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FatFS was always used in the Nintendont kernel, so I'm not sure why it would stop working because the loader uses it now.

@isira Can you dump the first 34 sectors (17,408 bytes) of your USB HDD to a binary file? (I'm not sure how to do this on Windows, but on Linux or Mac you can use the 'dd' command.)
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Partition table:
Code:
80 fe ff ff 0b fe ff ff  00 08 00 00 00 68 fc 06
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Type 0x0B (FAT32, non-LBA; technically incorrect, but not an issue); LBA start = sector 0x8000, length = 0x6FC6800 sectors (60 GB)

MBR signature is 55 AB (ustealth), which should be supported...

The MBR looks fine here. Not sure why it isn't working.
 

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Ah no, both games and boot.dol are now on SD. I can move the games back to USB and test it out for you if you'd like.
so your games are still on the USB device now with the boot.dol on SD?
Ah no, both games and boot.dol are now on SD. I can move the games back to USB and test it out for you if you'd like.
would be great, I'm just curious but I believe it should work
Confirmed working.
 
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So it works if you start Nintendont from SD and load a game from USB, but not if you start Nintendont from USB and load a game from USB?
Nintendont from USB can still load a game from USB. It's the downloading and applying titles.txt and themes that isn't working in the latest revision.
 

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Nintendont from USB can still load a game from USB. It's the downloading and applying titles.txt and themes that isn't working in the latest revision.
yeah i know what you mean, by "works" I meant everything including downloads and themes

error -3 happens when the file fails to create or extract
if (extractZip(uf,0,1,0)) {
or
if (f_open_char(&file, filepath, FA_WRITE|FA_CREATE_ALWAYS) != FR_OK) {

sometimes it works if you try to download twice in a row?
 
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Nintendont from USB can still load a game from USB. It's the downloading and applying titles.txt and themes that isn't working in the latest revision.
Oh, I misread what you wrote. That's something different. I'll check it sometime this week or over the weekend when I get the rest of my Nintendont queue cleared. (I started another project today to add a properties tab for ROM information in the KDE4 file browser, and this will be extended to KDE5, Windows, and some other Linux browsers as well.)
 

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yeah i know what you mean, by "works" I meant everything including downloads and themes

error -3 happens when the file fails to create or extract
if (extractZip(uf,0,1,0)) {
or
if (f_open_char(&file, filepath, FA_WRITE|FA_CREATE_ALWAYS) != FR_OK) {

sometimes it works if you try to download twice in a row?
I did try multiple times, same outcome each time. I'll try swapping out another spare HDD later, but if it happens again, maybe it's the controller on that particular enclosure.
 

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Would be great if possible. A either/or (boot.dol or loader.dol) detection in wiiflow would be exactly what I am looking for.
Currently I don't see the benefit to have nintendont as a seperate application in the hbc, if everything can be configured and selected via wiiflow.
So this would be awesome if possible.

Edit: I am using the Nintendont mod for wiiflow and figured out that it cannot be used via homebrew channel. Therefore this feature is even more interesting.

Edit 2: What kind of bullshit is the XML change modification?
I tried to sort my apps in the homebrew channel and I changed the description and name of the nintendont application in the according xml file. But if I use nintendont in wiiflow all changes in the xml are gone and the original descirption, name etc are used. This is against the intention of the homebrew channel.
I've made a test dol for wiiflow 1054 mastermod that can launch Nintendont as boot.dol or loader.dol in /apps/Nintendont folder, give it a try.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7mwahmptydt0z1/boot.dol?dl=0

and 1076 mod too if you use that
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljccfceki4bu8aw/wiiflow_1076_mod.7z?dl=0

btw my nintendont mastermod works just fine from HBC (that's how I test it using a usb stick) so donno if you should delete/update the meta.xml file or just try the latest 4.419 and let me know if all goes well.
 
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so after adding the download all game themes I started working on something interesting that I wanted to add since a long time

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I'll finish coding then I'll make a preview pack which will be available to download and enjoy

might take a couple days to find a better frame and make all the previews though :)
 
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New dol online :)
preview is optional - download the pack if you wish to use it

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to disable it again delete /apps/nintendont/preview folder (might add that delete function later)

OP updated too
tell me what you think about the preview frame...
 
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Hi everyone,

I was trying to download themes for Nintendont Mastermod, but everytime I downloaded a theme, it won't show up on the main menu, it just gives me the default theme. Also, when trying to update or download game titles, it gives me an update error -3. Please help! I'm on v4.420 which is the latest version.
 

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Hi everyone,

I was trying to download themes for Nintendont Mastermod, but everytime I downloaded a theme, it won't show up on the main menu, it just gives me the default theme. Also, when trying to update or download game titles, it gives me an update error -3. Please help! I'm on v4.420 which is the latest version.
try this one rename to boot.dol:
http://nintendont.gxarena.com/themes/397boot.dol
if it works you have issues with new FatFS introduced in 406+ then you have to use SD or another HDD for apps/Nintendont
if it doesn't work then your ISP have problems connecting to the hosting server (for the themes) and there's nothing I can do about it
P.S> error -3 is likely related to new FatFS
 
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Hi everyone,

I was trying to download themes for Nintendont Mastermod, but everytime I downloaded a theme, it won't show up on the main menu, it just gives me the default theme. Also, when trying to update or download game titles, it gives me an update error -3. Please help! I'm on v4.420 which is the latest version.
can you also try downloading titles.txt using the official nintendont v420
 

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