Hacking Backup Launcher by Wiigator

[substancev]

I'm running a strictly linux laptop. Nothing win32 here.

With that said im trying to get the extractpartition binary to work. here is what happens:

$./extractpartition madden_bkup.iso test.iso
Title id: RFLE
Group id: 69
Name: Madden NFL 09

2 partitions:
ÂÂÂÂpartition #0 @ 000050000 type 1
ÂÂÂÂpartition #1 @ 00f800000 type 0

Doing partition 0...
--------------------------------

Doing partition 1...
--------------------------------
ÂÂÂÂtitle id = 0001000052464c45 ELFR
ÂÂÂÂtmd sizeÂÂÂÂ=ÂÂ00000208
ÂÂÂÂtmd offsetÂÂ= 0000002c0
ÂÂÂÂcert sizeÂÂ =ÂÂ00000a00
ÂÂÂÂcert offset = 0000004e0
ÂÂÂÂdata offset = 000020000
ÂÂÂÂdata sizeÂÂ = 107ba0000
>>>>>> checking sig by Root-CA00000001-XS00000003...
>>>>>> checking sig by Root-CA00000001...
>>>>>> checking sig by Root...
cannot open root-key: No such file or directory

My directory contents are as follows:

common-key
madden_bkup.iso
root-key
extractpartition
test1.iso
test.iso

I'm currently running Ubuntu (Debian). I'm an avid user and not a noob... feel free to get technical.

Make a directory called ".wii" in your home directory and put "root-key" and "common-key" in there. That should be all you need. I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 and haven't had too much trouble. I was using Waninkoko's "backup-creator.exe" under a Wine command line (which works well) but now I use "extractpartition" because it just feels better being native.

I guess what i need is the files needed for extractpartition. I was using the common-key that is generated from WiiBackupPatcher.exe via wine.. this worked successfully. But using extractpartition iso1 iso2 fails on root-key.

If i do find the correct common-key/root-key, how would putting it into .wii make it work. Is extractpartition hardcoded to look in .wii?

 

[Arm the Homeless]

Read my instructions.

 

[substancev]

First, just to make backup creating easy,

sudo mv extractpartition /usr/bin

Then all you have to do is type extractpartition.

To get it to work,

mkdir ~/.wii
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/.wii/root-key count=1 bs=516
cp common-key ~/.wii

Ignore the errors, I compared two ISOs with md5sum and they were the same.


Excellent, I was hoping you would reply to my questions. I have a root-key that came in extractpartition.rar.... Where do i get the common-key file.. i saw one generated once i used WiiBackupPatcher.exe.. is that it?

CODE~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=~/.wii/root-key count=1 bs=516
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
516 bytes (516 B) copied, 0.000127247 s, 4.1 MB/s

 

[Arm the Homeless]

The backup creator common key should work.

 

[substancev]

The backup creator common key should work.

Success...

What is that whole dd tidbit about.. What does that do?

Thanks BTW

 

[Arm the Homeless]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)

It's dumping 516 bytes of 0s (/dev/zero) to ~/.wii/root-key
If you open the file in a hex editor, you'll see 516 0s.

 

[bestperson]

i installed cios rev5 and dvdx on my 3.2u system and the backup loader is working great. what happens now if i update to 3.3u do i need to uninstall the cios first?

 

[Arm the Homeless]

You don't need to uninstall anything.

 

[WiiGator]

Hello,

I need testers for the next version. Here are some notes:
- The files are not for public release. Don't give the files to others. If anybody give it away, I will not release the source code, until it is finished. Public release will be later.
- The files should not brick your Wii. But in general before changing something in the NAND, you should dump your NAND and your keys (e.g. with xyzzy). You should also have the homebrew channel installed, so you have the ability to use SaveMii.
- The load time is faster, but not fast enough for video.
- Fixed strange bugs like the Mario-Kart second race problem.
- dvdx is not required anymore.
- DVDs need still to be converted.
- I think it will not fix games, that doesn't start at all. This should fix bugs within games.

Who have enough games for a good test?

 

[Arm the Homeless]

I'll test, I guess.

And I won't be a leaker.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

I can test too. I have nothing else to do.

 

[MrFlooD]

I would be more then happy to test it. I have a lot of games already converted and ready to go.

Cheers.

 

[tylerdurden007]

I can also; plenty of games here.

 

[Leon2457]

I'd be happy to Test for you WiiGator, and also, Thanks for the version you have given us now

Oh, and I promise not to leak anything >_<

(I know it says im a Noob, but trust me, I've been on and off the forums (unregistered) for quite some time)

 

[Cooler89]

I will be happy to test it to i have alot of games burned to i am ready to go too

 

[rikuumi]

This rockssss...

 

[crazyguy]

I am your man...

At your command!

I would like to test the new launcher

 

[Cooler89]

i made this custom backup banner, if someone want to use it to make a channel:

Once the new version comes then we can use the banner, and it looks really nice good job or we can use it on the old version

 

[Leon2457]

Nice Banner, although I only use the HomeBrew Channel Version ^^,

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I have a good amount of games, around .... 20-30ish

Just Private Message me if you want a tester ^^

 

[sandemann]

I would be honored to help testing.
Have a bunch of games i could backup and try out