Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Network file Sharing With Windows

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Network file Sharing With Windows

Creating a share on Linux and then accessing it from Windows is actually a bit easier than the other way around. First, we’ll create the shared folder on the Linux system. Then, we’ll look at how to access it from a Windows PC.

Step One: Create the Share on Linux

To set up a shared folder on a Linux that Windows to access, start with installing Samba (software that provides access to SMB/CIFS protocols used by Windows). At the terminal, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install samba

After Samba installs, configure a username and password that will be used to access the share:

smbpasswd -a geek you can change it

Note: In this example, we are using ‘geek’ since we already have a Linux user with that name, but you can choose any name you’d like. so it be smbpasswd -a (and whatever name you choose )

Then make a folder on the disk call whatever you want it to be example FTP. Now right click the folder FTP and click on local network share. you see a window click on share this folder and click on both allow other to create and delete files in this folder and guest access (for people without a user account)

Next to find out what the ip address from the switch open terminal type ifconfig and you found you ip example 123.411.3.4

Step Two: Access the Linux Share from Windows

Now, let’s add the Linux share to our Windows Desktop. Right-click somewhere on your Desktop and select New > Shortcut.

Type in the network location of the shared folder, with this syntax:

\\IP-ADDRESS\SHARE-NAME example FTP

type that in the location of the item

In the shortcut wizard on the Windows PC, click Next, choose a name for the Shortcut, and then click Finish. You should end up with a Shortcut on your Desktop that goes right to the Linux share. I figured out this would be helpful and i would like to share this.