On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:21:21 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> 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 > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug that's a Uboot prompt not a *nix prompt. load the image from tftp onto a memory offset then boot that offset. -- _________________________________________ / What excuses stand in your way? How can \ | you eliminate them? | | | \ -- Roger von Oech / ----------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug