If for some reasons after updating the Web-GUI is broken, but the device is still accessible via ssh, the device can be flashed via the command line.
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You should reboot the device right before executing following steps, to avoid having to much log files taking file space.
Do not reboot or power off the device, while running the ddflash.sh tool
Preparations:
If you are under Windows you need an SSH client, e.g. putty:
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Check if you can login to your device.
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Creating the install folder and getting the flash-image onto the device:
If you can log in to the device, create the following folder and change into it:
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The image files are available from this location:
http://www.beronet.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/berofix/ddflash_images/
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In this example the flashimages-23.01.01-rc46.tar.gz is used, but you can use any image available in this folder.
Standard way, if wget worksinternet is accessible and wget is working:
First check, if you can fetch the file via wget while in /tmp/mchroot/tmp folder:
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wget http://www.beronet.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/berofix/ddflash_images/flashimages-23.01.01-rc46.tar.gz |
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Alternative way, if wget doesn’t work:
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With putty comes a command line tool called pscpscp. You need to open a cmd shell to use it. You alternatively can use a GUI tool like WinSCP.
Change into the the folder on you PC where the flashimages-23.01.01-rc46.tar.gz is located.
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scp flashimages-23.01.01-rc46.tar.gz root@172.20.13.204:/tmp/mchroot/tmp |
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Check the image
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file transfer:
The flash file should have been copied over or fetched into the newly created folder.
In putty On the beronet device change into the /tmp/mchroot/tmp folder and check if the file copy worked and then extract the actual flash tool from the archive.
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