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Thanks mate, I appreciate your help. I will do another NAND backup.
Still confuses me a little bit that the USB Loader did not work in the first instance (as it's part of the package), but whatever - It works now!
maxwolfie
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In Topic: Can't detect USB drive
07 September 2010 - 10:32 PM
QUOTE(CannonFoddr @ Sep 7 2010, 11:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(maxwolfie @ Sep 7 2010, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...Even though the actual icon says "Please insert a USB drive" before I load it/click it? Anyways it works.... Maybe that's what it needed (GX installed) all along?
Ermmm - I take it you didn't read the quote I posted above then ????QUOTE
And the channel always says 'please connect a drive', whether one is connected or not. It's just a reminder, not a warning that one is or is not connected.
OK mate, to be honest I did miss your quote (though not intentially). Thanks for that. So I assume that all is good now - Well, it's working, so it must be? What I DO find strange is that the preconfigured hack that I used, ModWii 4.2.4, did not seem to include everything I needed to get started - I.e. I had to load USB Loader GX (manually) as well afterwards. Before I installed this, as I mentioned before, if I clicked on USB Loader, then clicked Start/Run, it would load for about 2 secs and then restart the Wii, regardless of whether a USB drive was actually in or not. Therefore, I am now thinking that the USB Loader is exactly that.. Just a loader.... And you need additional software in order for it to "load". I'm probably completely wrong though (as it seems very weird).
EDIT: It should be though.. this is the last bit of the install guide for ModMii 4.2.4:
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7) AFTER MODDING
Now at this point your practically done.
Now you should be downloading the latest homebrew applications and setting them up on
your SD Card (or FAT32 USB Hard Drive) so they can be launched via the HBC. (which I did)
For playing your backups off a USB hard drive, run the USB-Loader Setup feature from ModMii's Main Menu (which I did)
For downloading applications, you should:
* Check out ModMii's batch download pages as it has many popular apps available for download.
* Download Homebrew Browser via ModMii to get many popular apps, but this is an online only Wii application (http://www.completes.../how-to-use/hbb)
* For those without internet on their Wii, check out this list of Homebrew applications (wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_all_homebrew).
Another great resource is webrewwii.blogspot.com
After getting whatever apps you want, you should get a boot.dol file and possibly a icon.png and meta.xml.
For HBC to read your SD/USB correctly, your card must be structured SD:/apps/application name/boot.dol
If you have a *.dol not named boot.dol, rename it boot.dol, otherwise it will not be recognized by the HBC.
(optional: the icon.png and meta.xml should be saved in the same place as the boot.dol) (I didn't do this stuff!)
Now at this point your practically done.
Now you should be downloading the latest homebrew applications and setting them up on
your SD Card (or FAT32 USB Hard Drive) so they can be launched via the HBC. (which I did)
For playing your backups off a USB hard drive, run the USB-Loader Setup feature from ModMii's Main Menu (which I did)
For downloading applications, you should:
* Check out ModMii's batch download pages as it has many popular apps available for download.
* Download Homebrew Browser via ModMii to get many popular apps, but this is an online only Wii application (http://www.completes.../how-to-use/hbb)
* For those without internet on their Wii, check out this list of Homebrew applications (wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_all_homebrew).
Another great resource is webrewwii.blogspot.com
After getting whatever apps you want, you should get a boot.dol file and possibly a icon.png and meta.xml.
For HBC to read your SD/USB correctly, your card must be structured SD:/apps/application name/boot.dol
If you have a *.dol not named boot.dol, rename it boot.dol, otherwise it will not be recognized by the HBC.
(optional: the icon.png and meta.xml should be saved in the same place as the boot.dol) (I didn't do this stuff!)
QUOTE( @ Sep 7 2010, 11:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
As for your 'Brick-proof' question
- If you have done a NAND backup & have BootMii installed correctly (as said in the guide) -
If you do happen to brick the Wii then on powerup you should still be able to run Bootmii and reload the NAND backup.
(Bootmii will be those 4 icons you'll see on powerup before you see the usual 'Health Warning - Press [A]' screen)
You would then have restored the system back to when you made the NAND backup (you WILL lose all your saves stored in Wii memory though - so remember to back them up regularly)
Think of the NAND backup as a 'Disk Drive Image/Copy' and BootMii being a 'Boot disk'
- If you have done a NAND backup & have BootMii installed correctly (as said in the guide) -
If you do happen to brick the Wii then on powerup you should still be able to run Bootmii and reload the NAND backup.
(Bootmii will be those 4 icons you'll see on powerup before you see the usual 'Health Warning - Press [A]' screen)
You would then have restored the system back to when you made the NAND backup (you WILL lose all your saves stored in Wii memory though - so remember to back them up regularly)
Think of the NAND backup as a 'Disk Drive Image/Copy' and BootMii being a 'Boot disk'
I did a NAND backup (as recommended) which is now saved on my PC at home
So once in BootMii (I.e. the little program that is run by holding down Reset and powering on), I assume there's a "Load NAND to Wii" option in there.. I remember an icon that had an SD Card with an arrow to/from a chip.. I assume that this is the Load/backup NAND option.. In the case of bricking, I can load into BootMii and do this, yes? And once the original NAND is loaded, I assume that I will have a completely fresh, virgin Wii again. How do I then go about re-modding it WITHOUT the Indiana Jones game?Thanks for your patience.
In Topic: Can't detect USB drive
07 September 2010 - 12:39 PM
OK, I've just loaded USB Loader GX - with the easy, preconfigured type windows installation onto my SD Card. After a bit of fiddling around I have it working! I only have it working on WBFS file system though.. My last efforts with FAT32 proved fruitless, and I ended up having to cmd -> diskpart -> clean the damn partition off the USB drive just to get it working properly again!
Seems strange, now when I load "USB Loader" from the Wii system menu (next to Homebrew Channel) it will load the USB Loader GX GUI...Even though the actual icon says "Please insert a USB drive" before I load it/click it? Anyways it works.... Maybe that's what it needed (GX installed) all along?
EDIT: Side question - How do I go about making my Wii "brick proof", and how do I go about ensuring that I won't have to borrow the Indiana Jones game from the DVD store again?
Cheers for your assistance in advance
Seems strange, now when I load "USB Loader" from the Wii system menu (next to Homebrew Channel) it will load the USB Loader GX GUI...Even though the actual icon says "Please insert a USB drive" before I load it/click it? Anyways it works.... Maybe that's what it needed (GX installed) all along?
EDIT: Side question - How do I go about making my Wii "brick proof", and how do I go about ensuring that I won't have to borrow the Indiana Jones game from the DVD store again?
Cheers for your assistance in advance
In Topic: Can't detect USB drive
07 September 2010 - 08:31 AM
Bump - Anyone got any ideas?
Have tried two flash drives, none of which seem to "detect" with USB loader. I imagine that it is an issue with the software though, as I mentioned before - If I try and load USB Loader without anything connected, it will just restart the Wii. This seems strange to me.
Have tried two flash drives, none of which seem to "detect" with USB loader. I imagine that it is an issue with the software though, as I mentioned before - If I try and load USB Loader without anything connected, it will just restart the Wii. This seems strange to me.
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