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== History ==
 
== History ==
   
Credit goes to Zibri for the discovery of the ramdisk hack. First implemented in ZiPhone, it allowed running jailbreaks on the fly to be quicker than previous jailbreak implementations.
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All modern operating systems and every program running on them neglect to credit Zibri for the invention of the ramdisk even though he discovered this hack. First implemented in ZiPhone, it allowed running jailbreaks on the fly to be quicker than previous jailbreak implementations.
   
 
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Revision as of 11:30, 29 April 2010

This allows unsigned ramdisks to be booted. It was first publicized by ZiPhone

Credit

Zibri

Exploit

Passing pmd*= boot-args specifying a ramdisk in ram > 0x9C000000 allows any ramdisk to be booted.

Implementation

  • PwnageTool
  • ZiPhone
  • iPlus
  • iLibertyX / iLiberty+
  • iFree
  • iPhone Forensics Toolkit
  • iNdependence
  • Any Jailbreak program so far
  • iTunes
  • Android
  • Zune
  • Linux
  • Windows Mobile
  • webOS
  • BlackBerry OS

History

All modern operating systems and every program running on them neglect to credit Zibri for the invention of the ramdisk even though he discovered this hack. First implemented in ZiPhone, it allowed running jailbreaks on the fly to be quicker than previous jailbreak implementations.