using flashdrive is the biggest issue.
then, the setting, because some new HDD require using IOS58 to properly initialize. after years of saying "please use IOS58 as default IOS" I decided to change the default setting of latest revision to use 58, and now there are users posting for help because their HDD stopped working with 58 and they need to use cIOS again... (I don't know to please everyone)
followed by plugging in the wrong port, or not using y cable on vWii.
then, the wrong cIOS version/base is really low on the cause of people posting here.
usually, it's because they just forgot to install one.
but, hey, thank you for noticing that people are all posting the same thing over and over, instead of just reading the answer from one of the thousands solution already posted.
I try to write guide to explain things, but ... people have to read so they don't.
d2x is a continuation of Waninkoko, so it's the "same type" and can be considered one too. At least, I do list d2x as "waninkoko's cIOS" myself in guides or loader's sources.
Hermes cIOS is now rarely used if not even not needed (for example vWii don't use it at all). d2x should work with all games.
So, you're telling me that most of the problems is not because they're missing cIOS such as Waninkoko and Hermes?
I hacked my Wii in 2010, when the SD method was created and you didn't needed TwiliHack or SSPWN, or INDIANAPWN.
I agree they're too old, and I've always thought that this is the reason why I haven't had problems, except 5 days ago when I moved all my SD stuff to 1TB External Hard Drive and Homebrew Channel got me a DSI error, later to find out that indeed I have to format my HDD to Fat32.
So, is there an official list of the cIOS one must've install on their Wii's in order to make it work perfectly?
I certainly can't tell which ones I have, because long time ago I installed some cIOS to make cartain wads and other stuff to work... and I'm too lazy to do a syscheck and post it here to know what I have installed and what not.
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No one uses Waninkoko or Hermes cIOS anymore. d2x is just better.
Most of the people having problems (I'd say 80%+) are using flash drives, which usually don't work very well or at all with cIOS.
Didn't knew that! I thought that you still had to i nstall those first and then d2x.
I hacked my Wii in 2010 and I've hadn't any problems loading ISOS.
One time I tried to use USB LoaderGX and it didn't worked, so I put on my SD CFG USBLoader and it worked, no installation of cIOS and no other requirements. That's until I found out a thread that stated that you could load from SD card, so I installed d2x in order to do so. That was about a year ago.
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Many people cannot follow simple instructions. ModMii is the easiest, safest & most reliable way to softmod a Wii. I think most of these cases are from using YouTube and other scatterbrain tutorials. I'm with you though, if I wanted to softmod then install GX or WFL correctly. 10 minutes of research & homework would lead any Google search here to gbatemp.net. ModMii should be on the front page of the Wii forum, but as the old saying goes. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it.
I agree. If I can't find the problem or solve the problem by myself, that's when I'd do a thread asking for help.
That's why I almost never post threads asking for help, because most of the times I find the solution with a little more time of research.