Fixed — Cisco Convert Bin To Pkg Better
#!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys import os import hashlib import struct def is_valid_bin(filepath): # Check for Cisco magic bytes (varies by product line) with open(filepath, 'rb') as f: header = f.read(4) # Typical Cisco magic: 0xFE 0xED 0xFA 0xCE or 0x7F 0x45 0x4C 0x46 (ELF) if header in [b'\x7fELF', b'\xfe\xed\xfa\xce']: return True return False
mkdir pkg_build cd pkg_build echo "Package: roomos" > manifest.mf echo "Version: ce9.15.4" >> manifest.mf echo "Architecture: armv7l" >> manifest.mf cisco convert bin to pkg better
dd if=cisco_firmware.bin of=extracted_payload.gz bs=1024 skip=256 (This skips the Cisco bootloader header, usually 256KB. Adjust based on binwalk output.) manifest.mf echo "Version: ce9.15.4" >
# Build PKG (simple TAR without compression for compatibility) with open(output_path, 'wb') as pkg_file: # Write manifest (ASCII + newline) pkg_file.write(manifest.encode()) pkg_file.write(b'\n---PAYLOAD-START---\n') pkg_file.write(firmware_data) manifest.mf echo "Architecture: armv7l" >
# Read the BIN file with open(bin_path, 'rb') as bin_file: firmware_data = bin_file.read()
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