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Old 12-28-2016, 07:28 PM   #256
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I have tested, but I do not have one readily available right now because I share the Kobo. As for the disk image creation, I will be having a update zip which can extract the parts which are device specific without taking the Kobo apart, then from that and a update zip, it will generate the image.
How do you plan to handle the recovery partition?
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How do you plan to handle the recovery partition?
It seems straightforward enough to me, but I have a question. Are there any propietary files in the recovery partition. I'm particularly suspicious of recoveryfs/lib/firmware/imx/epdc_E60_V220.fw . Also, do you think I can redistribute the whole recovery partition, except for the upgrade folder, which I would get from the update zip file.

Also, FYI, a dir listing of the recoveryfs partition is here: http://pastebin.com/Nzyxd6dR and a partition table dump is here: http://pastebin.com/YnJFXxce
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It seems straightforward enough to me, but I have a question. Are there any propietary files in the recovery partition. I'm particularly suspicious of recoveryfs/lib/firmware/imx/epdc_E60_V220.fw . Also, do you think I can redistribute the whole recovery partition, except for the upgrade folder, which I would get from the update zip file.

Also, FYI, a dir listing of the recoveryfs partition is here: http://pastebin.com/Nzyxd6dR and a partition table dump is here: http://pastebin.com/YnJFXxce
Yes, the recoveryfs has proprietary code on it. It includes a copy of the firmware to unpack to the rootfs during a factory reset (under recoveryfs/upgrade). I would assume anything in any "Kobo" directory is proprietary. Not all the files will be, but a good portion are. Plus there are fonts, images, dictionary files and other things that Kobo might have licensed.

If your plan is to publish a tool to generate an image from files that are obtainable from Kobo or the device, you are probably OK. But, if your plan is to host an image file publicly, you will need to be careful. And as I said, I can't see the point. Apart from doing it as a learning experience.
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I am working on a tool to generate them from update files.
You can probably generate something bootable but some files are simply missing (those animated squares as show on bootup? mkfs binary needed for factory resets? etc.)
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You can probably generate something bootable but some files are simply missing (those animated squares as show on bootup? mkfs binary needed for factory resets? etc.)
The animated squares are in the update zip files, the mkfs binary can be recreated, and a so can most of the others. The problem is the first 5 mb of the zip, and the Kobo directory.
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Old 12-29-2016, 09:19 AM   #262
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Yes, the recoveryfs has proprietary code on it. It includes a copy of the firmware to unpack to the rootfs during a factory reset (under recoveryfs/upgrade). I would assume anything in any "Kobo" directory is proprietary. Not all the files will be, but a good portion are. Plus there are fonts, images, dictionary files and other things that Kobo might have licensed.

If your plan is to publish a tool to generate an image from files that are obtainable from Kobo or the device, you are probably OK. But, if your plan is to host an image file publicly, you will need to be careful. And as I said, I can't see the point. Apart from doing it as a learning experience.
OK, I have mostly given up by now, and it was a good learning experience, and when I have a chance, I will put some of the things I figured out on my page. Thanks for your help so far. I have learned a lot about how the Kobos have worked.
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The animated squares are in the update zip files, the mkfs binary can be recreated, and a so can most of the others. The problem is the first 5 mb of the zip, and the Kobo directory.
The first 5MB or so should contain the boot sector and maybe the start of the kernel. Both of these are written from files in the upgrade package. You can see this in /etc/init.d/upgrade-generic.sh.
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Thks David for image, i was abble to restart my Kobo Glo HD, first freeze after the software update, restarted procedure, freeze again after Kobo ID registration...
Tried many restarts but it continues to freeze randomly.. Suspecting hardware issue now.
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Thks David for image, i was abble to restart my Kobo Glo HD, first freeze after the software update, restarted procedure, freeze again after Kobo ID registration...
Tried many restarts but it continues to freeze randomly.. Suspecting hardware issue now.
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If you haven't, do a factory reset. That can clean up a lot of issues.
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Old 01-17-2017, 01:35 AM   #267
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I also want to hv the glo hd img
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