Re: [foxboro] Installing Foxboro IADay0 Ethernet / problem with Dell P4

Hello list.
Might this explain why people that have established Foxboro systems are
somewhat reluctant to include a (cheap?) Microsoft based OS in their control
environment? In the end you get what you pay for.

I believe that Foxboro, in an attempt not get a share of the bottom end of
the market, went in bed with Microsoft. 
Reading the list messages, that was not such a good idea.

They would have been better off porting Foxboro I/A to Linux. 
Imagine a ROM(flash memory) based Linux box that you turn on and goes. Well
there's an idea.

Cheers,
Frits.
  



-----Original Message-----
From: Boulay, Russ [mailto:Russ.Boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 26 March 2004 05:26
To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Installing Foxboro IADay0 Ethernet / problem with
Dell P4


You are trying to load I/A on a non-qualified PC. 
Foxboro goes thru great pains to qualify specific models from Dell.
The ever changing motherboards, video cards, ethernet adapters etc. can all
stop a day0 load dead in it's tracks.
There are instances even on qualified machines where specific instructions
must be followed before you reboot the machine.
i.e.   During the I/A load certain drivers may gett loaded to support
hardware that you don't have. Thus blue screen.
Must remove these specfic drivers before reboot or blue screen is the
result.
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx   On Behalf Of "Attfield, Oanh"
> <Oanh.Attfield@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:01 PM
> To:   foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [foxboro]  Installing Foxboro IADay0 Ethernet /  problem
> with Dell P4
> 
> We have a  test PC, Dell Pentium 4 Optiplex GX260 2 GHz  ; 40 GIG IDE =
> hard drive ; 256 MB RAM,  Windows NT 4 SP5. We tried to load Foxboro day =
> 0 NT Ethernet CD (version 6.1) onto this machine.  After that , we =
> rebooted PC, the machine locked up at the blue screen. We recovered the =
> original NT image using ghost, PC rebooted fined. We then reloaded Day 0 =
> (version 6.01), same problem, PC crashed at blue screen.=20
> 
> If you can offer some advice, it is greatly appreciated.=20
> 
> Regards
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