User guide

WML Linux Thin Client User Guide

Installing a firmware upgrade file on a LAN web server

In corporate networks, it is advisable to change the Firmware upgrade URL from the default WML

web server in order to take control of firmware upgrades. A new upgrade can be tested on a sample

unit before being rolled out across the organisation.

The firmware image is around 40 megabytes in size and will take some time to upgrade over a regular

broadband internet connection, providing a further reason to install the firmware upgrade on a LAN

server.

Firmware upgrade images are distributed as a gzipped tar archive containing several files. The latest

image is always available at http://wmltd.co.uk/foundrylinux/. At the time of writing, the most recent

firmware is: st168wml128-20080820_1233.tar.gz. http://wmltd.co.uk/ foundrylinux always contains

both the archive file and the contents of the archive file.

This archive contains the following files:

● boot.tar

● boot.tar.md5

● persist.tar

● persist.tar.md5

● preupdate.sh

● preupdate.sh.md5

● rootfs.img

● rootfs.img.md5

● version.txt

All of these files should be available from the Firmware upgrade URL – the thin client downloads the

files separately, rather than downloading and untarring the archive file itself.

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Illustration 52: Automatic firmware upgrade progress window