot XP 8.10 Xubuntu. Shop pc running Xbuntu 8.04 and EMC2. I tried KDE, ubuntu etc on the office PC and then went back to Xubuntu 8.10. The other Gui's left a lot of stuff on the installation Kedit, Kterminal, etc. Plus I screwed up my tool bar

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot

2009-04-30 Thread Thomas Kaiser
On 04/30/2009 05:58 PM, pstenl...@portoflongview.com wrote: Help! Situation: 2pc's home office PC dual boot XP 8.10 Xubuntu. Shop pc running Xbuntu 8.04 and EMC2. I tried KDE, ubuntu etc on the office PC and then went back to Xubuntu 8.10. The other Gui's left a lot of stuff on the

[Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Gaston Gagnon
My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. How can I change the default system at boot time? Gaston -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Gaston Gagnon wrote: My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. How can I change the default system at boot time? You can't change it permanently at boot time. You can select system each time at boot or you can edit default=0 value in /boot/grub/menu.lst in Ubuntu (with sudo). Gaston

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Gaston Gagnon
Thanks Alexey Gaston Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Gaston Gagnon wrote: My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. How can I change the default system at boot time? You can't change it permanently at boot time. You can select system each time at boot or you can edit

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. How can I change the default system at boot time? Gaston I have mine set up so it default boots to the last one I selected. This example is shown in the grub manual http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#savedefault ...

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Gaston Gagnon
That's even better :-) Thanks Frank. Gaston Frank Tkalcevic wrote: My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. How can I change the default system at boot time? Gaston I have mine set up so it default boots to the last one I selected. This example is shown in the grub manual

[Emc-users] Dual Boot Linux EMCs ON One HDD???

2008-02-02 Thread Administrator
Well folks - I'm back again at this. Here's what I'm trying to do. PC with One HDD to install Ubuntu 6.06 EMC2 BDI. 4.51 EMC2 only on separate partitions. Gave up the idea of installing the Dual EMC2 on separate HDD's. Completed PC will have no Windows OS. Just the Dual Linux EMC2's OS.

Re: [Emc-users] Dual Boot Linux EMCs ON One HDD???

2008-02-02 Thread Alex Joni
- Original Message - From: Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Dual Boot Linux EMCs ON One HDD??? Well folks - I'm back again at this. Here's what I'm trying to do. PC with One HDD to install Ubuntu

[Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 09:21:23PM -0800, Hugh Currin wrote: Also, can one use this *.iso to create a dual-boot system? I'd like to leave a small partition for DOS. I agree with Rafael: install DOS first, in the first partition, and leave lots of empty unpartitioned space. Keep the DOS

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Kyle
Chris Radek wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 09:21:23PM -0800, Hugh Currin wrote: Also, can one use this *.iso to create a dual-boot system? I'd like to leave a small partition for DOS. I agree with Rafael: install DOS first, in the first partition, and leave lots of empty unpartitioned

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Ray Henry
Hi Hugh I suspect MattS has felt another disturbance in the force. Good to hear from you. I hope that the install will go easier than that last. I seem to remember some of it. Is this an STG card? Rayh On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 07:24 -0600, Chris Radek wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Hugh Currin
Dave, Rafael, Chris, Kyle Ray: Thank you. I've made some progress. I couldn't get cdrecord -scanbus to work. I think this is due to the ATAPI (not SCSI) drive but am not sure. I finally fired up X cd-roast and found the CD-RW address. (I'd looked here before but didn't see a clear way to burn

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hugh, Hugh Currin wrote: Dave, Rafael, Chris, Kyle Ray: Thank you. I've made some progress. Great. I couldn't get cdrecord -scanbus to work. I think this is due to the ATAPI (not SCSI) drive but am not sure. I finally fired up X cd-roast and found I was not sure what kind of