Hacking [PSA/3.65] StorageMgr for 3.65

DocBo · Apr 21, 2018

Im on 3.60 and installed the plugin but in vitashell wont showup the SD2VITA to mount.
I have the gamesd.skprx @ux0 installed.
And when i add the line over it after reboot the SD2VITA is not available.

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 22, 2018

DocBo said:
Im on 3.60 and installed the plugin but in vitashell wont showup the SD2VITA to mount.
I have the gamesd.skprx @ux0 installed.
And when i add the line over it after reboot the SD2VITA is not available.

You can't use gamesd and this plugin at the same time.

First, transfer your tai config and all plugins to ur0:tai since this is the best place to have it. Then, delete ux0:tai. Make sure you edit the config.txt with the updated paths for your plugins (aka change all ux0 to ur0).

Next, open your config.txt, delete the gamesd.skprx line completely, and then setup VitaStoragemgr as noted in the readme and to your desired config.

DocBo · Apr 22, 2018

Does the Storagemgr replace Gamesd?!

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 22, 2018

DocBo said:
Does the Storagemgr replace Gamesd?!

Yes. Vita Storagemgr basically merges the SD2Vita, USBMC, and PSVSD plugins all into one to make managing mount points and multiple devices easier.

mcdain123 · Apr 22, 2018

I'm going out of my tree trying to get this to work! :cry:

I've formatted my SD2Vita card using the zzBlank.img, I've copied the storage_config and storagemgr.skprx files to ur0 and added it to the config under Kernel, but no matter how i set up the mount list in storage_config I just can't get my SD to show up as uma0!!

I don't think it's a problem with the SD2Vita adapter, because I can read the SD card via USB mode in Vitashell. I just want to use my Vita MC as ux0 as normal, with the SD card as uma0 for extra space. How would I set that up in the config?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! :bow:

EDIT- Forgot to mention, I'm running 3.65 Enso on a Phat Vita.

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 22, 2018

mcdain123 said:
I'm going out of my tree trying to get this to work!
I've formatted my SD2Vita card using the zzBlank.img, I've copied the storage_config and storagemgr.skprx files to ur0 and added it to the config under Kernel, but no matter how i set up the mount list in storage_config I just can't get my SD to show up as uma0!!

I don't think it's a problem with the SD2Vita adapter, because I can read the SD card via USB mode in Vitashell. I just want to use my Vita MC as ux0 as normal, with the SD card as uma0 for extra space. How would I set that up in the config?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT- Forgot to mention, I'm running 3.65 Enso on a Phat Vita.

The config should be setup as:

Code:

MCD=ux0
GCD=uma0

Make sure you have no other SD2Vita plugin listed in config.txt, and make sure your tai config is setup in ur0 and not ux0.

mcdain123 · Apr 22, 2018

My tai config is in ur0, no remnants left in ux0. The only other plugin I have is nonpdrm, and my storagemgr config is set up as you said.

All I can think is that I've either formatted the SD wrong, or I've bought a crappy adapter. :/

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 22, 2018

What steps did you follow to format the SD card?

Should be:
1) Flash zzBlank.img using Win32diskimager
2) Format to exfat with default allocation size and no name.

mcdain123 · Apr 22, 2018

Yep, that's what I did. Does it matter if the format is NTFS or exFAT before writing the blank.img to it?

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 22, 2018

Doesn't matter what it is beforehand, zzBlank wipes partition tables to ensure a clean format.

You could try using FAT32 instead (if it's an option), as this also works on the Vita, but I don't think it'll fix the issue.

Can you post your config txt here?

Ryccardo · Apr 22, 2018

mcdain123 said:
Yep, that's what I did. Does it matter if the format is NTFS or exFAT before writing the blank.img to it?

No, the only purpose of zzblank (which can be easily replaced by any zero-byte-source such as /dev/zero on Unixes) is to remove the partition table and "ensure" the card gets formatted as superfloppy (ie the whole device is treated directly as a partition, instead of having a partition table specifying 1 partition)

(typing this out actually made me think of a way it could possibly fail if it had a GPT partition table beforehand, since GPT is stored at both ends of the device in case the one at the start gets corrupted; in which case you could use a hex editor with raw disk access (like HxD as administrator) to blank the last few megabytes, or the "zap" feature of sgdisk)

mcdain123 · Apr 22, 2018

I'll try Fat32 next, then. It doesn't come up as an option in Windows' formatter because it's a 64gb card- Would guiformat do the job?

I'll post my config just as soon as my transfers finish.

EDIT-
Here they are! I included the storagemgr log for good measure, not that I can make sense of it!

KiraYamatoSD · Apr 23, 2018

mcdain123 said:
I'll try Fat32 next, then. It doesn't come up as an option in Windows' formatter because it's a 64gb card- Would guiformat do the job?

I'll post my config just as soon as my transfers finish.

EDIT-
Here they are! I included the storagemgr log for good measure, not that I can make sense of it!

From the storage_config.txt, I find that you have duplicated the ux0 mounting point. Maybe this is causing the issue.

Code:

MCD=ux0
INT=imc0
UMA=ux0
GCD=uma0

Tom Bombadildo · Apr 23, 2018

KiraYamatoSD said:
From the storage_config.txt, I find that you have duplicated the ux0 mounting point. Maybe this is causing the issue.

Code:

MCD=ux0 INT=imc0 UMA=ux0 GCD=uma0

It shouldn't matter, since UMA is a USB drive and is only used on a PSTV. As noted in the logs, it checks for a USB drive and if it doesn't find one it cancels the mount there. He could always delete both the INT and UMA option anyways, but it won't fix his issue...probably

TBH I'm kind of at a loss, at this point I'd say it's probably either a borked SD card or a borked adapter. My best guess otherwise would be to simply redownload the latest Storagemgr plugin, see if that changes anything.

KiraYamatoSD · Apr 23, 2018

@mcdain123 Which adapter are you using, SD2Vita or PSVSD?

For SD2Vita, make sure GCD is mounted to ux0

Code:

GCD=ux0

For PSVSD, make sure UMA is mounted to ux0

Code:

UMA=ux0

Edit: I found that you are using SD2Vita.
The final config should look like this

Code:

MCD=uma0
INT=imc0
GCD=ux0

mcdain123 · Apr 28, 2018

I bought a new 128GB card, formatted it, and success! It shows up in Vitashell! Victory is mine!

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