Hacking FlatMii + USB Loader Compatability

[Blue Zoidberg]

As Darkzero51521 has discovered in his endeavors to make an internal HDD mod for the Wii the current USB Loader requires the optical drive to function properly.
So I figured I could trick the Wii (or USB Loader) into thinking the FlatMii was the optical drive.
However, this is not the case

While USB Loader does not give the standard code dump as though there was no optical drive at all, the Wii gives:

An error has occurerd. Press the Eject Button, remove the Game Disc, and turn the power off. Please read the Wii Opearations Manual for more information.

I don't know if this is a positive or negative step.

 

[BlindDude]

I have a flatmii and no drive installed in my wii. Only thing is,, you have to have the flatmii software running and emulating the drive for usb loader to work...

Bummer i know.. First thing I did was unplug my flamii from the pc and try to load a game through usb loader... i got exite truck to load past the safety screen but freezes on the opening screen with the picture of the red truck and "press A" text.

Other games give me black screen or the text you stated.