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How to have SEPARATE ATMOSPHERE AND SXOS EMUNAND HIDDEN PARTITIONS ON THE SAME SD TUTORIAL!

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How to have
SEPARATE ATMOSPHERE AND SXOS EMUNAND HIDDEN PARTITIONS ON THE SAME SD TUTORIAL!

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PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE GUIDE BEFORE PROCEEDING. I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE THIS COMPLETE AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR DATA LOSS DUE TO THE USE OF THIS GUIDE. I DO THIS FOR FUN AND AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL. i HAVE TESTED THIS METHOD AND HAVE SET UP A COUPLE SD CARDS.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

The intent of this guide is to make ONE SD CARD with TWO HIDDEN EMUNANDS. One on 11.0 for SXOS and one with current firmware for Atmosphere.

More than likely the currently installed games WILL NOT WORK IN ATMOSPHERE if they were installed with the SXOS installer.

Tinfoil/awoo installed games may work fine. This is SXOS 's fault as the installer patched stuff in a way that is not compatible with the other CFWs.

There is also a section on SHRINKING the SXOS partition if you intend to only use it for USB loading. To minimize the impact it has on your SD and keep your HDD functionality for all 3000+ compatible games.. If you do this the current SXOS EmuNAND will break including installed games and saves.. IF you made backups of the save data you can restore them later.

Bottom line is, you will probably be reinstalling games and you need a backup of everything.

This guide make a few assumptions.. I will assume you are a current SXOS user with a working 11.0 Hidden Partition EmuNAND with a FAT32 SD. No Atmosphere installation required. There many ways to accomplish most things in this guide. I am doing the bulk of the work on the PC to limit the amount of times we take the SD out of the fragile Switch SD slot.

If you do not understand the above then this tutorial may be out of your league. Please google beginner switch hacking and learn some basics.

EmuNAND is the same thing as EmuMMC. It's just an older term. I call it by the old school term. Old habits..

This guide starts with a SXOS installation in place. If you wanted to go the other direction, adding a SXOS partition to an Atmosphere EmuNAND SD you would have to adjust accordingly but the main concept still stands.


DO NOT USE EXFAT!!! EVER! NINTENDO'S FAULTY DRIVER WILL CAUSE DATA LOSS!! DONT BE LAZY! FORMAT TO FAT32 AND DO IT RIGHT TO AVOID FUTURE ISSUES! I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO. DO IT ANYWAY! ANY EXPERIENCED PERSON WILL TELL YOU THE SAME. WHY WOULD WE ALL GO THROUGH THE HASSLE IF IT WASN'T NECESSARY? DO IT!


THERE ARE OTHER MULTI BOOT METHODS. THIS ONE IS THE MOST STABLE. YOU COULD JUST MAKE A FILE BASED EMUNAND FOR ATMOSPHERE. FILE BASED EMUNANDS ARE KNOWN TO CORRUPT. Good way to lose all your saves.

You will need a few things
  • Latest version of Hekate.
  • Latest NxNandManager
  • Latest EmuTool
  • Atmosphere SD files
  • Latest Sig Patches (the GBATemp thread)
  • A Raw Backup Of your SXOS EmuNAND (if you don't have one we will make one.)
  • A Backup of your current Atmosphere EmuNAND (if you don't have a current Atmosphere EmuNAND we will convert your SXOS EmuNAND)
  • A partition manager capable of moving and making partitions installed on your PC, I will be using MiniTool Partition Wizard but any capable partition manage should work.
  • A PC. Any should do, this guide is written with Windows in mind
  • A WORKING FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER (NxNandMnager and EmuTool can be quite finicky about external drives and things. Just make a new folder. For the sake of this tutorial I will use a folder CALLED C:\NANDS)
  • Keys.txt You can get these using Lockpick RCM or find them online.

BACK UP YOUR SAVES!!! I USE JKSV
BACK UP YOUR ENTIRE SD TO YOUR PC
This process will FORMAT YOUR SD!!!!!!

PREPARATIONS

Now we will set up the programs

On your PC:
  1. Make a folder for NXNandMananger. Folder can be anywhere except the working folder as long as you can find it.
  2. Unzip the NXNandManager .ZIP file to this folder
  3. Place the Keys.txt in the same directory as NXNandManager.
  4. Open NXNandManager, click OPTIONS then CONFIGURE KEYSET then IMPORT FROM FILE and point it to the Keys.txt.
  5. Unzip EmuTool and put the emutool.exe file anywhere except the Working folder as long as you can find it.

