Dave wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
>> pass /tftpboot/mvp.bin to a TFTP client running on another machine
>> and it successfully retrieves the dongle.
>
> How would I test this? I'll install the tftp client on this machine and
> try it now, but it would help if someone gives me the appropriate
> commands (or points me to the right page). It will be no use for me to
> manually retrieving the dongle if it is not retreived in the way a
> MediaMVP would retrieve it...
You shouldn't need to replicate the MVP approach to prove that you have
the path correct. The dongle retrieval is performed by the bootloader
firmware, which we don't have the source to, so we can't look at the
"command line" it uses, but we not from observation that the bootloader
combines the DHCP supplied path and the file name.
The test is intended to exercise how your server interprets the path.
TFTP servers have options to use the path as an absolute path, use it as
relative to some fixed path, or ignore the path and expect the file to
exist in some set location.
Any TFTP client could be used to perform that test, including any
Windows XP or later box, as they include a TFTP client.
mvpmc includes a TFTP client, and will use the path supplied via DHCP
when retrieving your optional startup script ("conf file"). As you have
a booting rev H box, you can use that, and replicate the mvpmc command
line precisely, if you choose. The actual TFTP command line can be found
in the rc.S script. See:
http://git.mvpmc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=mvpmc.git;a=blob_plain;f=dongle/filesystem/tree/etc/rcS
(You can also view this on an MVP running mvpmc at /etc/rcS.)
I've written some TFTP troubleshooting tips at the end of this page:
http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/saving+settings+via+TFTP
and check the list archives for troubleshooting tips showing Windows
TFTP command lines.
-Tom
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