Hacking Can't update luma.

[KyleHyde]

Ok I think I got it working now. it says in payload type: SIGHAX so I should be good now yeah? I also enabled updating SD cardless, is that a good idea?

Since you saw that message and were able to finally get it working, yes you're good.
In regards to SD cardless/ctrnand Luma, that depends on what you prefer (ie. Having Luma CFW on your SD card [boot.firm; the normal/default option] or having it installed directly to your 3DS system [ctrnand; the option you just picked]). One of the pros of having Luma CFW installed to ctrnand is that if you ever lose your SD card, have it stolen, it breaks, or it corrupts itself you'll still be able to use/turn on your 3DS without having your SD Card (you also won't need to worry about having a boot.firm on your SD card).

Personally, I've left mine on the default setting since I really don't mind having to keep my microSD card inserted on my n3DSXL at all times.

 

[kbf]

Since you saw that message and were able to finally get it working, yes you're good.
In regards to SD cardless/ctrnand Luma, that depends on what you prefer (ie. Having Luma CFW on your SD card [boot.firm; the normal/default option] or having it installed directly to your 3DS system [ctrnand; the option you just picked]). One of the pros of having Luma CFW installed to ctrnand is that if you ever lose your SD card, have it stolen, it breaks, or it corrupts itself you'll still be able to use/turn on your 3DS without having your SD Card (you also won't need to worry about having a boot.firm on your SD card).

Personally, I've left mine on the default setting since I really don't mind having to keep my microSD card inserted on my n3DSXL at all times.

can you have it on both the sd and inside the system or can luma only be on one or the other?

 

[KyleHyde]

can you have it on both the sd and inside the system or can luma only be on one or the other?

Yes, you can have it on both. There's no harm in doing that.
I just took a quick look around and it seems that even if you installed it to ctrnand you'll still need to keep it on your SD card as well. While your SD card is inserted, Luma CFW will be read from the boot.firm file on your SD card; when you have no SD card inserted into your 3DS it'll read it from ctrnand instead (allowing your system to boot up without an SD card inserted, as I mentioned earlier).

 

[kbf]

Ok thanks a lot. I think I got all my questions answered now. Hopefully someone can find this topic in the future if they need help.