Boot Process
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This code is the IPTV Bootloader. It does some hardware inits and downloads the "bootstrap" file via TFTP from discovery.iptv.t-online.de | This code is the IPTV Bootloader. It does some hardware inits and downloads the "bootstrap" file via TFTP from discovery.iptv.t-online.de | ||
| − | The content of this file is not important for the boot itself. | + | The content of this file is not important for the boot itself. (On the BT-Vision version the file sync contains some Certificate information). |
Next step is the Desaster-Recovery check. On the 1st partition on the harddrive there is the file "BOOT.PRF". This file contains a boot counter that is increased on each boot attempt by the IPTV Bootloader. If the BOOT.PRF file is not found or if the boot counter is at least 4, then a Desaster-Recovery is triggered. | Next step is the Desaster-Recovery check. On the 1st partition on the harddrive there is the file "BOOT.PRF". This file contains a boot counter that is increased on each boot attempt by the IPTV Bootloader. If the BOOT.PRF file is not found or if the boot counter is at least 4, then a Desaster-Recovery is triggered. | ||
