Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

Ok so found out my HDD isn't dios mios compatible does anyone have a working 2tb HDD that is full fat32 and dios mios compatible if so please list

 

[bostonBC]

Ok so found out my HDD isn't dios mios compatible does anyone have a working 2tb HDD that is full fat32 and dios mios compatible if so please list

Seagate 2TB Expansion drives work nicely - the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 variants.

 

[VashTS]

samsung M3 drive works for me, i've used Western Digital drives as well with success.

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

Seagate 2TB Expansion drives work nicely - the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 variants.

im acctually using the seagate 2tb 3.0 variant with no luck its full fat32 it plays my wii games but not my gamecube games, i tested my 320gb seagate and it plays the gamecube games fine

 

[bostonBC]

im acctually using the seagate 2tb 3.0 variant with no luck its full fat32 it plays my wii games but not my gamecube games, i tested my 320gb seagate and it plays the gamecube games fine

You have a hidden partition on the drive?

Try this from a command line:

X:\>wmic DISKDRIVE get bytespersector, caption

resulting:
BytesPerSector Caption

"512 <devicename>"

If you see 1024, 2048, 4096 or anything other than 512 that means the drive is advanced format and is not compatible with DIOS MIOS.

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

You have a hidden partition on the drive?

Try this from a command line:

X:\>wmic DISKDRIVE get bytespersector, caption

resulting:
BytesPerSector Caption

"512 <devicename>"

If you see 1024, 2048, 4096 or anything other than 512 that means the drive is advanced format and is not compatible with DIOS MIOS.

ok cool not quite sure how to use a command line tho do i use it in terminal on my mac or is this something i do through my wii

 

[bostonBC]

ok cool not quite sure how to use a command line tho do i use it in terminal on my mac or is this something i do through my wii

Sorry that is for a Windows PC. I don't know the equivalent command on a Mac.

But if you have any partitioning tools you should be able to see if there is a hidden partition on the drive from a Mac.

 

[flamepanther]

It's always possible Seagate has started releasing external drives with 4k sector size, too.

 

[bostonBC]

It's always possible Seagate has started releasing external drives with 4k sector size, too.

My last batch of 2TB Seagate expansion USB 3.0 drives was just a couple months ago and they still had low level 512 byte formatting. They only had 4K sectors on the 3 and 4TB drives.

If they moved them down to the 2TB ones that is going to be a PITA.

 

[BestNoob]

BestNoob, multiple entries can be solved by going into the settings in the plugins section and choosing what plugin to display. Some plugins can have multiples. For example, retro-arch can load NES games but so can FCEUGX, so if you have both enabled, you will get two entries in the list, one for each emulator.

Its hard to describe, maybe someone can be more clear.

Ahh thank you ^^
You solved 1 of my Issues i have Posted =)

 

[Etheboss]

The other one is simpler to answer... game covers are downloaded from gametdb...and there is not much homebrew covers uploaded because homebrew is not official wii stuff. Someone actually needs to create a cover from scratch and upload it with the correct title ID (for your region and language).
Only then does the cover in wiiflow get downloaded.

 

[flamepanther]

My last batch of 2TB Seagate expansion USB 3.0 drives was just a couple months ago and they still had low level 512 byte formatting. They only had 4K sectors on the 3 and 4TB drives.

If they moved them down to the 2TB ones that is going to be a PITA.

If it hasn't happened yet, it will before long. Seagate agreed to the same cutoff date for making new 512 byte sector platters as the other big manufacturers. What we've been getting is supposedly stock that was made before then, although the USB enclosures might be newer than that. Eventually the old stock will run out, and there's no way to know when.

Best we can do is pray to avoid drive failure until Nintendont is viable.

 

[BestNoob]

The other one is simpler to answer... game covers are downloaded from gametdb...and there is not much homebrew covers uploaded because homebrew is not official wii stuff. Someone actually needs to create a cover from scratch and upload it with the correct title ID (for your region and language).
Only then does the cover in wiiflow get downloaded.

Okay, so i can do the Beginning ^^ I Have some old stuff here at Home GBA and GBC games

ans Scanner and .. Photoshop

I didnt found entrys in the TDB for those games, How to add them ?
Have you and direct Mail Adress for me to contact them ?

 

[drakorex]

Okay, so i can do the Beginning ^^ I Have some old stuff here at Home GBA and GBC games

ans Scanner and .. Photoshop

I didnt found entrys in the TDB for those games, How to add them ?
Have you and direct Mail Adress for me to contact them ?

This Guy
http://gbatemp.net/members/mastershoes.280646/

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

Sorry that is for a Windows PC. I don't know the equivalent command on a Mac.

But if you have any partitioning tools you should be able to see if there is a hidden partition on the drive from a Mac.

dont think there was any hidden drives i tried twice re formatting once with my mac and again with windows using ease partition master both times it failed to read my gamecube games but is still able to read my 320gb seagate hdd im pretty sure at this point the HDD isnt compatible

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

samsung M3 drive works for me, i've used Western Digital drives as well with success.

just got myself a western digital 2tb im hoping this works i used ease partition master to set it to fat32

 

[BestNoob]

Maybe ive found an bug ? Or i have done smth wrong.



When i try to load those Apps via WiiFlow Menu it crashes:


USBLoader GX (ID: UNEO) - just black screen
HomeBrew Channel (ID: LULZ) - starts hackmii oO ????
WiiMC (ID:WIMC) - just black screen



I think realoading Cache does not work.
I Edited an cover and uploaded it via FTP, realoded cache but it still shows me the old cover.



*Edit

FTP Server Crash while downloading Pictures from SD Card
- WiiFlow restarts after crash
- FileZilla used as FTP Client

WiiFlow FTP crashing all the time until i stopped FileZilla Client

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

Ok so great progress with the western digital at least the dios mios icon shows up in wiiflow now I just need help with this one error and I'm golden! Fatal error app_main:dst not in MEM1!"

 

[PROTOBOY]

Hello.


How I can find a tutorial explaining how to unblock a Wii to run isos and emulators in Hard Drive??

Does its possible also to run gamecube isos??

 

[Th3-Blu3BoMb3r]

Maybe ive found an bug ? Or i have done smth wrong.



When i try to load those Apps via WiiFlow Menu it crashes:


USBLoader GX (ID: UNEO) - just black screen
HomeBrew Channel (ID: LULZ) - starts hackmii oO ????
WiiMC (ID:WIMC) - just black screen



I think realoading Cache does not work.
I Edited an cover and uploaded it via FTP, realoded cache but it still shows me the old cover.



*Edit

FTP Server Crash while downloading Pictures from SD Card
- WiiFlow restarts after crash
- FileZilla used as FTP Client

WiiFlow FTP crashing all the time until i stopped FileZilla Client

dont think its a bug alot of times it can depend on a few things that I've found like which wiiflow version your running stable versions work best and you should also make sure your .ini files are correct in plugins folder in your wiiflow folder on root of your sd/usb