How to enable SD card redirection/emulation on USB without using the Stroopwafel installer?

Banjo-Kazooie Wii U Port (Release)

D4ead3ye · 2026-09-04T15:01:46+00:00

Hey everyone, I've been working on a Wii U port of Lighthouse, the Banjo-Kazooie PC port. The goal is to bring Lighthouse to the Wii U while keeping the improvements and features from the PC version, along with some additional features of my own. Current features Wii U port 60 FPS support Upscaling Multiplayer co-op implemented Randomizer support Multiplayer Co-op One of the main features is multiplayer co-op. The basic co-op functionality is already implemented, allowing two players to play Banjo-Kazooie together. (Including cross-platform, YES YOU CAN PLAY PC AND WII U TOGETHER) There is still testing and polishing to do, but the core functionality is working. Randomizer The port also supports a randomizer. This allows different elements of the game to be randomized, making each playthrough potentially different and giving the game more replayability. 60 FPS and Upscaling The port supports 60 FPS and upscaling, taking advantage of what the Wii U hardware can do while keeping the original look and feel of Banjo-Kazooie. About the Project To clarify, this isn't a port made directly from the original N64 game. Lighthouse is already a PC port of Banjo-Kazooie, and this project is a port of Lighthouse to Wii U. So the work is focused on adapting Lighthouse and its systems to the Wii U hardware while adding and improving features along the way. Still a work in progress https://github.com/D4ead3ye/banjo-kazooie-wiiu

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Hey everyone, hope you're all having a great day.

I previously set up a 2TB hard drive with two partitions (Wii U proprietary format + FAT32 for vWii and GameCube) using the Stroopwafel/wafel setup. During that setup, it gave me the option to redirect/emulate the SD card to the USB drive. It worked great—I didn't need the physical SD card inserted, and installing games directly from the USB drive was awesome since I had plenty of storage.

Recently, I tried setting up a 6TB drive, but the wafel installer kept freezing/locking up on me. I ended up following a video tutorial to manually format and partition the drive instead. I've got the 6TB drive working now—vWii, GameCube backups, and a few Wii U games are all up and running.

However, because I couldn't use the automated wafel installer this time, I didn't get that prompt to set up SD card emulation/redirection to the USB FAT32 partition.

Does anyone know how to manually configure or enable SD redirection to USB so I can eliminate the physical SD card again?

Still pretty new to this side of Wii U modding, so any guidance or config steps would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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