diff --git a/en/goke-learning-from-original-firmware.md b/en/goke-learning-from-original-firmware.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9217552..0000000 --- a/en/goke-learning-from-original-firmware.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -# OpenIPC Wiki -[Table of Content](../index.md) - -Goke SoC: Learning from original firmware ------------------------------------------ - -### Prepare the enviroment - -Over the UART interface, it is possible to temporarily interrupt the normal booting -sequence and drop into a limited Linux shell at early stage of system startup. -``` -setenv bootargs ${bootargs} single init=/bin/sh -boot -``` -This shell won't load the full working system, so you have to amend it manually. -First, mount `/rom` filesystem: -``` -mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /rom -``` -Mount the rest of mounting points from `/etc/fstab`: -``` -mount -a -``` -Also mount the SD card to copy files to and from: -``` -mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /mnt/s0 -``` - -### Modifying the system - -On `/rom` filesystem, you can edit the `/room/etc/passwd` file but once the -device restarts it will be reset to default. This happens because there is a -guide bin file recreating `passwd` file on each start, so we need to modify -that executable. - -Copy `system.dat` to an SD card: -``` -cp /rom/system.dat /mnt/s0 -``` -On a linux computer, unpack `system.dat` file using `unsquashfs`: -``` -mkdir squashfs-temp -cd squashfs-temp -unsquashfs system.dat -``` -Find guide file and edit its content in a hex-editor to modify the name of the -file where password is written on every restart. Search for `/etc/passwd` and -change a letter in its name to something different, like `/etc/passwT`. - -Pack the squash file system using `mksquashfs`: -``` -mksquashfs ./squashfs-root ./file -comp xz -no-xattrs -noappend -no-exports -all-root -quiet -b 131072 -``` -and copy it from the SD card back to `/rom` directory on the camera. - -Now you can replace the password in `/rom/etc/passwd` with your own password, and when -you restart the device, you will have full working system with your own password.