BACKUP CURRENT SXOS EMUNAND

If you have a raw backup already you may skip this step. Just put it in the working directory.
  1. Using a SD Reader insert SD with your SXOS EmuNAND in to computer.
  2. Run NxNandManager
  3. Select File > Open Drive> Select your SD.
  4. Select Full Dump
  5. Select Output Directory and choose your WORKING DIRECTORY. Name your backup. For the guide I name it SXOSemunandFULL
  6. Wait Until done
  7. Press OK
If you have a current Atmosphere EmuNAND you can back it up using the same steps now. Name it ATMOemunandFULL

OPTIONAL: Shrink SXOS EmuNAND

If you shrink your EmuNAND make sure you backup all saves first! Back them saves up even if you don't shrink the EmuNAND

If you would like to shrink your SXOS EmuNAND now is the time. This will make all installed NSP stop working. You can reinstall but it won't hold much. The intent is to make SXOS's impact minimal. I make SuperXCI (XCI files that contain all updates and DLC for the game) I convert NSP files and make Super XCIs out of them as well. This way Everything for SXOS compatible games is on the HDD. Except a Small EmuNAND.

You can select whatever USER data size you want. I only intend to have SAVE data on this EmuNAND so 8GB is enough for me. I play all NSP off of my SD in Atmosphere. SXOS is just for XCI USB loading.


In NxNandManager
  1. Select File>Open File and select your EmuNAND raw backup.
  2. Select Options > Resize EmuNAND
  3. Check Format User (this is optional, however this process will render the current USER data useless anyway so just format it to make it clean, Input file will not be altered)
  4. Select New Size.. I went with 5504 MB for user partition (8 GB Total) to keep enough room for saves.. some games have fairly large save files, you can choose whatever you want,
  5. Click Save As,, name the file whatever you want and choose the working directory. I call mine SXOSemuRESIZED
  6. Click Save.
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Convert Hidden SXOS EmuNAND to Atmosphere File Based EmuNAND.

This will convert your Hidden Partition SXOS EmuNAND to Atmosphere EmuNAND files in the event that you don't have a Atmosphere EmuNAND backup. You should be able to migrate your saves and games over. GAMES INSTALLED USING THE BUILT IN SXOS INSTALLER WILL NOT WORK IN ATMOSPHERE.

If you have a raw backup from an Atmosphere Nand you can use that instead and skip this step. This section duplicates and converts your SXOS backup if you don't have an Atmosphere EmuNAND.
  1. Open EmuTool
  2. Under source select SXOS Hidden Partition
  3. Click "Select SD card" and select the SD with the SXOS Hidden Partition
  4. Under Select target select Atmosphere File.
  5. Under TARGET Click "Click to Select SD Card" Name the backup and save to the working directory. Ill Call it SX2ATMOemu
  6. Click START

Create New SXOS EmuNAND Partition

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A SXOS EMUNAND IN A HIDDEN PARTITION ON THE TARGET SD YOU MAY SKIP THIS STEP
THIS SECTION WILL REFORMAT YOUR SD WITH THE NEW SHRUNKEN EMUNAND! YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA!!! BACK UP THE SD FILES

In NxNandManager
  1. Select File > Open file and select the (Shrunken or not) backup of the SXOS EmuNAND
  2. Select Options > Emunand Creation Tool
  3. Check NAND path is pointing to your SXOS EmuNAND backup (Shrunken or not)
  4. Under "Select Emunand Type" Select SD partition
  5. Under "Select Target Disk" Select your target SD.
  6. Click "Create Emunand"


Resize FAT32 Partition and Make New Hidden Partition

THIS WILL MAKE ROOM FOR A SECOND HIDDEN PARTITION.


