BootMii as IOS, or as Boot2, what is better?

Boot2 is the best protection, since it loads before anything else. As long as you don't remove bootmii as boot2, your Wii is effectively immortal with a NAND backup.

So, in summary, if your Wii has a vulnerable boot2, you should install bootmii as boot2 and as an IOS.

Also, this is the Wii U section.

 

Install bootmii as boot2 and IOS when you can. If you can't, install only as IOS, and make sure you install Priiloader.

 

If you install as boot2, you can enter bootmii regardless of whatever you do to your Wii, as long as bootmii as boot2 is functional. It gives you boot access to bootmii regardless of whether or not your system menu, IOS files, etc. are functional.

Bootmii as IOS doesn't do much to protect you from a lot of bricks, since you need to be able to enter homebrew to get to it. That's what Priiloader is for. It should still be installed as IOS so you can still enter bootmii under some low level bricks where you can still enter the homebrew channel.

 

wii starts up with boot0, boot1, boot2 and then loads system menu which loads ios.

the earlier you can run bootmii the better as it relies on less things working.

 

IOS loads before the System Menu. At least for now, OP, install BootMii as an IOS if it won't let you install it as boot2 and get Priiloader. Hopefully soon the SDBoot Exploit will come out and allow everyone to install BootMii as boot2 on patched Wiis.

 

Idk, I'm not involved with it. There was someone doing it, but I think they took a break.

 

Priiloader is loaded when the system menu is loaded, since it's installed to the system menu. It can't save you in system menu bricks, but it can save you in a lot of other bricks.

 

There are lots of types of Wii bricks.
https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Brick

 

All u really need to know is that as long as u don't reinstall a system menu (which uninstalls priiloader) or uninstall a system menu IOS (or install a bad ios to the SM ios slot) u will be able to recovery from most bricks with just priiloader. Just don't be reckless and u won't brick

 

BootMii as IOS provides no brick protection, it's good for NAND backup but if you need to recover from a brick, you'll probably still need to rely on a hardware flasher. Priiloader can help you recover from certain types of bricks, and you can load BootMii IOS from that in order to restore a NAND backup, so Priiloader + BootMii IOS is still better than nothing, BootMii IOS on its own does nothing though.

 

As far as I remember, banner bricks. If you install some wad with a faulty banner, Priiloader can recover by allowing you to load Homebrew Channel and uninstall the faulty channel so the Wii menu wont load the problematic channel anymore.

This link has more details: https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Brick

 

Also you can recover from system menu theme bricks with just priiloader

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Possibly also 003 bricks, but only if priiloader was installed after the system menu or system menu IOS but before the system menu is loaded (unless of course you region changed properly using modmii, then u shouldn't 003 brick unless u go out of your way to try and do so)