# Transferring Files from Host to Board

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**To setup TFTP server on HOST PC**

**Step 1: Open a Terminal window on your PC and navigate to the scripts folder. This folder contains 3 files:** `elinux_pkg.sh`**,** `if_machine_is_64-bit.sh`**,** `tftp-script.sh`**.**

**Step 2: If you are running 64 bit machine, run** `if_machine_is_64-bit.sh`**.**\
**NOTE: You can ignore this step or else.**

**Step 3: Run the** `elinux_pkg.sh`**,** `tftp-script.sh`**.**

**Step 4: Check if tftpboot folder has been created in /var/lib/ directory, The box highlighted in green shows that tftpboot folder has been created in /var/lib/ directory.**

![TFTP](/files/-LeRWolgHV4GruFpZD43)

**Step 5: Connect an ethernet cable to the board and type** `ifconfig` **on your PC and note down your server address. Highlighted white text shows server address in my case.**

![To check the server address.](/files/-LeRX_EE8SN-OoF7ocfR)

**Step 6: Create and copy a test file(Ex: test.txt) to tftpboot folder. Create a file named test.txt**`touch test.txt`**copy it to /var/lib/tftpboot** `cp test.txt /var/lib/tftpboot`.

**Step 7: Switch to your board's terminal and type in** `tftp -r test.txt -g 192.168.1.12`.

**Step 8: Now you should be able to see the file on your board.**

![test.txt file transferred to the board](/files/-LeR_F-uVMmtunf8J3Xd)
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