Now we will RESIZE your FAT32 Partition to leave a 29.2GB Unallocated Partition at the end of the SD
  1. Open MiniTool Partition Wizard
  2. Find the TARGET SD
  3. Right Click on the FAT32 partition
  4. Select Resize
  5. Reduce the size of the FAT32 Partition by 29.2GB using the slider. Make sure that the unllocated space AFTER the FAT32 partition is 29.2GB and DON'T MESS WITH THE UNALLOCATED SPACE BEFORE THE FAT32 PARTITION! THIS IS SXOS EMUNAND!!
  6. Press OK
  7. Right Click on the New Unallocated Partition after the FAT32 partition. (once again not the first one. That is your SXOS Partition.)
  8. Click CREATE
  9. In the "CREATE NEW PARTITION" window Select the following:
    1. Create As: PRIMARY
    2. Drive Letter: NONE
    3. File System: UNFORMATTED
    4. Cluster Size:; NONE
    5. Click OK
  10. In the MAIN WINDOW press Apply
That should format the unallocated space so the tools can see it.

Make new Atmosphere Hidden Partition EmuNAND

In EmuTool
  1. Under "Select source" select Atmosphere files (Or hekate back up files if that's what you have)
  2. Select "Click to select SD Card" and point to the Converted SXOS to Atmosphere Backup files (SX2ATMOemu) or your Atmosphere Backup, You must point to the directory with the BOOT1 BOOT2 00,01 etc etc files, Probably emummc\(A Numeric Code)\eMMC\
  3. Under "Select Target" Select Atmosphere Hidden partition
  4. Select "Click to select SD card" and point to your Target SD card.
  5. Press START.
Restore SD backup and install Atmosphere
If all went well you should be able to copy your SD files you backed up in the beginning of the guide. That should get SXOS back up and running. then you can install Atmosphere. There are a TON of guides. just get the newest SDfiles and toss them on the SD. You'll need sigpatches too if you want to play downloaded content.

  1. Copy FILES YOU BACKED UP IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GUIDE back to the SD FAT32 Partition .
  2. Copy all Atmosphere files to your SD
  3. Copy Sigpatches to the SD
If you are converted your EmuNAND from SXOS to Atmosphere and you didn't shrink your EmuNAND you need to copy the files in the EMUTENDO folder contents from SXOS to the Atmosphere NINTENDO folder (emuMMC/XXXX/Nintendo, XXXX is a Alpha Numeric 4 digit ID) this should make everything compatible work.
(Remember games installed with the built in SXOS installer will probably need to be reinstalled.)

Make EmuNAND visible to Atmosphere.
  1. Unzip Hekate files to the ROOT of your SD.
  2. Insert SD in to the Switch
  3. Boot Hekate using the hekate payload and your favorite payload launching method.
  4. Select EmuMMC
  5. Select Migrate EmuMMC
  6. Select Fix Raw
  7. Select OK
Now you should be able to boot in to SXOS and Atmosphere each with their own EmuNANDS!!! Just boot the payload for the CFW you want using your favorite injection method.

Now you can update the firmware for your Atmosphere EmuNAND using daybreak. There are MANY guides on the subject. Google it!

Make sure your games work. Then you can uninstall duplicate games from the SXOS. You can move games from SD to System NAND in the Switch Data management Menu while in EmuNAND. This will move them from the FAT32 partition to the Hidden EmuNAND to free up the FAT32 even more. Remember to leave room for save files.


EXTRAS!

Here I would like to make a few suggestions....

TESLA with the FastCFWSwtich overlay,

If you would like a convenient way to switch between the CFWs (and other things too) I recommend you install TESLA with the FastCFWswitch overlay. Once installed you can Hold down L and DPad Down then Click the right joy stick to bring up Tesla at any time. It allows you to run "overlays" that are basically just homebrew programs. Emuiibo is a great Amiibo emulator, there is a fast reboot, a UMS feature, FTP etc. in this case I recommend FastCFWswitch.

FastCFWswitch allows you to switch between different CFWs with a few clicks.

TESLA page on GBATemp
This is the page for Tesla. In this instance the trick is to install it for BOTH SXOS AND ATMOSPHERE.

  1. Download the latest fastCFWswitch NX-ovlloader and Tesla-Menu
  2. Unzip all to the root of the SD
  3. You must manually copy all the \atmosphere\contents files from NX-ovloader zip file to SXOS\titles\ to make it work in SXOS too, (I will make a pack if the developer gives me the green light.)
That's it. in SXOS or Atmosphere you can press the hotkey combo.. (hold down L and DPad Down and Click the right joy stick) to bring up the TESLA menu, then select fastCFWswitch and the CFW you want and off you go.

