2018-02-28, 12:09 AM
Software
Wasting an SD card.
I run Knoppix at home. I tried all kinds of other distributions, and settled on Klaus Knopper's distribution.
A year ago (pretty much to the date), I created a knoppix 7.7.1 bootable USB flash drive in order to do "Arduino Stuff." I picked up an Arduino MEGA 2650 knockoff, and an electronics parts kit, to play around with Arduino, and possibly to mate with a RAMPS board at some point.
Anyway, since that time, Knoppix 8.1 has come out, and it is warped toward 3D printing. So, I figured I would do a new install for my OneUp. This version would be installed on an SD memory card, as I rarely use SD cards in my laptops, so it would free up a USB port as I 3D-print.
Knoppix 8.1 has a new feature: Remaster Knoppix. If I understand the feature correctly, when it creates the compressed filesystem for install to the flash drive, it actually goes out and updates all the packages on-the-fly, so what you install is the latest-and-greatest software. I chose not to do this, as it would take too much time. Build night was the next day, and I needed to get the software in order for when I got the electronics wired up.
During the install, I found the notes for my Arduino USB flash. I created it "For Arduino and 3D Printing." So, I could just use the K771 version, and skip K81. But, I wanted the latest Operating System, so I forged ahead anyway.
It was a disaster.
The K81 install to SD actually went fine. Klaus and his team do an excellent job with their distro, and its install CD. The problem is that neither of the old, used HP netbooks that I plan to use as a 3D-print controller can boot an OS from the SD card. Flash drives, no problem. SD card, problem.
It was now well after midnight, and I needed to go to bed. I would take the K771 USB flash to Build Night and use that.
The next day, I checked to see if Repetier-Host was installed on K771. No dice. It was not even in the repositories.
SAY WHAT???
I told K771 to refresh its knowledge of the repositories (remember this thing was installed a year ago). Ah, THERE is Repetier-Host.
Upon install, I was told that there was something like 36 packages that either needed installed or upgraded. Most of these were "Mono" packages. If I am not mistaken, Mono is sort of like Wine. It is a Windows-compatibility library. Hm. Repetier-Host must be a Windows application.
Long story short: I installed/upgraded everything without a hitch, and trundled off to build night.
Oh, yeah. Before shutting down, I did a check on Slic3r. It was there, as well.
NOW, I trundle off to build night...
Wasting an SD card.
I run Knoppix at home. I tried all kinds of other distributions, and settled on Klaus Knopper's distribution.
A year ago (pretty much to the date), I created a knoppix 7.7.1 bootable USB flash drive in order to do "Arduino Stuff." I picked up an Arduino MEGA 2650 knockoff, and an electronics parts kit, to play around with Arduino, and possibly to mate with a RAMPS board at some point.
Anyway, since that time, Knoppix 8.1 has come out, and it is warped toward 3D printing. So, I figured I would do a new install for my OneUp. This version would be installed on an SD memory card, as I rarely use SD cards in my laptops, so it would free up a USB port as I 3D-print.
Knoppix 8.1 has a new feature: Remaster Knoppix. If I understand the feature correctly, when it creates the compressed filesystem for install to the flash drive, it actually goes out and updates all the packages on-the-fly, so what you install is the latest-and-greatest software. I chose not to do this, as it would take too much time. Build night was the next day, and I needed to get the software in order for when I got the electronics wired up.
During the install, I found the notes for my Arduino USB flash. I created it "For Arduino and 3D Printing." So, I could just use the K771 version, and skip K81. But, I wanted the latest Operating System, so I forged ahead anyway.
It was a disaster.
The K81 install to SD actually went fine. Klaus and his team do an excellent job with their distro, and its install CD. The problem is that neither of the old, used HP netbooks that I plan to use as a 3D-print controller can boot an OS from the SD card. Flash drives, no problem. SD card, problem.
It was now well after midnight, and I needed to go to bed. I would take the K771 USB flash to Build Night and use that.
The next day, I checked to see if Repetier-Host was installed on K771. No dice. It was not even in the repositories.
SAY WHAT???
I told K771 to refresh its knowledge of the repositories (remember this thing was installed a year ago). Ah, THERE is Repetier-Host.
Upon install, I was told that there was something like 36 packages that either needed installed or upgraded. Most of these were "Mono" packages. If I am not mistaken, Mono is sort of like Wine. It is a Windows-compatibility library. Hm. Repetier-Host must be a Windows application.
Long story short: I installed/upgraded everything without a hitch, and trundled off to build night.
Oh, yeah. Before shutting down, I did a check on Slic3r. It was there, as well.
NOW, I trundle off to build night...
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