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nasser · 08-20-2017, 05:11 AM

Hadn't noticed this before, but...

In both my jailbroken kindles: PW3(G090G1, FW 5.7.4, factory image) and KT3(G000KA, FW 5.8.0, factory image), there's a /chroot folder which seems to be mirroring the /dev, /etc, /lib, /mnt, /proc, /sys, /usr and /var folders. The /mnt folder is , obviously, of interest, since it contains(in /mnt/us) all the stuff which will keep increasing: ebooks, extensions, images, etc. I checked and found all the currently available stuff in /mnt/us is there in /chroot/mnt/us.

Is this /chroot folder a virtual folder? I can't imagine it mirroring more and more stuff from /mnt/us.

I've retained the initial "factory image" after the jailbreak process, since it had some stuff I wanted to keep, which an update would've wiped out.

Maybe other members with PW3s and KT3s who have updated their factory images after jailbreaking, to a customer image, can confirm whether this folder exists for them too? I would guess it doesn't.

In my older PW1(B02416, FW 5.3.6, customer image), I don't see this folder. But then, that was jailbroken using the older method.

Of course, I need to decide what to do about this folder! For which I request our experts' views.

08-20-2017, 05:11 AM	#2516
nasser Evangelist Posts: 477 Karma: 445678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Too many..	/chroot folder in jailbroken kindles retaining factory image Hadn't noticed this before, but... In both my jailbroken kindles: PW3(G090G1, FW 5.7.4, factory image) and KT3(G000KA, FW 5.8.0, factory image), there's a /chroot folder which seems to be mirroring the /dev, /etc, /lib, /mnt, /proc, /sys, /usr and /var folders. The /mnt folder is , obviously, of interest, since it contains(in /mnt/us) all the stuff which will keep increasing: ebooks, extensions, images, etc. I checked and found all the currently available stuff in /mnt/us is there in /chroot/mnt/us. Is this /chroot folder a virtual folder? I can't imagine it mirroring more and more stuff from /mnt/us. I've retained the initial "factory image" after the jailbreak process, since it had some stuff I wanted to keep, which an update would've wiped out. Maybe other members with PW3s and KT3s who have updated their factory images after jailbreaking, to a customer image, can confirm whether this folder exists for them too? I would guess it doesn't. In my older PW1(B02416, FW 5.3.6, customer image), I don't see this folder. But then, that was jailbroken using the older method. Of course, I need to decide what to do about this folder! For which I request our experts' views.