I suggest using different themes on your EmuNANDs so that you can tell them apart at a glance. There are SXOS and Atmosphere versions of my skeletal themes,

Skeletal Switch Theme
Skeletal TV theme
Skeletal HDD for SXOS Theme <-- Made this today

I will add more stuff and tweak this out as I have time. Please feel free to ask questions. It will help me fine tune this tutorial.

CHEERS!

Thanks to Maupiti for all the help.:grog::grog::grog::grog::toot::toot::toot::D
 
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binkinator said:
if it’s exactly like that thread…you prolly need to upgrade FW daybreak and that “dark sternie firmware”.



‘You can remove them using the built in DataManage….the fact that they are showing 0 bytes means you just have the index and it cant find the actual data. Deleting them and reinstall is a quick solution.
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I think the data is still there though, as my SD card was quite full, like 300 GB worth of crap in that Nintendo folder lol. When I moved my SD card backup back to the SD, I originally put it in emuMMC/ER00/, but I just moved it to emuMMC/RAW1/ and it shows the file sizes now. This is the correct place to put my original Nintendo folder right, or do I put it in back in the root of the SD where it was when I was using SXOS Sysnand?

EDIT - I think I need to clean up my folder structure, now. I've tested a few games and they work (except Animal Crossing lol. I am sure I need to restore more JKSV saves or whatever for that maybe???) But, I am still unsure what I need and don't, or where everything goes and what folders I use. I have multiple apps added under homebrew, or I have added apps and they don't show up.
 
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just curious what advantage the partitions have over emunand saved to files? I've used emunandswitcher before, that uses switching the files.
 
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dmdsoftware said:
just curious what advantage the partitions have over emunand saved to files? I've used emunandswitcher before, that uses switching the files.
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What is Emunand Saved to Files? I guess I also have a similar question which I should have asked at the start of all this, which is
"why hidden EmuNANDS?" lol... And what exactly is in them, and do I ever need access to them? Being as I never ever used an EmuNAND, this is all so foreign to me
 
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Sovikos said:
What is Emunand Saved to Files? I guess I also have a similar question which I should have asked at the start of all this, which is
"why hidden EmuNANDS?" lol... And what exactly is in them, and do I ever need access to them? Being as I never ever used an EmuNAND, this is all so foreign to me
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Hidden partitions are less susceptible to corruption. When you write emunands as files they are sitting on the FAT32 partition and all the file system management fun that goes with it. You technically don’t ever need to access them directly. Set them up and let them store your firmware and games and forget about it.
 
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Sovikos said:
What is Emunand Saved to Files? I guess I also have a similar question which I should have asked at the start of all this, which is
"why hidden EmuNANDS?" lol... And what exactly is in them, and do I ever need access to them? Being as I never ever used an EmuNAND, this is all so foreign to me
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Emunand files is basically a portable emunand folder structure that allows you to make backup copies of the said emunand to store on a PC or USB drive. It holds all the cache data like game icons user accounts ect
I think the key point that most ppl are missing is that Emunand files is a great option to have if you decided to upgrade your SD card b/c its a simple drag and drop on the new card. There are ways to back up partition, but its more complicated and requires specific software to do it. So personally if you don't care enough to upgrade the SD card just go hidden partition.
 
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Hidden partitions are less susceptible to corruption. When you write emunands as files they are sitting on the FAT32 partition and all the file system management fun that goes with it. You technically don’t ever need to access them directly. Set them up and let them store your firmware and games and forget about it.
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With my original SysNAND, and all the files and installs that were done in there, do I just go back into stock or SXOS but not EmuNAND, and delete that crap? As having SXOS on SysNAND and EmuNAND they won't read the files from both places correct? Like they'll act like 2 completely different CFWs, so installing a game on one, won't work on the other.

Also @binkinator can you help me out with my post here?
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...s-on-the-same-sd-tutorial.601607/post-9710445

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Emunand files is basically a portable emunand folder structure that allows you to make backup copies of the said emunand to store on a PC or USB drive. It holds all the cache data like game icons user accounts ect
I think the key point that most ppl are missing is that Emunand files is a great option to have if you decided to upgrade your SD card b/c its a simple drag and drop on the new card. There are ways to back up partition, but its more complicated and requires specific software to do it. So personally if you don't care enough to upgrade the SD card just go hidden partition.
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Ah okay thanks for explaining. I wasn't sure what was actually in them or if I needed access to that stuff at all.
 
