(superseeded) Linuxcnc on Linux Mint 19.3 quick and easy installation

Does grub have an "Advanced Options" menu ?
If you delve into that it may have your rt kernel come up.

If you want to wait an hour or son from this post I'll have my Linux Mint 19.2 iso with an RT kernel and Linuxcnc 2.9 installed already to do a fresh install with.

Yes and Advanced options menu only show 5.3.8.28.
Would be nice to download a iso all set up with LinuxMint & CNC ?
It would stop a lot of people from using a lot of aspirin as one fig it out

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Yes it has that menu and I choose it. It shows the rt kernel I downloaded and that recovery mode, then the regular kernel and its recovery mode. Select the new kernel and it always goes back to same message, load kernel first, Can only boot by selecting original kernel.

Like I said in this post forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...tion?start=40#156724
I really need to more info.

If you can't, wont or unwilling to do that there is SFA I can do to help. And I'd really like to get you up and going.

WhyMe1 wrote: Yes and Advanced options menu only show 5.3.8.28.
Would be nice to download a iso all set up with LinuxMint & CNC ?
It would stop a lot of people from using a lot of aspirin as one fig it out

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[strike]Ok first things first, don't hassle the Linux Mints guys about any issues with this, ask me
Whilst booting it may stall at Rengerating SSL Certificates, hold down the shif key and it will continue.

md5 check sum:
drive.google.com/open?id=1rx9VWub9qvvXxrm4X6d7bpH6HGQMRXA9

ISO image, either burn to DVD or transfer to USB.
drive.google.com/open?id=1rL_YJZqJ8sIbucN94fzgPaDnXODC2KeN

In windows use ONLY Win32Disk Imager to create a bootable USB stick
sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ You will have no issues with Win32DiskImager or use dd under Linux.


Changes that have been made.
RT kernel & headers installed
Linuxcnc 2.9 uspace, dev and EN docs

The following have been added to suit my tastes
Midnight commander has been added
Geany text editor has been added
gFTP has been added a GTK ftp client, has some very nice features.

Finally
A modification has been made to the gimp mime types so it does not open the Linucnc pdf help docs but a pdf viewer.
You will see the kernel messages and boot messages whilst booting the iso, this is to make it easier to see if the boot process is stalling on the aforementioned section.
As per usual Mint iso it can be run as a livecd or installed to disc as per normal Mint way.

This has been tested on VBox and a Lenovo T530 Thinkpad with 12GB RAM.

Feedback back is very much appreciated, or any suggestions, such as removing the libreoffice suit and adding either FreeCAD or librcad.

One thing before I forget, if you elect to update packages please please right click on any kernel packages and mark them as to be ignored.[/strike]

Thank You for the info on iso -- Downloading --- will use WinUSB v3.7.0.1 to make a USB boot stick and try it out .

WinUSB v3.7.0.1 will not work with Linuxmint CNC 2.9 iso -error Linux Lnitrd file not found on iso .