Hacking Question How to fix sx-os "boot.dat?" error...

[comput3rus3r]

Same problem here on 5.1, I used hekate before and do have a 5.0.1 backup, so I’m upset that it stopped working as soon as my sx pro arrived.

I found the problem. It's Hekate. I know this because I just bought a new switch and it works perfectly. I'm so pissed. the only reason i used hekate ctcaer mod was to do a nand backup. they screwed me royaly. at least i have an excuse to tell my wife why we're buying yet another console, like the 6 we already have was not enough.

 

[gamer4lif3]

Hekate broke switch how?

 

[comput3rus3r]

Hekate broke switch how?

dunno but i suspect it did something to the way the switch reads the memory card. I was trying to dump my nand with hekate and it gave me "failed to init sd card" after i gave up on that i tried to boot sx-os and I kept getting "boot.dat?" error. well I just bought a new switch and put the same sd card into it and it booted first try.

 

[TheZander]

dunno but i suspect it did something to the way the switch reads the memory card. I was trying to dump my nand with hekate and it gave me "failed to init sd card" after i gave up on that i tried to boot sx-os and I kept getting "boot.dat?" error. well I just bought a new switch and put the same sd card into it and it booted first try.

Sounds like it's just the same problem. Does stock os recognize and format the cart my

 

[comput3rus3r]

Sounds like it's just the same problem. Does stock os recognize and format the cart my

yes stock os sees sd card fine and writes to it. I took several screenshots and didnt' have a problem. but when trying to load sx-os it just would not load the boot.dat file.

 

[jakkal]

yes stock os sees sd card fine and writes to it. I took several screenshots and didnt' have a problem. but when trying to load sx-os it just would not load the boot.dat file.

I'd blame a bad microsd card reader before blaming hekate

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

I found the problem. It's Hekate. I know this because I just bought a new switch and it works perfectly. I'm so pissed. the only reason i used hekate ctcaer mod was to do a nand backup. they screwed me royaly. at least i have an excuse to tell my wife why we're buying yet another console, like the 6 we already have was not enough.

It can't be hekate lmao, dumping your NAND only reads from your eMMC, doesn't write to it or modify your system in any way unless you tell it.

 

[comput3rus3r]

I'd blame a bad microsd card reader before blaming hekate

It reads everything fine otherwise. screenshots/savegames so how it that possible?

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It can't be hekate lmao, dumping your NAND only reads from your eMMC, doesn't write to it or modify your system in any way unless you tell it.

it kept giving an error "failed to init sd card" over and over also as I stated when I'm in ofw sd card works fine.

 

[Mikuru]

dunno but i suspect it did something to the way the switch reads the memory card. I was trying to dump my nand with hekate and it gave me "failed to init sd card" after i gave up on that i tried to boot sx-os and I kept getting "boot.dat?" error. well I just bought a new switch and put the same sd card into it and it booted first try.

Have you tried to contact CTCaer about this? My dongle is arriving in a few days and now i'm worried too since there are already two people with this problem

 

[magico29]

I found the problem. It's Hekate. I know this because I just bought a new switch and it works perfectly. I'm so pissed. the only reason i used hekate ctcaer mod was to do a nand backup. they screwed me royaly. at least i have an excuse to tell my wife why we're buying yet another console, like the 6 we already have was not enough.

i dont think so.i did backup nand before i got sx license codes and my babies are running flawless. yours looks like a problem with the boot.dat file.

 

[comput3rus3r]

i dont think so.i did backup nand before i got sx license codes and my babies are running flawless. yours looks like a problem with the boot.dat file.

boot.dat file worked fine with the new switch.

 

[magico29]

boot.dat file worked fine with the new switch.

theres is no way hekate interfere with sx os. cause i did use before sx os to backup my nand.i do have 5 consoles now with no problem at all.

 

[comput3rus3r]

theres is no way hekate interfere with sx os. cause i did use before sx os to backup my nand.i do have 5 consoles now with no problem at all.

did you use this version? I know hekate was around before nawert took it down.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rcm-payload-hekate-ctcaer-mod.502604/

 

[magico29]

did you use this version? I know hekate was around before nawert took it down.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rcm-payload-hekate-ctcaer-mod.502604/

did you use this version? I know hekate was around before nawert took it down.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rcm-payload-hekate-ctcaer-mod.502604/

yes i did. and am running sx os with no problem.

 

[mikey420]

theres is no way hekate interfere with sx os. cause i did use before sx os to backup my nand.i do have 5 consoles now with no problem at all.

5???? Dang wanna give one away?

 

[comput3rus3r]

yes i did. and am running sx os with no problem.

still don't make any sense why i get the boot.dat? i'm installing a demo from eshop right now so the sd cannot be bad... sigh.

 

[magico29]

5???? Dang wanna give one away?

i will give a away one soon.one winner will get one.

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still don't make any sense why i get the boot.dat? i'm installing a demo from eshop right now so the sd cannot be bad... sigh.

i cant really tell you whats going on on yours baby, i can confirm mines working with no problems.

 

[Draxzelex]

For anyone else thinking this is due to CTCaer's mod of Hekate, it is not.

That thread does not talk about fix sd card files attributes. With init not done, you can't do any changes on files.

Also he states that he just got sx os. He does not say that it worked before. I hate when assumptions and claims like that are made.
So, false information spreading. Hekate can't break a card. And if it has problem with hekate, he's bound to have problems with sx os payload that loads boot.dat.
(sx os payload uses a similar driver as hekate. It does not uses the switch's driver like the boot.dat code)

He also asked help through PM and I told him I had testing payloads for his case, so we can track down the incompatibility (because these sd work in Horizon and PC, so it must be a case we don't support), but I don't know if I'm willing to help now...

 

[Azel]

it's obviously not Hekate, I can confirm I'm using hekate and sxos both without issues

 

[wurstpistole]

beware of using hekate-ctcaer mod. it will prevent sx-os form working.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rcm-payload-hekate-ctcaer-mod.502604/ <DO NOT USE if you plan on using sx-os.

Heckin no. Who are you to make allegations like that?
I used Hekate CTCAER multiple times, even booted through SX boot.dat, and of course SX OS works perfectly fine.