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  • in reply to: Os X compatible tftp server article #371336
    mduling
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    The reasons I don’t try to use Apple’s tftpd are:

    1) It stops transferring files after it hits 16MB. I suppose the stock FreeBSD tftpd must do that too.
    2) Something extra needs to be done to make it work but I’m not sure what, and I don’t care since it won’t transfer most of my Cisco images anyway because they are > 16MB.
    3) Even if Apple’s tftpd worked as I needed it to, I don’t like messing with Apple’s bits unless Apple provided a way to mess with the bits (for ftp there’s a pref pane). The same reason I don’t install open source software manually anymore. Either way, over time all the installs or mods pollutes your drive with new or changed bits that can’t be undone so you end up wiping the drive to get back to a known good state. Using ports sandboxes open source software and I don’t have that problem.

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