Convert Firmware Zip To Img -

# Show partition table fdisk -l firmware.img sudo losetup -P /dev/loop0 firmware.img ls -la /dev/loop0p* sudo blkid /dev/loop0p* sudo mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt && ls /mnt && sudo umount /mnt sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0 Step 6: Automate with a Script Save this as zip2img.sh for repeated use:

Example: Write uboot.bin to offset 64 KB (sector 128):

sudo losetup -P /dev/loop0 firmware.img

# 1. Create empty file dd if=/dev/zero of=firmware.img bs=1M count=512 fdisk firmware.img <<EOF o n p 1 2048 +64M t c n p 2 133120 +200M w EOF

dd if=uboot.bin of=firmware.img bs=512 seek=128 conv=notrunc Check vendor documentation for the correct offset. Before flashing, inspect the image: convert firmware zip to img

sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0 Build a complete root filesystem inside the image.

# 1. Create empty image dd if=/dev/zero of=firmware.img bs=1M count=1024 mkfs.ext4 firmware.img 3. Mount it mkdir /tmp/mnt sudo mount -o loop firmware.img /tmp/mnt 4. Copy files (e.g., kernel, rootfs contents) sudo cp kernel.bin /tmp/mnt/boot/kernel.bin sudo cp -r rootfs_contents/* /tmp/mnt/ 5. Unmount sudo umount /tmp/mnt Step 4: Handle Bootloader Placement Many SoCs (Rockchip, Allwinner, Amlogic) expect the bootloader at a specific sector offset , not inside a partition. # Show partition table fdisk -l firmware

sudo dd if=boot.img of=/dev/loop0p1 bs=4M sudo dd if=system.img of=/dev/loop0p2 bs=4M