Hacking Only black screen with DiosMios

[Rydian]

Oh, GX doesn't mark them 0 and 1, but 1 and 2?

 

[Cyan]

yes, the mounted devices listing starts from : Front SD, USB1 to USB8.
the 0 is the SD but we don't give it a number.

I guess we could give them any other name, or start from usb0:
it's not only GX, most homebrew use that naming convention I think, it's better for interoperability.

First link I found in google:
http://wiiflow.googlecode.com/svn-history/r432/trunk/source/devicemounter/DeviceHandler.hpp

 

[Sephtenshi]

I'm 100% sure that it didn't have a hidden partition. It seemed the problem was that even though they had the correct order of letters, they were made in the "wrong" order, NTFS first and FAT32 second. A friend said to me that it couldn't be changed without formatting.

 

[Rydian]

Yay I wasn't crazy.

 

[Yamanai]

Sephtenshi, you think you could help me out with this? I'm pretty sure I'm having the exact same problem. I'm using a Seagate 1TB HDD (FAT32, 32kb, ETC..[about which I've checked and checked again])

I've tried many different versions/combinations of Configurable (CFG) USBloader and DIOS MIOS to no avail.

This is killing me. I've spent (very much literally) about 8 hours trying to crack this.
I successfully installed Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii) to begin with, then went through the DM crap, and was trying to install Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GCN).

If it's not too much to ask, could you maybe walk me through what you did to fix this?

Thanks in advance,
Yamanai

 

[skarthebloodchild]

dmtoolbox 0.3 settings
format optimized
checked skip xneek files
align 32k

try these settings while installing games.

 

[Yamanai]

I'm installing from a physical disk directly onto the HDD. I don't think DMToolbox would help me.
Not sure what the rest of that even means.

 

[Rydian]

Show us the partition info as a PC sees it? Type "diskmgmt.msc" with no quotes in the start menu and hit enter, give it a minute to gather the info, resize the window, etc.

 

[Yamanai]

Is this what you mean?

 

[Rydian]

Yup, that's it. That's showing that it's just one FAT32 partition. As for any other specifics I'm not too sure.

 

[Cyan]

I'm pretty sure I'm having the exact same problem.

Is this what you mean?

His problem was that he had 2 partitions, and the first partition was NTFS, not FAT32.
You have only one partition, and it's FAT32, so it's fine. Totally not the same problem.

Your problem :
You are using Extended + Logical partition type.
You need PRIMARY partition type.

You can probably change the partition type using a partition manager, like Easus.
or if you don't care to re-format the partition, use the windows HDD utility (like in your picture), to delete the extended partition (the green outer's part) and create a primary partition instead. Then format to FAT32 again.

 

[Yamanai]

Oh, I could've sworn I chose "Primary" when I was formatting my HDD with Easeus. I'll check/change it when I get home.

I appreciate the help.

 

[Yamanai]

I converted it to primary without a problem.

Now another potential problem: After I did that, I used Diskmgmt.msc and now it's showing an "unallocated" (partition?).
I already knew it existed, but it didn't surface on Diskmgmt until after I converted to Primary.

Would this pose a problem? I'll post another picture.

 

[Rydian]

As far as I know that shouldn't cause a problem.

 

[Yamanai]

*Sigh*
Gamecube games still not working, on physical or digital form.
REALLY getting frustrated.

 

[Sephtenshi]

Sorry I was too late, I'm in the middle of my finals here, bud...

Anyway, sounds like your prob wasn't exactly like mine. But I'll tell you what worked for me anyways: All I did was reformat the HDD > create a FAT32 partition for the backups (primary) and a NTFS partition for my backups (logical). The important thing here is the order, because from what I've seen, doesn't really matter what you number/lavel them, the order of creation defines the order the partitions are read by the Wii system.

If you need anything else PM me and I'll send you my skype address, I'm more active there. (Although I'm sure the guys here can help you much more than I can, specially Cyan, dude knows everything)

 

[Yamanai]

I wish there was somewhere I could go from. This thread was the only one that sounded close to my problem, while all the other ones involve seeing the DIOS MIOS logo and THEN a black screen. I literally have no idea what to do or where to look for answers. I've checked on every solution I've come across and I've tried multiple USB drives (Seagate 1TB HDD, Team 1GB Flash Drive, 8GB SD card [with USB reader]).

I'm at a loss.

 

[Cyan]

About the unallocated area:

it depends how it's refereed to into the partition table.
For information, the partition table can hold 4 partitions.
A B C D

DIOS MIOS Always mount partition A.

If the unallocated area is marked as first partition type "unallocated", and your FAT32 as second partition, then it's not working with DIOS MIOS.
A = unallocated, starting at sector 1
B = FAT32, starting at sector 16 (16 x 512Bytes = 8192Byte = 8MB)
DIOS MIOS = not working

if the unallocated area is only "not marked at all", and the First partition information is the FAT32 (but with a starting sector not physically at the start of the drive) it will work with DIOS MIOS.
A = FAT32 starting at sector 16 (the 8MB before that partition at not referenced at all)
DIOS MIOS = working


To fix your problem, I suggest you use Easus to fuse both unused and FAT32 partition into a single one, or move your FAT32 partition at the start of your device.

But you said you tried different USB devices, so maybe your problem is something else.