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Old 10-15-2014, 07:01 AM   #8
Frenzie
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@AxaRu
You're probably aware, but I figured I should mention that messing with the boot and Linux image stuff is a lot riskier than anything else you could do. Make an extra backup or two of the whole internal microSD first, that kind of thing. :P

@guang6321
I'd also be really interested in the sources or configuration for the stuff you modified, especially u-boot, the kernel, and X.org. I assume the customs DEBs are simply compiled against the custom xserver without any modifications of their own? And there's also all of these fun little utilities under /opt/kobo/bin.

@Those interested in browsing the contents of the image.

Figure out the internal partitions:
Code:
$ sudo parted kobo-hd-debian-rootfs-20141013.img 
[sudo] password for blabla: 
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /home/blabla/kobo-hd-debian-rootfs-20141013.img
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) unit                                                             
Unit?  [compact]? B                                                       
(parted) print                                                            
Model:  (file)
Disk /home/blabla/kobo-hd-debian-rootfs-20141013.img: 7818182656B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start        End          Size         Type     File system  Flags
 1      67108864B    6507462655B  6440353792B  primary  ext4
 2      6541017088B  6675234815B  134217728B   primary  fat32
 3      6708789248B  7782531071B  1073741824B  primary  fat32

(parted) quit
Okay, so the offset of the actual Debian system is 67108864. Now we can mount it:

Code:
$ mkdir mount-deb
$ sudo mount -o loop,ro,offset=67108864 kobo-hd-debian-rootfs-20141013.img mount-deb
Be sure to take a look at /opt/kobo.
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