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Sovikos said:
With my original SysNAND, and all the files and installs that were done in there, do I just go back into stock or SXOS but not EmuNAND, and delete that crap? As having SXOS on SysNAND and EmuNAND they won't read the files from both places correct? Like they'll act like 2 completely different CFWs, so installing a game on one, won't work on the other.
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correct, each *Nand is separate from the others and will have individual games and firmware.
Sovikos said:
Also @binkinator can you help me out with my post here?
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...s-on-the-same-sd-tutorial.601607/post-9710445



Ah okay thanks for explaining. I wasn't sure what was actually in them or if I needed access to that stuff at all.
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There are tools to mount the contents of hidden partitions but you shouldn’t need to mess with it at all unless there is a specific need…you’ll know when you‘ll need to start reading up on how to manipulate a hidden partition. Until then…
 
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Sovikos said:
I think the data is still there though, as my SD card was quite full, like 300 GB worth of crap in that Nintendo folder lol. When I moved my SD card backup back to the SD, I originally put it in emuMMC/ER00/, but I just moved it to emuMMC/RAW1/ and it shows the file sizes now. This is the correct place to put my original Nintendo folder right, or do I put it in back in the root of the SD where it was when I was using SXOS Sysnand?

EDIT - I think I need to clean up my folder structure, now. I've tested a few games and they work (except Animal Crossing lol. I am sure I need to restore more JKSV saves or whatever for that maybe???) But, I am still unsure what I need and don't, or where everything goes and what folders I use. I have multiple apps added under homebrew, or I have added apps and they don't show up.
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Should probably move this to Switch Noob Paradise as we’re cluttering up a tut thread.
 
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Hi, I am new to this. I had follow your tutorial, and finally everything is working. But I got a question here.
when I boot to atmosphere, and using tinfoil to install nsp game, does the game install to sd card using sd card space or switch system space. So far I had a 512 gb sd card, but only got 30 gb left. If what ever nsp game install is to sd card, I will go and get a 1tb one.
 
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Hi, I am new to this. I had follow your tutorial, and finally everything is working. But I got a question here.
when I boot to atmosphere, and using tinfoil to install nsp game, does the game install to sd card using sd card space or switch system space. So far I had a 512 gb sd card, but only got 30 gb left. If what ever nsp game install is to sd card, I will go and get a 1tb one.
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It installs to SDcard space. 1TB is huge and you will be hard pressed to find enough quality games to fill it. In the event you do fill it up you should make backups either to your computer or another SD card…it would take forever to install and configure everything from scratch.
 
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It installs to SDcard space. 1TB is huge and you will be hard pressed to find enough quality games to fill it. In the event you do fill it up you should make backups either to your computer or another SD card…it would take forever to install and configure everything from scratch.
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cool, I had a copy in my 10 tb hard disk, but most game I run with sx os, only 5 game I run with atmosphere, but my 512 gb sd card only left 30 gb, and still got like 20 extra game i didnt put on, but i dont play those , and they are for collection only. But for future prove, sure it will come more game using atmosphere, since sx os not updating anymore. But I really like the xci loader thing, that is why some game I still stick with it. But some game give more dlc and update so i need the latest atmosphere. anyway thx for the infor. I might return the 512 gb to officework and get the 1tb one for future prove then
 
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I can't seem to get it working, I have a hidden emunand partition for SX OS (created with hack sx os) I convert it to an atmosphere file and then when I go to partition the drive the type of the main partition (not the sx os hidden part) is listed as other instead of fat32 which it had previously been. I then format it again to fat32 and partition the space for atmosphere. After going to flash the atmosphere file to an atmosphere hidden part the nintendo folder is listed as Emutendo. Regardless, I start the process and it ends up failing with "errore 9 subscript out of range". This message pops up about 5 times and is followed by it telling me to copy my nintendo folder. Windows is also asking me to format the atmosphere partition whenever I open it.

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Emutool seems to be working now I suspect the problem was due to me putting the atmosphere files in the Emutool folder. I am however unable to boot into hekate (nyx is missing) and I believe it is due to the fat32 partition I did earlier. Still kind of stuck but on the right track.

