Hacking Different size Sys and Emunand from same console?

[Cosmic_Link]

Hi all,

Was just following Plailect's guide for installing A9LH on a N3DSXL.

I have just backed up the Sysnand and Emunand, as stated in step 4, and it both Nands are different sizes. Have made a second backup of each, with the same result.

Both sizes match up to the sizes stated on this page for N3DS: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/NAND-Size

Here is a screen cap of the 2 nands.

Sysnand boots fine, emunand boots fine. Sysnand is 9.2, emunand is 11.0.

Is this normal? :S I don't expect it is. If somebody could advise before I continue, that would be great.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[shadowofdarkness]

It's a min size redNAND

 

[Cosmic_Link]

So it's fine for me to continue then?

I've not used "Rednand" before, only "emunand" this and it was a while ago when I installed A9LH on my own console and I never used this guide to install it, so I just wanted to be sure since this console doesn't have a hardmod.

Thanks for your help.

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

I have not seen this before, but I would not recommend that you flash that emunand to sysnand, just for safety.

 

[Cosmic_Link]

Thanks. That was what I expected.

Will try to just make a new emunand instead with matching sizes before I continue.

 

[shadowofdarkness]

It is a perfectly fine backup, I wouldn't waste the space on having matching sizes. The extra space is just zeroes anyway.

In a pinch it can be flashed to sysNAND with no problems even though it's smaller.

 

[Cosmic_Link]

Ok cool. Thanks for your help. I'll carry on as I was then, since I have followed all other steps to a tee.

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

It is a perfectly fine backup, I wouldn't waste the space on having matching sizes. The extra space is just zeroes anyway.

In a pinch it can be flashed to sysNAND with no problems even though it's smaller.

is there any evidence that this is actually safe to do? Last time i checked, brick protection doesnt protect from something that isnt the correct size...

 

[shadowofdarkness]

is there any evidence that this is actually safe to do? Last time i checked, brick protection doesnt protect from something that isnt the correct size...

Knowledge of how it works and since that is probably not enough for you I did at one time see dok3 say it and I'm sure you would trust him.

 

[Akira]

This happened to me most of the time, Emunand and Sysnand backups are not the same size(But they are valid since I check it on Plailects guide if it's the right nand dump) and I don't have problems at all.

 

[Ar5chK3ks]

The thing is that the way RedNAND works it will always have the smallest possible NAND-size for both N3DS and O3DS.
Because there is the possibility to get 2 different NAND-sizes on each console, you will appear to get different Sys and RedNAND sizes if your normal SysNAND uses the bigger value.

 

[Fgamer]

Absolutely normal, Plailect's guide uses RedNAND. See the guide FAQ page under 'Q: What is the difference between RedNAND and EmuNAND?'

https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/FAQ

 

[Cosmic_Link]

Just a quick update about this. I continued with the process and all is working fine with no issues.

Thanks for everybody's responses.

 

[Ar5chK3ks]

Good to hear ^^ Have fun