Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[zizer]

use this link

 

[XICO2KX]

But if someone adds a Shutdown option to CFG, please make it un-mount the HDD too before turning off!

As XICO2KX suggested, considering un-mounting the HDD before shutdown makes sense...We already do most of that.
At least the unmounting of filesystmes part and USB_Deinitialize();
However I checked and we don't call USBStorage_Deinit();
I will add that if it helps but I'm not sure it will...
If someone knows what else would be needed let me know.
Is any other loader able to turn off the hdd properly at shutdown?

Thanks oggzee!

But the HDD still does that sound of being turned off while being accessed...

WiiFlow, on the other hand, turns off the HDD perfectly silently!

Don't know if it matters, but I've been taking a look at how some of the other USB loaders un-mount USB devices and shutdown the Wii...

Here's some of the differences I've found so far...

http://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader/source/browse/trunk/Source/source/usbstorage.c

void USBStorage_Deinit(void)
{
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ/* Close USB device */
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂif (fd >= 0) {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂIOS_Close(fd);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂfd = -1;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ}
}

http://code.google.com/p/wiiflow/source/browse/trunk/source/loader/usbstorage.c
CODEvoid USBStorage_Deinit(void)
{
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ/* Close USB device */
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂif (fd >= 0)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ{
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂIOS_Close(fd);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂfd = -1;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ}
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂUSB_Deinitialize();
}

http://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/source/browse/trunk/source/fatmounter.c
CODE

void USBDevice_deInit()
{
ÂÂÂÂ//closing all open Files write back the cache and then shutdown em!
ÂÂÂÂfatUnmount("USB:/");
ÂÂÂÂ//only shutdown libogc usb and not the cios one
ÂÂÂÂ__io_usbstorage2.shutdown();

ÂÂÂÂfat_usb_mount = 0;
ÂÂÂÂfat_usb_sec = 0;
}

Does this help in any way?

 

[oggzee]

Thanks oggzee!

But the HDD still does that sound of being turned off while being accessed...

WiiFlow, on the other hand, turns off the HDD perfectly silently!

Don't know if it matters, but I've been taking a look at how some of the other USB loaders un-mount USB devices and shutdown the Wii...

Here's some of the differences I've found so far...

....
USB_Deinitialize();
omg so many colors, my eyes hurt!

We do call that too, but from a different function...

CODEvoid Do_Shutdown() {
ÂÂÂÂServices_Close();
ÂÂÂÂSubsystem_Close();
ÂÂÂÂSys_Shutdown();
}
void Subsystem_Close(void)
{
....
ÂÂÂÂUSB_Deinitialize();
}

maybe it's the order of things...

Can you try this:
http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg64t1.dol
It has the order of USB_Deinitialize and USBStorage_Deinit changed.
I wonder if that works any better?

 

[nop.compiler]

Hi all.

First of all: congratulations for your job in CFG Usb Loader. I have almost 25 original Wii games and now I'm able to take all them together in a single hdd-disk and save my 3-year-old-Wii lens.

I have an (I hope) very simple question about CFG USB Loader: I had it installed in my SD card and I was launching it from the Homebrew Channel until my wife upgraded the Wii and I lost HBC and with it, the way to launch CFG USB Loader...

Currently, lots of modchips have the possibility to read uSD and SD cards in WBFS format to launch backups, so...

It would be possible to pack "CFG USB LOADER" as a working .WBFS itself? (like if it was a game, and being launchable by modchips that read WBFS from uSD / SD cards). In that case, I could put an hypotethic "cfg_usb_loader.wbfs" in a simple uSD card, and load it without the need of the homebrew channel installed on my system.

As I've said, current modchips include uSD or SD slots or they can even use Wii's SD slot to read backups from a card formatted with a WBFS filesystem, but that way you must stick to WBFS (not fat/ntfs) and you're limited by card's sizes (16/32 GB being the typical). Being able to install CFG USB LOADER as a the only .wbfs file in a simple 512MB sd card, I could have my games in an HDD and easily bypass "card's" limits, having all the features that CFG USB Loader has: covers, the nice interface, etc.

My other idea was to pack both HBC + USB CFG LOADER in a .wbfs file, but I imagine that HBC is a channel and maybe it's difficult to pack it as an standalone application, but I thought that maybe USB CFG LOADER (as ELF + data) can be packed as .wbfs and loaded from most modchip's menues...

I imagine that technically the elf and it's static data can be packed as a wbfs, but "temporary files" (and downloaded covers, and so on) would still need to be written in the wii's slot card...

Is all this a crazy idea, or it's possible?

Thanks :-)

 

[ageurtse]

i still can't get my wad forwarder to work.

i have installed ios58 but when i try to install the wadforwarder with ios58 selected but then i get an error -2011

i run os 3.3E could this be the problem.

please would like to have this forwarder to run so my kids can operate wii on there own.

