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Unofficial Sun Blade 100 FAQ : Sun Blade 100 hardware questions : OpenBoot 4.x on the Sun Blade 100 : How do I convert MAC addresses to filenames for TFTP?

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Unofficial Sun Blade 100 FAQ : Sun Blade 100 hardware questions : OpenBoot 4.x on the Sun Blade 100 : How do I convert MAC addresses to filenames for TFTP?

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This script will help you convert a MAC address into the filename required by a TFTP server. #!/bin/sh # # ident “@(#) conv.sh – ip address conversion” # Hanno Schroeder, iXnet GmbH # # Convert IP address in dot-separated format to hex string # if [ $# != 1 ] ; then echo “usage: $0 ip-address” ; exit 1 fi echo “$1″ | awk ‘BEGIN { FS=”.” } { printf(“%2.2x%2.2x%2.2x%2.