Recommended New Install of LinuxCNC coming from EMC2 and Ubuntu 10.4

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03 Jul 2025 19:51 - 03 Jul 2025 19:53 #331187 by dunnitagain
Long story short , new to me, milling machines built around 2006-2010 . Computers are password protected ( guy was a real tinfoil hat )  I have issues that i can not rectify with out killing the install anyhow.  Only input to the computers is USB , no disc drives , no ethernet or modems. 
     The original install is emc2 , 2.4.6 , Ubuntu 10.4 , Kernel 2.6.32-122-rtai . Computer is Intel Atom 1.66GHZ , 800MHZ Memory , 2048MB RAM.
Is the computer good enough for modern version? 
          I have all the pin maps for the machines. Most of the Schematics . Any recommendations would be great , this crap is so old , no one can gi

 What is the safest and Easiest to install . just keep it simple for an dummy!
Just tired of wasting time with this , Im Not a real computer expert either . Appreciate the help guys .
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03 Jul 2025 20:03 #331190 by langdons
That PC sounds like E-waste.

Make sure RAM is dual-channel.

Just a buy new (possibly used) a PC with ethernet.

Are there PS/2 port(s)?

PS/2 keyboards are still good, arguably better than USB.

Did you know that laptops touchpads, even modern ones, are usually PS/2?

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03 Jul 2025 20:05 - 03 Jul 2025 20:07 #331191 by langdons
Older hardware generally needs an oldish OS.

An OS 10 years younger than the hardware seems to be a good rule of thumb.

www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc3-i386.iso

www.linuxcnc.org/iso/linuxcnc-2.7.14-wheezy.iso
Last edit: 03 Jul 2025 20:07 by langdons. Reason: Added more info.

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03 Jul 2025 20:11 #331193 by langdons
4GB ram would be be better.

Is 800MHz the fastest RAM the system can use?

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03 Jul 2025 21:22 #331199 by tommylight
1. download Ubuntu 10.04 with LinuxCNC from here
www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc3-i386.iso
2. write it to USB drive, google howto with Rufus
3. boot the PC from that USB
4. click on "try Ubuntu"
5. open a file folder, on the left find the internal HDD and click on it, on the right find /home/whatever_user_name_was_on_it/EMC2/configs
6. copy that config folder to another USB drive or a phone or external HDD
7. open that configs folder on the internal HDD, open the config inside, right click on the file with .ini extension, choose "open with" and type emc2, press enter
8. does the machine run?
If all is OK, remove the other USB or phone or external HDD, and proceed to install Ubuntu.
After restarting use the other USB or phone or external HDD and copy the configs folder where it was, start it as in point 7, or use the CNC menu and click on "create desktop shortcut" after you choose your config in the config picker.
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04 Jul 2025 00:22 #331208 by unknown
Long story short.

The current machine is really not suitable for the most recent version.
Maybe if you elaborate on the issues we maybe able to provide a solution.
Usually if the machine is operating fine and doing the job without any issues there is no real need to upgrade.
There are many machines out there still running early versions of Linuxcnc without any issues.

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04 Jul 2025 01:51 #331212 by dunnitagain
Ill give it a try. Thank You for the step by step.

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04 Jul 2025 01:54 #331213 by dunnitagain
It started when i was editing the .ini for a homing issue. After the restart , EMC2 would always terminate with an error. Somehow it modified the port address , from what i can figure. but with the system password unknown . I cant edit the port address.

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04 Jul 2025 02:07 #331214 by unknown
If you can modify the ini file you can modify the port address in the ini file.
Usually with any errors starting, the error log and ini & hal files are posted by he user.

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