Replace Busybox with Bash?

[ItalianUruguayan]

Has anyone tried to replace the default busybox included on the rootfs partition with Bash and the GNU coreutils?

I suspect that the only thing necessary to do this would be to grab an armhf version of these tools, delete busybox and replace all the symlinks to busybox with the GNU binaries. Would nickel work after doing this? Since I have bricked the Kobo something like 20 times, it would be useful to know if this will be the 21st

[ItalianUruguayan]

Okay, I just bricked my device again. Bash required the library libc.so.6, which in the Kobo is just a symlink to libc-2.11.1.so

Without realizing it, I deleted the symlink and just replaced it with the actual library, and the device died.

I have found a static version of bash, though, so after restoring the SD I will try this: https://github.com/robxu9/bash-static

[geek1011]

Is there a reason why you are trying to do this (or is is just for fun some of the stuff I do)? There may be a better way for your use case.

[markyisri]

You can try the Mega Update (latest version built is 4.6.9995):

https://www.preining.info/blog/2017/...tch-ssh-fonts/

Be sure to download the correct MarkX version.

The only problem I've had so far is that Nickel no longer worked. It just spun in an infinite loading loop. But KOReader and other programs work fine. I have a Kobo Aura Edition 2 (not H2O) which is Mark 6, in case anyone happens to read this knowing how to solve the problem.

Disclaimer: I own nothing in the package and did not build it. Use it at your own risk.

[traycold]

if it may be useful, attached to this message you can find bash-static, compiled with crossx86-arm-linux-musleabi-0.9.11 provided by musl-cross.

I tried to execute it on my Kobo (through usbnet) and it works (but I didn't try to replace busybox).

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by markyisri

You can try the Mega Update (latest version built is 4.6.9995):

https://www.preining.info/blog/2017/...tch-ssh-fonts/

Just looking at this, I think you should be careful. The firmware is proprietary software. Hosting it without Kobo's permission is putting you on shaky legal grounds. It doesn't matter that Kobo doesn't limit access to the update files, it is their property to do what they want. Plus they don't actually publish the links to the update. All access is through their published software.

At the least, you need to add a very clear disclaimer about ownership of all files you include in the package. Plus, I would add a very large "use at your own risk" disclaimer. Right now, you have left yourself wide open.

[tshering]

davidfor, you are talking to the wrong person.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by tshering

davidfor, you are talking to the wrong person.

Yes, you are probably right. I didn't remember seeing that page before, so I took it as a reference to a page they had created. But a search found a few other references to it over the years.

[markyisri]

Originally Posted by davidfor

At the least, you need to add a very clear disclaimer about ownership of all files you include in the package. Plus, I would add a very large "use at your own risk" disclaimer. Right now, you have left yourself wide open.

OK, I added a disclaimer to my post. Thanks for the heads-up.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by markyisri

OK, I added a disclaimer to my post. Thanks for the heads-up.

Possibly a good idea, but, the reason for the post was that I thought it was your page that you linked to. Whoever owns that page is missing the disclaimers.