Can't you use a single floppy linux installation ? or don't they have X ? I
know there ar several linux on a floppy installations available and I am sure
someone will have the pointers ....
you could boot from the floppy and then connect to the remote machine using
NFS ...Unless of course you don't have a floppy drive..
Ignatius Nayan D'Rozario wrote:
> To begin with a big thanks to Indra for relaying my mail
> when I was down and out !
>
> "M.K.Laha" wrote:
> > > > R u aware of places where they will sell me etching
> > > > chemicals ( that is without arresting me !!!). I want to
> > > > make a PC Board (ISA) for EPROM writing.... Have the circuit
> > > > and all... Could you find out if anyone in the ILUG knows
> > > > where (in Cal, if not then where in India ...) I can find a
> > > > board for double sided etching ( Try the JU guys...)
> >
> > I haven't done this in the last 10 years but General Radio Corporation
> > (GRC) at 6, Madan Street should have 2-sided PCB blanks and they don't
> > cost the earth by any means. They should also be having the right kind
> > of masking tape. Hot concentrated ferric chloride solution is all that
> > is needed to remove the unwanted (and therefore unmasked) copper. Ferric
> > chloride is obtainable from any shop selling chemicals (College St,
> > Middleton Row, and I don't know where else) and one doesn't get arrested
> > for buying it. Getting the etching right takes some experience, though.
>
> #1. I have the PCB Layout and have printed it out on paper
> and it seems to be of the right size and need to transfer it
> somehow onto the board. I know that this invovles some way
> of tranferring the design using UV or something but HOW ???
>
> #2. Last time I went around asking for chemicals like
> Glacial Acetic Acid ( to make cooking vinegar) and Lab grade
> IsoPropyl Alcohol I was told that these stuff apparently can
> be used to make explosives and hence purchase would involve
> incurring the wrath of the police !!!
>
> >
> > All said and done, it would be best if a ready-made PCB fits (or is
> > patched to fit) the bill. GRC again.
>
> #3. I can't find one that will fit both the bill and my
> (very limited) pocket ! This is to write BootROMs on EPROMs
> without using a fancy (& way too expensive) EPROM Writer...
> All I need to do is to make a Boot ROM for the ISA network
> card for a Diskless Workstation running X as I can't afford
> a HDD.
>
> I would be VERY happy... Hmmm! Let's say ECSTATIC if someone
> has an alternative solution ...
>
> >
> > - Manas Laha
>
> Thanks
>
> INIGO
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