Hacking HDD USB ISO loader

[nehe32]

i would find this useful. i have legal backups and a usb external and i also have a chip. if i could simply load all my backups instead of burning it would save money and time and would save on time changing between disc. i would prefer this to wanin's one :S

 

[skedone]

as for saying usb is to slow erm no its not if they have found a way to open usb2.0 fully now also whats the data burts speed of usb1.0 and the data burst for wii dvds from what i remeber was still quite lol and in bursts so would it not be even able to cope at usb1.0 speeds

 

[Nottulys]

Is this for Modded or non-Modded systems?

 

[skawo96]

Actually, I would use this for my second wii. That one that doesn't have a laser

 

[Miles]

So this is real?
Hopefully it is, because my Wii's drive is on it's last leg.

 

[Cyan]

I don't know if it will be release, but even if it will :
Do you think the Wii USB driver read NTFS drive to let you store 4Gb iso ?

I'm more interested in how things work, and how they did it than pirating for the sake of pirating only.
I can't stand people with 10 post asking for binaries in developpement, not working properly, and without knowing anything

just wait and be patient, if it will be release you will know it and use it without asking.

 

[Miles]

I don't know if it will be release, but even if it will :
Do you think the Wii USB driver read NTFS drive to let you store 4Gb iso ?

Is that roll eyes a hint of sarcasm?
Either way I'll just answer it anyways.
No, it'll most likely only read FAT32.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I don't know if it will be release, but even if it will :
Do you think the Wii USB driver read NTFS drive to let you store 4Gb iso ?

Interesting point, I didn't think of that. If I'm not mistaken, the maximum file size on FAT32 is something like 4 GB minus 2 bytes... So storing a 4,7 GB ISO wouldn't work. Maybe EXT3 would be an option, or splitting the ISO's?

QUOTE(Cyan @ Sep 15 2008, 09:58 AM) I'm more interested in how things work, and how they did it than pirating for the sake of pirating only.
I can't stand people with 10 post asking for binaries in developpement, not working properly, and without knowing anything

just wait and be patient, if it will be release you will know it and use it without asking.

Of course you are right. I'd like to know how these things work. However, I will certainly use them (although probably mainly for real backups of my own games).

 

[SenorClean]

Maybe it doesn't need to be an ISO...

The games on my softmod XBOX's hard drive are just the files... with a directory for each game. If that's the case, FAT32 should be fine.

Maybe we can just use trucha signer (or similar) to extract all the contents and dump them on a drive.

 

[Cyan]

Do you think the Wii USB driver read NTFS drive to let you store 4Gb iso ?

Is that roll eyes a hint of sarcasm?

Yes it was sarcasm, to let people know maybe their actual drive will not work as they are right now, and will need a new format (that maybe newbie don't know well).


@Maikel Steneker :
I may use it too.
I'm just saying I like to understand what I'm doing and not mainly for pirating purpose. (I prefer using DVD for games I like)

It may be useful for big homebrew though

edit:
@SenorClean : Good idea too.

 

[SleepyPrince]

You dont need the trucha bug to extract game contents

 

[ganons]

if this is out it will cause a rift in the wii scene i.e. bushing and co

 

[night_chrono]

Ok so I just read the wikipedia article on FAT32 and it did mention only being able to have files up to 4 gb, but on one of my external drives I have an ISO for Unreal 3 which is 7 gb and I can mount it/use it no problem. So what gives?

 

[skedone]

some external drives are not fat32 lol also there are tricks for fat hardrives or how would i have a 500gig hardrive in fat32 format

 

[zidane_genome]

Interesting point, I didn't think of that. If I'm not mistaken, the maximum file size on FAT32 is something like 4 GB minus 2 bytes... So storing a 4,7 GB ISO wouldn't work. Maybe EXT3 would be an option, or splitting the ISO's?

I'm running Windows XP on an 80gig Fat32 drive, with several dvd ISOs, both single and dual layer... 4.7 and 8.4gig

Not sure if it's because XP does the file management, or the Fat32 standard you read was wrong... but I have 8+ gig files on my Fat32 drive!

 

[Dack]

Fat32 is definitely 4 Gig max file size - not sure how you've got larger files on there.

 

[Miles]

I'm pretty sure XP has a quick patch to allow larger than 4GB files.

 

[loopguy]

I'm pretty sure XP has a quick patch to allow larger than 4GB files.

u serious?

it's not an xp issue, it's an filesystem thing...
fat32 can't be modified just like that. and why "modify" an fs if there're better alternatives, ext-fs for example...

 

[Arm the Homeless]

I hope the loader will read ext2 and ext3 filesystems only.
Others seem very inefficient.

 

[zant]

Is he releasing this?