What is inside of the 4 partitions of Kindle DX(g)?

k1ndle · 11-30-2020, 04:55 PM

I seem to have broken something and my Kindle DX no longer boots due to not finding an init system. I tried to mount the mmc over usb and fix it that way but it appears that the partition formats are wiped. I was able to binwalk over the p1 and found remnants of the files but it's pretty fragmented with the -e parameter.

mmcblk0 p1 - 400M
p2 - 24M
p3 - 8M
p4 - 3.XG (I know what this is)

Any ideas where to go from here?
I have serial access.

k1ndle · 11-30-2020, 05:18 PM

Found a dead thread for reference.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=188316

I assume the 400M is the rootfs but it has files that don't exist in the rootfs of a fully booted DX.

11-30-2020, 04:55 PM	#1
k1ndle Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: B005	What is inside of the 4 partitions of Kindle DX(g)? I seem to have broken something and my Kindle DX no longer boots due to not finding an init system. I tried to mount the mmc over usb and fix it that way but it appears that the partition formats are wiped. I was able to binwalk over the p1 and found remnants of the files but it's pretty fragmented with the -e parameter. mmcblk0 p1 - 400M p2 - 24M p3 - 8M p4 - 3.XG (I know what this is) Any ideas where to go from here? I have serial access.

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11-30-2020, 05:18 PM	#2
k1ndle Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: B005	Found a dead thread for reference. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=188316 I assume the 400M is the rootfs but it has files that don't exist in the rootfs of a fully booted DX.

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