looking for ROMburst and Modzaurus

[loji]

I'd like to try and clone my Z .. (once I do a few more tweaks)  and create a security based ROM. My Z has been rock solid stable for the past 6 months. so I was toying with the idea of making a ROm image for it.   but I can't find either of these tools.  

Let me know if you know of a mirror still up that has them... or if you have a local copy you'd like to post and share   that would be great!

[draurora]

Hi,

  I do not seem to be able to find the actual binary for Romburst, but you can get the source code from here:

Ian's Zaurus Hacking...

  It is down on the bottom.

  I have also saved a bit of "extra" text, probably from a digest message, which may also be of some use:

Hey lazyate,

If all you're trying to do is extract the contents of Sharp's ROMIMAGE file there's an easier way. Try the following commands.

To extract the kernel:
dd bs=131072 skip=6 count=8 if=ROMIMAGE of=zImage

To extract the file system:
dd bs=131072 skip=14 count=128 if=ROMIMAGE of=initrd.bin

Hope this helps.

crow

HTH,
Don

[loji]

Exactly what I was looking for  

So I should be able to clone my current system with those commands. (as long as it isn't bigger then 22Mb to brick a Z)

Thank you VERY much ;-)  I still need to find a compiled romburst to take out stuff I don't use. (like the todo and calander since I use KO/PI for both)

Now starts the dangerouse part of not bricking my Z with the now virtually extinct Sharp tech support :-p  I think i'll start after midterms.

[Chaos]

Exactly what I was looking for  

So I should be able to clone my current system with those commands. (as long as it isn't bigger then 22Mb to brick a Z)

Thank you VERY much ;-)  I still need to find a compiled romburst to take out stuff I don't use. (like the todo and calander since I use KO/PI for both)

Now starts the dangerouse part of not bricking my Z with the now virtually extinct Sharp tech support :-p  I think i'll start after midterms.

Ummm, I think modzaurus and romburst only work for the 5500...

I've never touched them for my 5600 ROM, and I don't think they *will* work, as the 5600 has a different filesystem (jffs2 as opposed to cramfs).

For a 5600 it's a bit of a more complex thing to explain...

[loji]

not what I wanted to hear ... :pbut alot better ot hear now, than after i broke my Z ..... so thanks for the heads up.


I"m looking for an easy way to clone a Z. (without just distributing a tarball ..)  I remember there being some scripts for OZ to do this ... so it should be accomplishable on a sharp based rom as well ..
I've got aa fiar bit of fun apps installed:: and I'd like to make a little ROm with them all, and some custom icons and things.

Chaos ... send me an email if you've got some free time, or catch me on AIM someday for a chat about 5600's.

[Chaos]

I"m looking for an easy way to clone a Z. (without just distributing a tarball ..)  I remember there being some scripts for OZ to do this ... so it should be accomplishable on a sharp based rom as well ..
I've got aa fiar bit of fun apps installed:: and I'd like to make a little ROm with them all, and some custom icons and things.

Chaos ... send me an email if you've got some free time, or catch me on AIM someday for a chat about 5600's.

It doesn't just work by cloning a ROM, often you have to start with the basic root filesystem and add onto that... And it's a pretty painful process when you first start it.

You can probably find me on AIM some time (ChaosVampireLord), and I might be able to point you in the right direction.

Also remember, for everything you add, you'll have to remove or compact something else... (i.e., I compressed the tar files containing the default /home, /dev and /var to make more room for apps.) So you can't just take the default ROM and add a lot too it. If the initrd.bin when built comes to more than 23 MB EXACTLY, the Zaurus will refuse to boot until you flash a different ROM image.