Play from USB and SD from one loader?

[markmarkovich]

I have a 16 GB SD card (MicroSDHC to SD adapter) and a 16 GB USB flash drive (goodram UTS3). Both are formatted to FAT32. The SD card has all the homebrew apps plus some games in .wbfs file extension and the USB drive has only games with the same file extension.
I'm trying to set up a game loader so that it will work with both the SD and the USB. WiiFlow only recognizes the games on the SD card and USB Loader GX only recognizes the games on the USB stick. How can I set up a loader that sees both devices?
In WiiFlow, when going to game partitions and setting USB/SD it still doesn't recognize the USB but also the SD games crash before opening. Reloading cache didn't help. Also the USB is plugged in into the port 0 (the one next to the corner).

 

[jeannotte]

Hello,

make sure your USB stick is in MBR format and not GPT .

maybe a problem of USB stick not compatible .

what version of wiiflow do you have?

you can test another loader ==> Configurable USB loader v70

please post a syscheck report here .

 

[markmarkovich]

Hello! Thanks for replying!

1) I formatted the USB from GPT to MBR with allocation unit size being 32k, didn't change anything.

2) I have no idea if the USB is compatible because it isn't on a list to check, also it is USB 3.2 gen 1 interface if that helps.

3) Wiiflow's meta.xml shows <version>5.5.4</version>.

4) Configurable USB Loader only sees SSB brawl on my USB (I split it into two files using Wii Backup Manager because of FAT32 file size limitations)

Also my CIOS was configured by the wii.hacks.guide guide if that helps.

And here is the syscheck:
SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.3E (v514)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 77715015
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Latvia (84)
Boot2 v4
Found 80 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 14 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): No Patches
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 11/19/2024.

 

[jeannotte]

syscheck report correct .

you can try WBFS format with your USB stick (it may not work either ).

or test other USB sticks .or if you can test with a FAT32 external hard drive and see the result?

 

[markmarkovich]

I formatted the USB to wbfs and put my games on it with Wii Backup Manager, and now CFG loader sees all the games, but WiiFlow doesn't. Also when trying to see the SD card in CFG loader, it says
WARNING:

Partition: WBFS1 not found!
Select a different partition or format a WBFS partition.

Does it mean that the SD card needs to be wbfs format too? How can I do that and save the homebrew apps and files, because after formatting the USB stick, file manager can't interact with/add files on it.

Also, I don't have any more flash drives or external HDD's/SSD's, but I have an internal HDD from my laptop (~500GB) with only a SATA port.

 

[Ouaz]

I'm trying to set up a game loader so that it will work with both the SD and the USB.

In ULGX, that's not possible AFAIK.
It can't read both the USB and SD card to find games (but you can launch ULGX from the SD card and read the USB for games, or put everything -apps and games- on the same device).

I don't know for other loaders, as I never used them.

USB Loader GX only recognizes the games on the USB stick

That's normal. ULGX reads the USB device *OR* the SD card to find games.

There's a setting "SD Mode" to enable in ULGX in the latest version (1281), to fetch games from the SD Card instead of the USB.
> https://gbatemp.net/threads/about-usb-loder-gx-and-loading-games-from-sd-card.625767/

It is advised to read games from the USB though.

 

[markmarkovich]

It is advised to read games from the USB though.

So, I guess I should just wait and buy an external hard drive for loading all the games. Can I use an SSD though? And can I use a SATA to USB adapter for an internal drive?

 

[tmnr1992]

So, I guess I should just wait and buy an external hard drive for loading all the games. Can I use an SSD though?

You definitely should get a HDD or SSD, USB flash drives die very quickly when used to load games. I recommend a HDD since it's cheaper, and the Wii U can't take advantage of the SSD's higher speeds anyway, but either one will work the same.

And can I use a SATA to USB adapter for an internal drive?

That should work, just make sure to connect any HDD or SSD using a Y cable, otherwise the drive won't get enough power.