[rescue] NCD Xterms

[George Adkins]

On Thursday 23 May 2002 05:46 am, you wrote:
> ->So I have managed to rescue two NCD xterms with 16megs of memory a piece
> ->and no internal boot device (pcmcia). However I have yet to find a way to
> ->get the boot image required to boot these suckers. Any ideas, they are
> the ->HMX model with ps2 keyboard, serial mouse, and aui network card. ->
> I believe I can help you there.
>
> I just picked up an Explora an Explora Pro an ECX and and MCX.
> I managed to aquire the old NCDWare and the new NCDWare as well and would
> be willing to upload them to somewhere for you.
>
> As to setting them up I'm just using rarpd and tftp.
> Just run tftp with a directory that you have your boot images in (eg
> /boot) and add an entry for the xterm in /etc/ethers whose format is
> MACADDR\tab\hostname then make sure to have the hostname defined in hosts
> with an ip.
Actually, you can configure the HMX with an IP of it's own...  all you need 
is to point it at a tftp server.

George