 

[arjaylight]

i still can't get my wad forwarder to work.

i have installed ios58 but when i try to install the wadforwarder with ios58 selected but then i get an error -2011

i run os 3.3E could this be the problem.

please would like to have this forwarder to run so my kids can operate wii on there own.

you have to reinstall again your homebrew channel after installing ios58

 

[ageurtse]

do you mean i have to reinstall homebrewchanel again

then run wadmanager and install the wadforwarder

 

[oggzee]

It would be possible to pack "CFG USB LOADER" as a working .WBFS itself? (like if it was a game, and being launchable by modchips that read WBFS from uSD / SD cards). In that case, I could put an hypotethic "cfg_usb_loader.wbfs" in a simple uSD card, and load it without the need of the homebrew channel installed on my system.
...
Is all this a crazy idea, or it's possible?

Interesting, this is the first i hear of such modchips.
It might be possible, there are some app forwarders in .iso format which load apps from sd card, those can be converted to .wbfs. You can try one of those first to see if it works. If that works then cfg could be made into a .iso as well. How you do that I don't know, ask the guys that made the .iso app forwarders... let us know the results.

 

[nop.compiler]

It would be possible to pack "CFG USB LOADER" as a working .WBFS itself? (like if it was a game, and being launchable by modchips that read WBFS from uSD / SD cards). In that case, I could put an hypotethic "cfg_usb_loader.wbfs" in a simple uSD card, and load it without the need of the homebrew channel installed on my system.
...
Is all this a crazy idea, or it's possible?

Interesting, this is the first i hear of such modchips.

It might be possible, there are some app forwarders in .iso format which load apps from sd card, those can be converted to .wbfs. You can try one of those first to see if it works. If that works then cfg could be made into a .iso as well. How you do that I don't know, ask the guys that made the .iso app forwarders... let us know the results.

Hi.

After losing the HBC (due to the wii upgrade), I started to search "Lego Indiana Jones" PAL to reinstall it, and it was almost impossible, at least here in Spain. People is asking 80 to 120 EUR for a second hand copy of the game (tsk!). The game is not available to rent (stores are not renting it, knowing that the game can be used to softmod the Wii).

Last week, tired of looking for the game, I asked in a couple of stores about modchips, so that I can use a copy of Lego Indi to install HBC.

The "cheapest" modchips being currently installed are FlatMii and WiiKey Fussion. The first one includes a frontpanel capable of reading uSD cards in WBFS format, launching backups directly with a LCD display and some buttons on that front panel. Modchip + install just for 50 EUR. The second one uses directly Wii's SD card slot to read WBFS formatted SD cards. There is another modchip comming soon (Wode, I think it's called) that includes an USB port and allows directly to use USB external harddisk in either FAT/WBFS/NTFS format, but it's far more expensive that Flatmii or WiiKey Fussion.

I don't know if the forums allows linking to other websites describing those products, but doing a simple google "$MODCHIP_NAME specs" can point you to the full specs of those modchips.

Storage capacity of uSD and SD is limited to 16GB or 32GB at an higher price per MB than 2.5" USB disks, and the management of WBFS partitions is not very nice from Linux (my O.S.) so I still prefer by far CFG USB LOADER with an external USB 2.5" disk that I can manipulate from Linux.

So my idea was to install a modchip like flatmii or wiikey fussion and use a simple 256/512 MB card to launch the hypothetic "cfg_usb_loader.wbfs"...

About the app forwarders... I don't know what's that exactly. Maybe Allows you to create a "menu" to launch apps installed on an SD card? If you can give me the name of any of those "app forwarders" or a link to one of them, I could try it. To start, it's a very good idea: I then could put the application in Wii's SD card and launch the app from flatmii's uSD slot with the app forwarded installed in the uSD...

Thanks a lot for your answer!

 

[ageurtse]

i mannaged to get it to work.

Somehow i changed the directory name so it won't start up.

great program

 

[Dr. Clipper]

i still can't get my wad forwarder to work.

i have installed ios58 but when i try to install the wadforwarder with ios58 selected but then i get an error -2011

i run os 3.3E could this be the problem.

please would like to have this forwarder to run so my kids can operate wii on there own.
You don't need to install the wad with IOS58. The forwarder uses IOS58 when it runs. You don't need to reinstall the HBC either. Just install the forwarder using any cIOS or AHBPROT and you'll be good. And yeah, you already did that, so good.

QUOTE(nop.compiler @ Jan 16 2011, 06:58 PM) Hi.

After losing the HBC (due to the wii upgrade), I started to search "Lego Indiana Jones" PAL to reinstall it, and it was almost impossible, at least here in Spain. People is asking 80 to 120 EUR for a second hand copy of the game (tsk!). The game is not available to rent (stores are not renting it, knowing that the game can be used to softmod the Wii).

Have you also looked for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers? It can also be used to install HBC on a PAL Wii. Also, if you ever installed a forwarder channel and it is still on your Wii, you can use that. More info here.

