Dear xzxero,
this is one of the best guides I have tried. Thank you for compiling it and for support and all your time and help.
I have some questions/suggestions.
I have noticed that quite a lot of people are asking about upgrade from different versions with different hack combinations already installed. You are suggesting virginization, but some of the people could feel uncomfortable to do that and rather start from already hacked console and continue with your guide and skip some of the steps. I know you say that this works for all system versions. But it would be probably useful for us noobs to include notice in the guide for different system versions with different hack combinations (for example:If you have Twilight+HBC start with step... and skip step...and then continue on ..., If you have Twilight+HBC+Bootmii_2...)
Is the Bootmii in your package beta2 or beta3?
There is issue with recovering NAND created with b3 version, although it recovers NAND created by b2 version. You can recover b3 created NAND backup only after you treat your b3 NAND with
this tool or after replacing ppcboot.elf in b3 with
alternative ppcboot.elf (you can read more
here) and using it to create NAND backup (modified version with alt ppcboot can recover b3 NAND created after modification, but not the one created before modification).
Is your Bootmi package b2, b3 or b3 with alt ppcboot?
Which one would you recommend (b2 or alt modified b3)?
Sorry if this was already fixed in official release.
Is the Preloader in your package 0.29 final or beta?
To deal with the updates, maybe you can just include links and say: download the latest version of Preloader from here, Bootmi from here...instead of creating new package every time there is some new update.
I have here very old softmoded Wii with:
3.1U Twilight Hacked with The Homebrew Channel 1.0.3
* Custom IOS36 rev10
* Installed Bootmii Public Beta 2 as Boot2/latest NAND backup saved
* DVDx
* Starfall
* Several homebrew apps/USB loaders/Backup launchers
I'd like to upgrade to:
4.1U
* The Homebrew Channel 1.0.3
* Custom IOS38 rev 14
* Installed BootMii public beta 3 (?) as Boot2/lNAND backup saved
* DVDx
* Startpach 4.1
* Several homebrew apps/USB loaders/Backup launchers
My questions:
1. Where should I start in your guide and which steps should I run and which should I skip?
2. Is it possible to follow everything from start to the end and apply hacks on already hacked system without any harm and without prior virginizing the Wii? (could be useful to mention this in guide too).
3. Does 3.1U system require to insert Wainin's 4.0 upgrade in your guide before running 4.1 upgrade?
4. Since I have Bootmii installed as Boot2, I'd like to use Startpatch4.1 instead of Preloader0.29, do you think it is a good idea?
Thank you again for a great job and for your time.