rocr wrote: here's what I found out.
linuxcnc 2.17.4 (or was it 2.4.17) wants to connect to a repo, and if it can't wants a "media change", a dvd with the repo.
I thought I had fixed that when I re-issued the .iso with the repositories switched to the archive. Are you using the link here?
www.linuxcnc.org/downloads/
