How to repack an img file extracted from a device firmware?
So I've got a DVR and obviously forgot its password. Tried to telnet it, got credentials from internet (I guess they are the same for many resellers since the manufacturer is probably the same), JTR'd password. But this has awaken my curiosity, and now I just want to mess with firmware for the fun of it. I've tried to put a custom logo since it's a really stupid one, and possibly change languages of menus so other people from my family can also operate it.
Firmware comes as a binary file. Unzipped it to 4 .img files.
- custom-x.cramfs.img
- logo-x.cramfs.img
- romfs-x.cramfs.img
- user-x.cramfs.img
I couldn't get to mount them since there was some header bytes added to those images by mkimage, as I was told by some blog posts.
file command output of one of these images (logo):
logo-x.cramfs.img: u-boot legacy uImage, linux, Linux/ARM, Standalone Program (gzip), 40960 bytes, Fri Jul 4 06:04:30 2014, Load Address: 0x00770000, Entry Point: 0x00780000, Header CRC: 0xBC5511F0, Data CRC: 0xC6BFF7D1
After stripping the 64 bytes of data with dd I can get to mount it, and access files. Stuck trying to add some garbage files just to generate a different image file. How would I proceed about repacking the mounted img after doing changes/adding files? And how should I re-add the 64 bytes of data I've stripped?
Any helpful thoughts are appreciated.
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So I've got a DVR and obviously forgot its password. Tried to telnet it, got credentials from internet (I guess they are the same for many resellers since the manufacturer is probably the same), JTR'd password. But this has awaken my curiosity, and now I just want to mess with firmware for the fun of it. I've tried to put a custom logo since it's a really stupid one, and possibly change languages of menus so other people from my family can also operate it.
Firmware comes as a binary file. Unzipped it to 4 .img files.
- custom-x.cramfs.img
- logo-x.cramfs.img
- romfs-x.cramfs.img
- user-x.cramfs.img
I couldn't get to mount them since there was some header bytes added to those images by mkimage, as I was told by some blog posts.
file command output of one of these images (logo):
logo-x.cramfs.img: u-boot legacy uImage, linux, Linux/ARM, Standalone Program (gzip), 40960 bytes, Fri Jul 4 06:04:30 2014, Load Address: 0x00770000, Entry Point: 0x00780000, Header CRC: 0xBC5511F0, Data CRC: 0xC6BFF7D1
After stripping the 64 bytes of data with dd I can get to mount it, and access files. Stuck trying to add some garbage files just to generate a different image file. How would I proceed about repacking the mounted img after doing changes/adding files? And how should I re-add the 64 bytes of data I've stripped?
Any helpful thoughts are appreciated.
mount firmware
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
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asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
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So I've got a DVR and obviously forgot its password. Tried to telnet it, got credentials from internet (I guess they are the same for many resellers since the manufacturer is probably the same), JTR'd password. But this has awaken my curiosity, and now I just want to mess with firmware for the fun of it. I've tried to put a custom logo since it's a really stupid one, and possibly change languages of menus so other people from my family can also operate it.
Firmware comes as a binary file. Unzipped it to 4 .img files.
- custom-x.cramfs.img
- logo-x.cramfs.img
- romfs-x.cramfs.img
- user-x.cramfs.img
I couldn't get to mount them since there was some header bytes added to those images by mkimage, as I was told by some blog posts.
file command output of one of these images (logo):
logo-x.cramfs.img: u-boot legacy uImage, linux, Linux/ARM, Standalone Program (gzip), 40960 bytes, Fri Jul 4 06:04:30 2014, Load Address: 0x00770000, Entry Point: 0x00780000, Header CRC: 0xBC5511F0, Data CRC: 0xC6BFF7D1
After stripping the 64 bytes of data with dd I can get to mount it, and access files. Stuck trying to add some garbage files just to generate a different image file. How would I proceed about repacking the mounted img after doing changes/adding files? And how should I re-add the 64 bytes of data I've stripped?
Any helpful thoughts are appreciated.
mount firmware
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
43.2k1159138
asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
61
So I've got a DVR and obviously forgot its password. Tried to telnet it, got credentials from internet (I guess they are the same for many resellers since the manufacturer is probably the same), JTR'd password. But this has awaken my curiosity, and now I just want to mess with firmware for the fun of it. I've tried to put a custom logo since it's a really stupid one, and possibly change languages of menus so other people from my family can also operate it.
Firmware comes as a binary file. Unzipped it to 4 .img files.
- custom-x.cramfs.img
- logo-x.cramfs.img
- romfs-x.cramfs.img
- user-x.cramfs.img
I couldn't get to mount them since there was some header bytes added to those images by mkimage, as I was told by some blog posts.
file command output of one of these images (logo):
logo-x.cramfs.img: u-boot legacy uImage, linux, Linux/ARM, Standalone Program (gzip), 40960 bytes, Fri Jul 4 06:04:30 2014, Load Address: 0x00770000, Entry Point: 0x00780000, Header CRC: 0xBC5511F0, Data CRC: 0xC6BFF7D1
After stripping the 64 bytes of data with dd I can get to mount it, and access files. Stuck trying to add some garbage files just to generate a different image file. How would I proceed about repacking the mounted img after doing changes/adding files? And how should I re-add the 64 bytes of data I've stripped?
Any helpful thoughts are appreciated.
mount firmware
mount firmware
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
43.2k1159138
asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
61
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
43.2k1159138
asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
61
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
43.2k1159138
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
43.2k1159138
edited Sep 8 '16 at 23:58
Jeff Schaller
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43.2k1159138
asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
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asked Aug 14 '15 at 21:35
PedroPedro
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PedroPedro
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I assume you want to create squashfs images for SPI flash.
First create squashfs image from your directory that want:
mksquashfs yourdir romfs.squashfs -b 64K -comp xz
Then add the header with correct start and entry points:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -C gzip -T kernel -a 0x50000 -e 0x430000 -n 'linux' -d romfs.squashfs romfs.squashfs.img
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I assume you want to create squashfs images for SPI flash.
First create squashfs image from your directory that want:
mksquashfs yourdir romfs.squashfs -b 64K -comp xz
Then add the header with correct start and entry points:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -C gzip -T kernel -a 0x50000 -e 0x430000 -n 'linux' -d romfs.squashfs romfs.squashfs.img
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I assume you want to create squashfs images for SPI flash.
First create squashfs image from your directory that want:
mksquashfs yourdir romfs.squashfs -b 64K -comp xz
Then add the header with correct start and entry points:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -C gzip -T kernel -a 0x50000 -e 0x430000 -n 'linux' -d romfs.squashfs romfs.squashfs.img
edited Sep 14 '17 at 13:05
schaiba
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answered Sep 14 '17 at 12:37
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I assume you want to create squashfs images for SPI flash.
First create squashfs image from your directory that want:
mksquashfs yourdir romfs.squashfs -b 64K -comp xz
Then add the header with correct start and entry points:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -C gzip -T kernel -a 0x50000 -e 0x430000 -n 'linux' -d romfs.squashfs romfs.squashfs.img
edited Sep 14 '17 at 13:05
schaiba
5,55912229
answered Sep 14 '17 at 12:37
SunaySunay
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I assume you want to create squashfs images for SPI flash.
First create squashfs image from your directory that want:
mksquashfs yourdir romfs.squashfs -b 64K -comp xz
Then add the header with correct start and entry points:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -C gzip -T kernel -a 0x50000 -e 0x430000 -n 'linux' -d romfs.squashfs romfs.squashfs.img
edited Sep 14 '17 at 13:05
schaiba
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answered Sep 14 '17 at 12:37
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