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On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:23 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > The EdgeRouter-X serial console is connected to the laptop using a > USB-to-ttl adapter. To access the router I use 'screen /dev/ttyUSB0 57600' > and get a blank console. > > Plugging the power connector into the ER-X and holding down the '1' key on > the laptop I interrupt the ER-X's boot process and am presented with a > recovery menu. I want menu item 1 to load the recovery image using tftp. > > My question is how I should invoke tftp because if I try typing > /usr/bin/tftp in the serial console the keystrokes are not visible. And, if > I invoke it from another virtual console I don't know if it's available for > use with the ER-X screen console. The Ubiquti recovery manual doesn't cover > this, at least not for linux systems. > > So, I have a virtual terminal running screen connected to the ER-X and I > want to use tftp to transfer a specific file name after entering the IP > addresses of the ER-X (192.168.1.1) and the laptop (192.168.1.55). The file > to be transferred is > ER-e50.recovery.v2.0.6.5208541.190708.0508.16de5fdde.img which is in the > ER-X recovery directory on the laptop. > > I have the individual pieces working (found the correct pinouts for the > ER-X): a screen console, tftp, and the recovery image available and ask how > to put them all together. > > Regards, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
