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I have the homebrew channel up and running and emulators working fine. I tried to install USBLoader GX and it says I need to have CIOS running first. It looks like it is going to install it itself but then says 'looking for HDD' and hangs up there. I have a USB HD plugged in to the Wii that I formatted with WBFS Manager and I have a Wii game .wbfs on there. What am I missing?
 

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You need to find d2x cios installer, run that with HBC make sure you have wifi on your wii enabled and install some cios files using that.
 

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To install a CIOS the general method is.

1. Use d2x cios installer to install a ios249 using base 56, ios250 using base 57 and ios251 using base 58.
 

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No problems, one more question.

For your HDD, is it formatted in NTFS with a wbfs folder on it and the .wbfs files inside that?
If not, that's what you need.
 

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Well I formatted it on my PC as NTFS, then used WBFS manager and formatted the entire thing as WBFS. I have the file in the root now, do I need to make a new folder?
Also, while I'm asking, if I want to run .wad files for virtual console stuff, can I do that on the WBFS or should I have partitioned it first?
 

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Just partition it as NTFS and make a folder on it called wbfs and place your games .wbfs files inside that.

As for .wads not sure.
 

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Yeah thats right. But dont use WBFS manager for transfering your games then. It wont work.
There is another manager "WiiBackupManager" that works with the WBFS folder.
 

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I just convert ISO to .wbfs file using backup manager and drag and drop the .wbfs to the folder.
 

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You put .was files in a folder called wads and you install them using multimodmanager or mmm for short.
 

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