Homebrew boot.elf not found?

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · May 24, 2021

So I wanted to homebrew my Wii U's vWii so I could use things like CTGP for Mario Kart Wii and other games, and after injecting Wuphax into my vWii, I went ahead and opened Mii Channel on the vWii system. Turns out I did something wrong, because apparently there's a missing boot.elf file that I can't find. I'm sort of new to homebrewing; I've only homebrewed a 3DS before and it was nearly two years ago. If this isn't the right place to ask this question, please redirect me so I can ask the question in the proper place.

Thanks!

jeannotte · May 24, 2021

Hello,

see here ==>https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/vwii-modding

dojafoja · May 24, 2021

It sounds like you are missing the hackmii installer on your sd card. Download it from here: https://bootmii.org/download/ extract the .zip and put boot.elf on the root of your SD card and try again

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · Jun 15, 2021

jeannotte said:
Hello,

see here ==>

I followed the guide all the way to the WH section, still having the same issue.

MamaLuigiS · Jun 15, 2021

I used this guide. I'm not sure if you used the same one.

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · Jun 16, 2021

MamaLuigiS said:
I used this guide. I'm not sure if you used the same one.

I used that the first time I tried it, didn't work, which led me to making this thread. :/

MamaLuigiS · Jun 16, 2021

LivingNearThatGreyRoad said:
I used that the first time I tried it, didn't work, which led me to making this thread. :/

Where does this message appear

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · Jun 16, 2021

MamaLuigiS said:
Where does this message appear

After I inject wuphax and try to open the Mii Channel, it brings a black screen and says "FAT Init, boot.elf not found!"

MamaLuigiS · Jun 17, 2021

LivingNearThatGreyRoad said:
After I inject wuphax and try to open the Mii Channel, it brings a black screen and says "FAT Init, boot.elf not found!"

https://www.mediafire.com/file/tjwqadp8bomat0r/boot.elf/file
here is a mediafire link to the boot.elf I use. be sure to put it in the root of your SD card.

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · Jun 17, 2021

MamaLuigiS said:
here is a mediafire link to the boot.elf I use. be sure to put it in the root of your SD card.

It didn't work.

LivingNearThatGreyRoad · Jun 17, 2021

bump. still haven't been able to fix the problem. I've put the boot.elf from hackmii into the root of my sd card, still got the FAT Init boot.elf not found! message. If anyone has a solution, PLEASE reach out through this thread!!

neelsoon · Jan 25, 2022

LivingNearThatGreyRoad said:
bump. still haven't been able to fix the problem. I've put the boot.elf from hackmii into the root of my sd card, still got the FAT Init boot.elf not found! message. If anyone has a solution, PLEASE reach out through this thread!!

I had the same problem you do. I was able to install the HBC on vWii with this tutorial.
https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/vwii-modding.

Instructions

Insert your Wii U’s SD Card into your PC.

Copy the apps folder from the Patched_IOS80_Installer_for_vWii.zip file to the root of your SD Card.

Copy the contents of the d2x_cIOS_Installer.zip file to the root of your SD Card.

Copy the contents of the downloaded Tiramisu .zip file to the root of your SD Card.

Copy the compat_installer.elf file to the wiiu/apps folder on the root of your SD Card.

Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.

Now is time for you to make a nand backup.

Installing the Homebrew Channel

Boot into Tiramisu.

~~Launch the Homebrew Launcher, by opening the Mii Maker.~~==> Since my wii u is already hacked I just launched the HBC like i normally do from it's own tile in the WiiU Menu.

Launch the compat_installer.

Press A to install the Homebrew Channel and wait until you see Install succeeded. Then press the HOME button to return to the Wii U Menu.

Launch vWii (the Wii Menu icon).

If the installation has succeeded, you should see the Homebrew Channel in your Wii Menu.

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