[TUT] Dumping an Opal ROM

[DaveShaw]

To dump Opal's ROM use itsutils pdocread.exe (http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/xda/tools.html) from itsme:

LIST NAND PARTITIONS

$ ./pdocread.exe -l
210.38M (0xd260000) FLASHDR
| 3.12M (0x31f000) Part00
| 3.50M (0x380000) Part01
| 69.38M (0x4560000) Part02
| 134.38M (0x8660000) Part03
STRG handles:
handle e7489c1a134.38M (0x8660000)
handle 474960e6 69.38M (0x4560000)
handle c74b0fda 3.50M (0x380000)
handle 074b0eee 3.12M (0x31f000)
disk e7489c1a
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk 474960e6
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk c74b0fda
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk 074b0eee
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00



DUMP THEM!

pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -b 0x800 -p Part00 0 0x31f000 Part00.raw
pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -b 0x800 -p Part01 0 0x380000 Part01.raw
pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -b 0x800 -p Part02 0 0x4560000 Part02.raw
pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -b 0x800 -p Part03 0 0x8660000 Part03.raw


DUMP THE BOOTLOADER:

$ pmemdump.exe 0x8c000000 262144 SPL.nb


Thanks to pof and itsme for this.

For reconstructing, see the Kitchen Threads.:cool:

Ta
Dave