Get a root shell and issue these commands:īash-4.2# cp /path/to/openwrt-image /private/tftpboot/īash-4.2# launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ist Maybe the tftp dir is not yet created but this is just a mkdir. Tftpd works out-of-the-box also on the old 10.4. Tftpboot 0x80000000 openwrt-xxx-generic-xxx-squashfs-factory.binīoot.m 0x9f020000 tftpd on MacOS 10.4 'Tiger' In some cases, when the output on the serial console is grabbled you can still act on faith and executer the following commands, which will work in most cases: tftpd is in fact not running but launchctl will launch it as soon as it is required.

Notice that even after running launchctl start you will not see tftpd running when executing ps aux | grep tftpd because of the way launchctl works. Place the openwrt image file you want to serve in: Here is an example config file that will work:ĭifferences from the default include removing this, to enable the service:Īdd this to the ProgramArguments array to make it log to /var/log/syslog.log -l Sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ist Sudo launchctl unload -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ist The configuration with which the daemon is lauched is in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ist and the the identifier is īefore you make changes to the config run:

Like most services in OS X, tftpd is controlled by launchctl. OS X Lion comes with a tftpd but its disabled by default. If you prefer to use the command-line, read on…

There's a writeup of using TftpServer.app at tftpserver. Note: TftpServer.app places a pleasing GUI on top of the native OSX tftpd. Move this section showing how to configure a TFTP server to tftpserver

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