From: Craig H. <cr...@gu...> - 2006-03-04 22:06:58
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One thing which I'd thought of which might be useful for the "users =20 are on windows, and can't be trusted to click the right button, let =20 alone install an app" situation would be to have the gumstix use the =20 file_storage gadget to appear to Windows as a USB thumb drive, and =20 then include an autorun.bat in the storage area which Windows will =20 run when it mounts the "drive". C On Mar 3, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Leigh Wells wrote: > I hear ya... > > This is going to be distributed to computer-illiterate users who =20 > need to > install my app and push one button to configure the gumstix and =20 > retrieve > log files for parsing and display. I can't force the end user to > install anything but my app, unfortunately. I think people will start > freaking out if I have to install Cygwin as well. > > I think I managed to find tftp that I can build into Busybox...I'll =20= > see > if I can make that work, although it doesn't appear at first glance to > be a server. I assume tftp requires a server at one end... > > Tftp client is also built into Windows. This might not work, but I =20= > may > as well give it a shot. > > Thanks, > > Leigh W. Wells > > -----Original Message----- > From: gum...@li... > [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Andrew > Plumb > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:31 PM > To: gum...@li... > Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Grabbing ttyS0 > > I highly recommend installing Cygwin on the Windows side. Makes > things a lot easier 'cause everything is in a *nix command-line > context. Don't need to get all the X-windows stuff, just the basics > so you can bring up a term and do the usual ssh and sftp things. > > http://www.cygwin.com/ > > Andrew. > > On 3/3/06, Leigh Wells <le...@pd...> wrote: >> OK, I've got USBnet going between my gumstix and my XP box. Now, I > need >> a way to transfer files. I'm thinking about tftp, but I can't =20 >> find it >> on the gumstix, or a way to build it in. Is there one I can build =20= >> in? >> tftp is built-in to XP, so this might be the way to go. >> >> I would like to avoid third-party stuff on the Win side, but I =20 >> guess I >> could find some scp utility or something... >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> Leigh W. Wells > [snip] > > -- > > If you don't know what to do, do something. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?=20 > cmd_____________________________________ > __________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting =20 > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the =20 > live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding =20 > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=110944&bid$1720&dat=121642= > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |