which tool i must use to extract and repack boot.img completely

[Guest rivelta]

dear all developer i want to ask you please answer my qustions im still newbie :(

1. which tool i must use to extract " boot.img " which include inside flashable rom because im already using tools named " YAFFS" and i have no found extracted files :( . if u have tools can u give me a link for download? any help will be apreciated.

2. how i can repack from extracted boot.img files .

3. if use linux for extract can u give me command usage details for execute ?

thanks verry much for any help. :)

[Guest the_crevis]

right, are you using linux or windows 7?

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

if youre using windows, its probably easier to install linux first. then download the android source code (CM is fine too), and look for mkbootimg (I thinkthats waht its called, and there are a few other tools)

[Guest rivelta]

im using both linux and windows 7 , please which tool i must use for extract and repack it :)

Edited February 11, 2012 by rivelta

[Guest Akash P]

HOWTO: Unpack, Edit, and Re-Pack Boot Images: http://android-dls.c...ack_Boot_Images

Edited February 11, 2012 by Akash P

[Guest rivelta]

HOWTO: Unpack, Edit, and Re-Pack Boot Images: http://android-dls.c...ack_Boot_Images

i have been try already im extracted my boot.img and split with unpack-bootimg.pl , before extracted have size 3mb and after extracted only 280KB and im only see file named ramdisk only , im not found the kernels :(