Hi there, I'm sure these answers exist in pieces in other threads but I can't find all the info in one place so I'm hoping to gather it here to help anyone that wants to set things up in this often recommended way.
I currently have no Emunand and a Sysnand at 7.0.1 with a clean backup (of both eMMC BOOT0 & BOOT1 and eMMC RAW GPP). My goal is to have:
1) A clean Sysnand at 7.0.1 with no games to have as a base
2) A clean EmuSysnand (for lack of a better term) at 8.1.0 for playing online and the many games purchased via eShop
3) A dirty Emunand at 8.1.0 for playing emulators and such
From the questions I've had answered thus far (thanks to everyone that has helped), I've learned:
* Once a clean EmuSysnand has been setup, it can be updated via the regular Switch update process because Hekate preserves the fuses
* The dirty Emunand can be updated via ChoiDujourNX and kept offline for safety
Any advice on the best way to set this up? The tricky part that doesn't seem to be covered under other tutorials is how to create 2 emunands and be able to boot either from Hekate.
For my own experience, as a test I tried to do it via Nyx/Hekate by restoring my backup to a new Emunand. It completed successfully but ended up at a black screen when trying to boot. Not sure what I did wrong there.
I currently have no Emunand and a Sysnand at 7.0.1 with a clean backup (of both eMMC BOOT0 & BOOT1 and eMMC RAW GPP). My goal is to have:
1) A clean Sysnand at 7.0.1 with no games to have as a base
2) A clean EmuSysnand (for lack of a better term) at 8.1.0 for playing online and the many games purchased via eShop
3) A dirty Emunand at 8.1.0 for playing emulators and such
From the questions I've had answered thus far (thanks to everyone that has helped), I've learned:
* Once a clean EmuSysnand has been setup, it can be updated via the regular Switch update process because Hekate preserves the fuses
* The dirty Emunand can be updated via ChoiDujourNX and kept offline for safety
Any advice on the best way to set this up? The tricky part that doesn't seem to be covered under other tutorials is how to create 2 emunands and be able to boot either from Hekate.
For my own experience, as a test I tried to do it via Nyx/Hekate by restoring my backup to a new Emunand. It completed successfully but ended up at a black screen when trying to boot. Not sure what I did wrong there.