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[GreyWolf]

What's the safest way to to a nand backup ?

Backups are reading so there's no unsafe method. Just use BootMii.

 

[Chiramii]

Hello folks! I have a launch day Wii that shows no video output when I try to boot directly to the system menu. However, I have installed BootMii as boot2 but both nand backup and nand flashing freezes when I try them. I have tried both backup and flashing with 5 different SD cards (both SD and SDHC) of various brands and sizes but all of them freeze on the exact same block. Anyone experienced this before?

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

Not me, sounds like you or someone else fucked it up, though.

 

[Malcolmx13]

How do you get controller support working with ps1 emulator? I've tried to get it to work for a lonvv time now..

 

[Notrub]

OK - So I'm used to modding things having modded by Original Xbox, PS2 and rooted 3 phones. So I decided to have a go at my Wii.

Trouble is, it's difficult to know what's current...

So I eventually followed a Youtube video by HighTeckMan: to Install Homebrew and USB Loader which works a treat. Love to post the link, but the site won't let me -

But then I read about NAND emulation, and decided to have a crack - so I partitioned my HD into 2 sections. A FAT 32 Primary Active section, followed by a NTFS Primary section. I formatted the NTFS section in WBFS manager and installed one of my backups. I followed the "Complete Softmod Guide": to create a NAND dump using ModMii, adding a couple of WADs in here, and copied that to the FAT32 section.

What now - very confused by the final screen left by ModMii... do I need to do something else to my Wii? I was hoping I just needed to plug in my HDD with the two partitions and everything would just work??

Also - is WBFS the way to go? I've read somewhere now that it's outdated?
Does SNEEK support WBFS? - Should I persist with the 2 partition approach, or is better to convert the backups to Sneek format using DiscEx?

Sorry - lots of questions - just there appear to have been many different approaches taken over time, and coming late to the party with many resources no longer available, I'm struggling to figure out what the LATEST thinking is.

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

Just use FAT32 for USB loading, WBFS is oudated.
I also wouldn't recommend using old YouTube/text guides, use a more modern guide like wii.guide

 

[Notrub]

Thanks for that - looks really useful - the Youtube Guide I followed was pretty much the same, but I'll probably reset my Wii and start again to clear out any crap I may have added.

So is SNEEK old-school?

I understood that WBFS files were smaller than the ISO's as they only contained the Game partition - I thought this was a newer method than "scrubbed" ISO's which seem to be something similar?? What's the current best practice for minimising the size of backups?

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

NEEK (espeically NEEK2O) is still mostly relevant,. Also, I haven't seen a Wii USB loader that uses 1:1 or Scrubbed ISOs.

 

[Notrub]

OK I'll research NEEK2O thanks!

So if a USB loader doesn't use scrubbed iso's and obv can't handle WBFS images, then am I limited to full size ISO's?

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

Um, I never said a USB loader can't use scrubbed ISOs, I just said I haven't seen a USb loader actually use those, WBFS is better anyways.

 

[GreyWolf]

Thanks for that - looks really useful - the Youtube Guide I followed was pretty much the same, but I'll probably reset my Wii and start again to clear out any crap I may have added.

So is SNEEK old-school?

I understood that WBFS files were smaller than the ISO's as they only contained the Game partition - I thought this was a newer method than "scrubbed" ISO's which seem to be something similar?? What's the current best practice for minimising the size of backups?

Resetting the console only clears settings, saved games and installed channels. Just reinstall your HBC with Letterbomb and reinstall your cIOSes. (link)

 

[Notrub]

OK - I'm a little confused though.

WBFS Is outdated, and in that link GreyWolf it says "NEVER USE WBFS partition, NEVER use WBFS manager"

But it appears that WBFS manager is the superior tool when it comes to compressing backups - the only downside I can see is that you can't read it directly - you have to go via WBFS manager.

So why is it being advised against?

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

@Notrub I'm talking about WBFS file, for USB backups, not the WBFS file system and managers.
The WBFS File system shouldn't be used, including managers.
THough, programs like WiiBackupManager will convert ISOs to WBFSes when transferring a game to the USB because WBFSes save up on more space than 1:1 ISOs.

 

[GreyWolf]

Wii Backup Manager works with both WBFS partitions and WBFS files on FAT32 or NTFS.

WBFS Manager doesn't mark deleted games properly then overwrites parts of games that were not deleted. The contents of the WBFS files are the same thing that gets put on the partition version, just in a file. They're both sparse, meaning only the actual data is there. The blank space is removed.

A cIOS reads WBFS as if it was a full disc and just returns a buffer full of zeros if it's an unused area on the disc image.

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

One unrelated question, can a (modded) Gamecube run CD backups of Gamecube games that are ~700MB or less?

 

[GreyWolf]

One unrelated question, can a (modded) Gamecube run CD backups of Gamecube games that are ~700MB or less?

If you can find mini DVD-Rs that aren't shitty still, yes. It was hard enough to find brands that didn't fail verification 10 years ago.

 

[Pseudogenesis]

I'm having trouble using an NTFS USB flash drive with both USB Loader GX and CFG USB Loader. I've been using this drive forever, but I formatted it to use with something else, and when I reformatted back it no longer was being recognized by the USB loaders.

CFG USB Loader says "No NTFS1 partition found" or something along those lines and thinks the partition is something called "UNK-ee". GX just hangs on the "initializing USB device" stage indefinitely.

AFAIK both of these programs are on their latest version. I also have d2x, just installed it. Didn't change anything. I've tried reformatting with Windows format, Rufus and Bootice, and none of it works.

I could probably get it to work on FAT32, but I hate having to break files up into less than 4GB and I use this USB for other things. I can post my Wii's sysinfo or take a picture of CFG's error message if it would help.

EDIT: Doesn't work on FAT32 either. Odd. CFG got into the menu and had a picture of the game, but it wouldn't launch. GX just hung on the initializing screen again. I tried formatting with Rufus and the game wouldn't even show up in CFG anymore.

 

[FancyNintendoGamer567]

Do you have cIOSes? @Pseudogenesis

 

[GreyWolf]

I'm having trouble using an NTFS USB flash drive with both USB Loader GX and CFG USB Loader. I've been using this drive forever, but I formatted it to use with something else, and when I reformatted back it no longer was being recognized by the USB loaders.

CFG USB Loader says "No NTFS1 partition found" or something along those lines and thinks the partition is something called "UNK-ee". GX just hangs on the "initializing USB device" stage indefinitely.

AFAIK both of these programs are on their latest version. I also have d2x, just installed it. Didn't change anything. I've tried reformatting with Windows format, Rufus and Bootice, and none of it works.

I could probably get it to work on FAT32, but I hate having to break files up into less than 4GB and I use this USB for other things. I can post my Wii's sysinfo or take a picture of CFG's error message if it would help.

EDIT: Doesn't work on FAT32 either. Odd. CFG got into the menu and had a picture of the game, but it wouldn't launch. GX just hung on the initializing screen again. I tried formatting with Rufus and the game wouldn't even show up in CFG anymore.

Have you tried an actual hard drive? Flash drives don't generally work very well if at all on Wiis.

 

[teelo]

Did anyone ever make something that can mess with GBA save files over the GameCube/GBA link cable? Just simple extract/import is all I want.e: found one

I don't have an SD card reader anymore. Trying to get WiiXplorer going so I can just FTP in instead. Is it even possible to run it from USB? Where/how do I install it?