JohnSwenson;550955 Wrote: > Lets see if I can clear some things up here a little bit. The server the > SB is connected to determines whether it will get new firmware or not. > If the SB is connected to a "released" server it will very rarely > update firmware. If the SB is connected to a beta server release (which > currently is either 7.5.1 or 7.6) the SB will get nightly firmware > updates. The SERVER version does not have to be upgraded to get the new > firmware. As long as the server is a beta version the SB gets the latest > firmware even if the server version is not updated. > > Things get a little strange on the Touch because the builtin server is > part of the firmware package. > > Here are some examples: > > First lets focus on the case of having a server on a separate computer. > On Monday you install the latest 7.5.1 server (a beta version). When you > connect the Touch to this server it will notice that there is a firmware > update and install that on the Touch. Tuesday it will also see new > firmware, and install that. Wednesday no new firmware (the developers > didn't release one that day). Thursday again new firmware. This will > continue to get new firmware for the Touch. > > Note you have NOT changed the version of the server on the computer. As > long as it is some beta version you will continue to get firmware > updates. Since the Server version does not automatically get updated > its a good idea to manually update the server version every so often so > things do not get too far out of sync. > > Now onto using TinySBS. If the Touch is pointing at its own internal > server, which starts out as a released version, it will not update to > beta firmware. The only way to get it to update the firmware is to > either point it to an external beta server, or manually update the > firmware to a beta firmware release, which includes a beta server. NOW > you are using a beta server so you will automatically get future > nightly firmware updates. In this case you DO automatically get server > updates because the server is part of the firmware package. > > Any other SB devices which are pointing at the TinySBS on the Touch > will now automatically update their firmware as well because the server > is now a beta server. > > Of course in order for any of these automatic firmware upgrades to > happen the server has to be connected to the internet. If you are using > an external server its the server that actually downloads the firmware > from the internet and stores it on its local disk. When the Touch > connects to the server the server will then tell it there is a new > firmware version. > > Make sense? > > John S.
Thanks for your time with the explanation. Makes Sense. -- local.bin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ local.bin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79123 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