EDIT:

Ok so I completely wiped and reformatted the fat32 partition and it works like a charm!
 
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I was wondering if there was any way to shrink the sxos partition after all the steps have been complete? Or do I have to start over?
 
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I used minitool partition wizard to extend the sd card size over the sx partition (gave it 12 gb). Backed everything up, and it actually worked and all the installed nsps still work.
 
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Been dragging my heels, but finally ready to do this!
A couple quick questions though

  • I'm starting from SXOS 11.0 SysNAND, with exFAT
  • No EmuNANDs yet

  1. Do I just create SXOS EmuNAND from their boot menu on a fresh SD first?
  2. Do EmuNANDs also need converted to FAT32 somehow, or does that just apply to SD cards?
  3. Is AutoRCM still used without any issues?

Big thanks to @mikefor20 and everyone who helped put all this great info together. I'm really excited to get started!
 
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simbin said:
Been dragging my heels, but finally ready to do this!
A couple quick questions though

  • I'm starting from SXOS 11.0 SysNAND, with ExFAT
  • No EmuNANDs yet

  1. Do I just create SXOS EmuNAND from their boot menu on a fresh SD first?
  2. Do EmuNANDs also need converted to FAT32 somehow, or does that just apply to SD cards?
  3. Is AutoRCM still used without any issues?

Big thanks to @mikefor20 and everyone who helped put all this great info together. I'm really excited to get started!
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Quickly,

1, Do I just create SXOS EmuNAND from their boot menu on a fresh SD first?

Sure, That will work. The guide walks you through everything. You can start with any EmuNAND really. The PC tools can help too. It's in the guide.


2. Do EmuNANDs also need converted to FAT32 somehow, or does that just apply to SD cards?

The SD shoud be formatted with Panasonic SD Formatter. During the EmuNAND setup process your SD will be formatted again. The SD Will Look like:

SD:\[unformatted 32GB][FAT32 ][remaining space]

The unformatted section is the SXOS EmuNAND. After the guide You will have 2 unformatted partitions

SD:\[Unformatted(SX EmuNAND 32GB))][FAT32 until the last 32GB][Unformatted][ATMO emuNAND 32GB]

EmuNANDS are their own format essentially. They are a copy of the SysNAND. Your computer will see it as junk.

You can shrink or expand the EmuNANDS too. It's in the guide.

3, Is AutoRCM still used without any issues?

I have used it the entire time. Some people who let the battery run down while in AuroRCM bitch about the slow charging but if you shut down properly it will be fine. There's lot's of threads about that.

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mikefor20 said:
Quickly,

1, Do I just create SXOS EmuNAND from their boot menu on a fresh SD first?

Sure, That will work. The guide walks you through everything. You can start with any EmuNAND really. The PC tools can help too. It's in the guide.


2. Do EmuNANDs also need converted to FAT32 somehow, or does that just apply to SD cards?

The SD shoud be formatted with Panasonic SD Formatter. During the EmuNAND setup process your SD will be formatted again. The SD Will Look like:

SD:\[unformatted 32GB][FAT32 ][remaining space]

The unformatted section is the SXOS EmuNAND. After the guide You will have 2 unformatted partitions

SD:\[Unformatted(SX EmuNAND 32GB))][FAT32 until the last 32GB][Unformatted][ATMO emuNAND 32GB]

EmuNANDS are their own format essentially. They are a copy of the SysNAND. Your computer will see it as junk.

You can shrink or expand the EmuNANDS too. It's in the guide.

3, Is AutoRCM still used without any issues?

I have used it the entire time. Some people who let the battery run down while in AuroRCM bitch about the slow charging but if you shut down properly it will be fine. There's lot's of threads about that.

Cheers
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Concerning AutoRcm, my switch Erista has been running with it since 2017, and never had issues. For proof, I had shutdown my switch on December 2021 with 100% charge, (didn’t use at all for months as I was involved on PS4), and powered on yesterday, guess what ? 100% charge 🤣
 
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If I don't plan on going online, is there still a reason to have both EmuNANDs? My oldest NAND backup is post-SXOS. Should I just save the extra space by having one hidden partition for SXOS and putting Atmosphere on my SysNAND?
 

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