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OpenPeak Firmware v30300
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OpenPeak Firmware v30300
Latest Release: 6th November 2012
Download: Version 30300 (136MB) MD5
This software is not supported or endorsed by OpenPeak or O2. Use at your own risk.
Towards the end of April 2012, something rather unprecedented happened over on the Joggler Forums. It
appeared that we were being linked to by O2 themselves as the point of contact after they discontinued
their support for the device. After some negotiation, the forum was provided with a sunset build of the
OpenPeak OS for the OpenFrame 1, on which the Joggler is based.
Its rare that a company bows out from a device so graciously, effectively opening up the platform to
enthusiasts to continue developing and supporting. They could have locked the device down, but they
chose not to, and they deserve recognition for that.
The final release, version 30291, did come with a few minor hiccups; but most of those were ironed out
pretty quickly. However, under the hood a couple of things had changed. Firstly, the standby partition
was no longer used. Designed to recover the Joggler in the event of system problem (although it rarely
worked in reality), this left a quarter of the flash memory wasted and empty in a separate partition.
Secondly, automated updates and installations from USB sticks were disabled. And, for the paranoid,
the OpenPeak update system was still live and potentially able to lock the devices down should somebody
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change their mind.
Updated Release
Because of this, I decided to do a little tidy of the OpenPeak firmware image. What Ive done is to take
the final release of the OpenPeak firmware and make a few tweaks, re-versioning it as 30300.
This is what has changed:
Removed the empty backup partition (mmcblk0p3). 1.
Allocated the recovered space to the /media partition (mmcblk0p4). 2.
Disabled firmware updates from OpenPeak. 3.
Enabled SSH and SCP by default. 4.
Added setpasswd command for easily changing the default password. 5.
Enabled the update from USB stick feature that was removed. 6.
Other than that, everything is the same as the 30291 version.
So, please give it a try if it seems interesting and let me know how it performs for you!
Installation
To install Version 30300 on your Joggler, download the .img.gz and accompanying MD5 checksum file
from the links above. Then follow the instructions on the Reflashing Tool pages to make your reflash
device.
In Part 2: Add the Script or Firmware Image, follow the instructions for Flashing an Alternative OS.
Once the image has been checked, it will be flashed to your Jogglers internal memory. You cannot run
the OpenPeak OS from a USB stick. Its just not written to support that.
It should go without saying that doing this will reset everything on your Joggler to defaults, including the
NVRAM and the contents of your /media area.
Make sure youve backed up your files!
Technical Notes
You dont need to read this unless youre planning on messing with the system yourself!
Layout of the MMC
Reorganisation of the MMC device was achieved by removing /dev/mmcblk0p3 and resizing
/dev/mmcblk0p4 to use the freed space. This has the side effect of retaining the original partition
numbering, which will hopefully alleviate any troubles with software trying to talk directly to
/dev/mmcblk0p4 (which would otherwise have disappeared). Code relating to the standbyfs partition
has been commented out.
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 1028 MB, 1028128768 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 31376 cylinders, total 2008064 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00065065
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 * 16 125055 62520 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 125056 625151 250048 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p4 626688 2007039 690176 83 Linux
Local Updates
The local update feature, which allows payloads on USB sticks to be handled on boot, has been
re-enabled by the inclusion of an empty /etc/.usb-key file. This file would normally be used as a simple
signing system to determine that an update is official; by using a zero-byte file, a matching MD5 for the
opupdt.tgz payload is sufficient to commence installation.
However, there were some changes to the mechanism between 26635 and 30291. The 30291 version is
more secure, running the opupdt.run script that is extracted from the checksummed payload, rather than
one that is simply sat on the USB stick root. If you are targeting both 26635 and 30xxx versions, you need
to supply a working script within the payload and a dummy script for 26635 in the USB root that
executes it.
You will also need to provide two checksum files on the USB stick; one for each OS version. Im sure
youll be happy to hear that Ive made this part a little easier, though. This gensum.sh script and keyfile
will do the work for you.
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November 06, 2012
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hello, Im trying to login with putty, what is the pwd for root account?
thanks
johnny left this message 593 days ago
@johnny Probably should have included that in the description; its just joggler for both username and
password. :)
Andy left this message 580 days ago
Hi, I am new to Joggler, found your site while i am searching for help on the device.
I have just bought a second hand Joggler, my target would be running Ubuntu on it, but I cannot seems to
be able to get the device to boot from the usb, it seems it boots directly to the internal OS..
Am trying the flash tools with the original image, still no good and it still boots to the internal OS.
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Wonder would you mind to give me a help?
Thanks.
Theo left this message 385 days ago
@Theo Your best bet is to go to the O2 Joggler Forums. This is a common problem and most likely
results from either not writing the image to your USB stick properly, or that your stick just isnt suitable
for booting a Joggler. Plenty of us folks to point you in the right direction there. :)
Andy left this message 385 days ago
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