 

[jesquinas]

I dont understand to my spanish compatriot nop.compiler.Its true that if you are in the 4.3 version and you dont have some of the two "magical games" : Lego Indiana Jones I or Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers you only have a possibility : place a chip for running a backup of one of these games.
If your drive lector isnt the D3-2 or the D4 you can place a chip like Drivekey (very easy to install) and to play the backup game with the hacked save in the SD card.That will run the Hackmii installer.
I think that his drive lector is newer and he cant place those chips and he needs a chip who can get the backup games from the SD card,but in that case you can to put the .ISO game or the game in the .wbfs format in the SD card and to play it again.After that you install HBC and you can to play the games from the external USB hard disk like before.
He dont needs CFG USB loader in .wbfs format for nothing.

Greetings.

 

[FIX94]

ext2,ext3 and ext4 parition support

Hey guys, I tested it now and here are the results:
The most important thing is that it can load from ext2, ext3 and ext4

The file must be in "apps/usbloader" or "apps/usbloader_cfg". It doesn't work for example if the file is in "apps/USBLoader".
Folder and Files must have execute or read permissions for everyone, otherwise the forwarder will return to system menu.

 

[davebaol]

It would be possible to pack "CFG USB LOADER" as a working .WBFS itself? (like if it was a game, and being launchable by modchips that read WBFS from uSD / SD cards). In that case, I could put an hypotethic "cfg_usb_loader.wbfs" in a simple uSD card, and load it without the need of the homebrew channel installed on my system.
...
Is all this a crazy idea, or it's possible?

Interesting, this is the first i hear of such modchips.
It might be possible, there are some app forwarders in .iso format which load apps from sd card, those can be converted to .wbfs. You can try one of those first to see if it works. If that works then cfg could be made into a .iso as well. How you do that I don't know, ask the guys that made the .iso app forwarders... let us know the results.

Of course it will work but only if system ios has trucha bug because that iso will be obviously fake signed.

 

[nop.compiler]

Have you also looked for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers? It can also be used to install HBC on a PAL Wii. Also, if you ever installed a forwarder channel and it is still on your Wii, you can use that. More info here.

No, I didn't know that game had also an exploit. I've always read about Lego Indiana Jones PAL and Super Smash Bros NTSC.

Anyway, after a quick search in ebay:

Wii YU-GI-OH 5DS Wheelie Breakers Indiana Jones PAL NEU - 114,95 EUR + 7,50 EUR shipping

I have the same problem as in "Lego Indi": people knows that the game is searched for softmodiyng and puts too high prices for the game

QUOTE(jesquinas @ Jan 16 2011, 01:35 PM) you only have a possibility : place a chip for running a backup of one of these games.

Yes, that's what I'm going to do to reinstall the Homebrew Channel.

My question is for the future: imagine that firmware v4.4 appears, and imagine that it's a mandatory update and fixes all the exploits available and no other exploits are discovered. If you're unable then to reinstall HBC ... how do you launch USB CFG Loader?

My idea is to create an .wbfs version of CFG USB Loader that you can place in the uSD or SD slot of some new modchips that read and execute .wbfs, so that you can always run CFG USB LOADER without the need of the HBC.

Thanks for the answer, anyway.

 

[freestile]

The first and only loader I have used. Works great. Keep up the good work fellas.

 

[jesquinas]

Have you also looked for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers? It can also be used to install HBC on a PAL Wii. Also, if you ever installed a forwarder channel and it is still on your Wii, you can use that. More info here.

No, I didn't know that game had also an exploit. I've always read about Lego Indiana Jones PAL and Super Smash Bros NTSC.

Anyway, after a quick search in ebay:

Wii YU-GI-OH 5DS Wheelie Breakers Indiana Jones PAL NEU - 114,95 EUR + 7,50 EUR shipping

I have the same problem as in "Lego Indi": people knows that the game is searched for softmodiyng and puts too high prices for the game

Yes,for PAL consoles YU-GI-OH 5DS Wheelie Breakers Indiana Jones will do the work too.You have only to choose the correct savegame version: 50Hz/PAL or 60Hz/PAL.

 

[jesquinas]

FIX94,I was thinking about the url http://gwht.wikidot.com/launch who gave Dr.Clipper.It is a extra protection measure against the HBC delection.The problem is that if Nintendo knows the title ID of your forwarder and can delete it too.Could be possible to select the title ID with a installer forwarder channel homebrew?After,if you want to delete or update the forwarder you could use the Wii System Menu for deleting and the installer for the new forwarder version.
What dou you think about it?

Thx.

 

[jesquinas]

The Nintendo DSi common key has been revealed,jijjiji.I think that ogzee and Dr.Clipper are going to have a lot of work in the future with a new roms DSi Loader :-)

 

[nop.compiler]

I forgot to mention that I have available BootMii in my console. The 4.3 upgrade deleted the homebrew channel but I still have that menu that appears when you start Wii which you can handle with power and reset buttons.

By using that menu ... can I reinstall the HBC or install an app-forwarder or the usb cfg loader without the need of a modchip or LegoIndi/Yu-gi-oh?

Thanks.