Hacking USB Loaders and 4096 sectors hard drives

[SaintSeiya]

wbfs error: hd sector size doesn't match

I'm uploading a video of that.

Please do post a screenshot of the hdd info screen too as requested, so that i can see the numbers, or write them down.
I need to see which size is calculated correctly...
Oh, and can you enter the partition selection screen now? can you make a screenshot of that too?

SEC SIZE: 4096
HDD SIZE: 296 GB (4096)
HDD SIZE: 37 GB (512)

 

[oggzee]

http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol

Here's a quick fix for 4k sector size.
It works only with wbfs partitions though.
libfat and libntfs don't have appropriate support for sector size other than 512.
So __io_usb could be made to emulate 512 ss, but it's not done yet.
Forcing 512 doesn't seem to work, it would probably need to be done in ehcmodule.
I'll post the required source changes in a moment.

EDIT:
source changes:
cfg52t7_4k_fix_src.zip

 

[SaintSeiya]

http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol

Here's a quick fix for 4k sector size.
It works only with wbfs partitions though.
libfat and libntfs don't have appropriate support for sector size other than 512.
So __io_usb could be made to emulate 512 ss, but it's not done yet.
Forcing 512 doesn't seem to work, it would probably need to be done in ehcmodule.
I'll post the required source changes in a moment.

EDIT:
source changes:
cfg52t7_4k_fix_src.zip

Pleased to have been your tester. It works perfectly, thanks again.

 

[Maisto]

http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol

Here's a quick fix for 4k sector size.
It works only with wbfs partitions though.
libfat and libntfs don't have appropriate support for sector size other than 512.
So __io_usb could be made to emulate 512 ss, but it's not done yet.
Forcing 512 doesn't seem to work, it would probably need to be done in ehcmodule.
I'll post the required source changes in a moment.

EDIT:
source changes:
cfg52t7_4k_fix_src.zip

Can you make one that works with 1024 sector size

 

[oggzee]

Can you make one that works with 1024 sector size

I think it should, let us know if it doesn't...
Have you tried it?

 

[tadija]

http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol

Here's a quick fix for 4k sector size.
It works only with wbfs partitions though.
libfat and libntfs don't have appropriate support for sector size other than 512.
So __io_usb could be made to emulate 512 ss, but it's not done yet.
Forcing 512 doesn't seem to work, it would probably need to be done in ehcmodule.
I'll post the required source changes in a moment.

EDIT:
source changes:
cfg52t7_4k_fix_src.zip

I wasn't online whole day, so I wasn't involved in testing, but I just want to say:

You're the man! It's working great!

@SaintSeiya
Ty for the wii backup loader hint, it actually worked formating my drive to wbfs, I tried it yesterday,
but when any usb loader on wii didn't work, WBFS manager couldn't load it, and WBFS For Mac OSX didn't recognize it,
I thought it didn't work... But today when cfg usb loader works, I know that format went well.

Now because I use WBFS for Mac OSX for organazing, transfering games, I assume that it has some kind of the same bug, I hope it'll be fixed...

WBFS Manager and other usb loaders still doesn't work, but CFG won me!

Ty again oggzee! Great work!

 

[Maisto]

I have tried with an Samsung S2 500gb. (1024 sector size)

But with an NTFS partition in front

|---NTFS---|---WBFS---|

I will try with only the WBFS partition

|---------WBFS---------|

 

[Maisto]

I have now tried with the entire disk in WBFS format.

every time i open the cfg52t7.dol version it hangs on the boot screen

I have tried with the cfg52t2.dol test version and got this output.

 

[Maisto]

bump...

Any ideer oggzee??

 

[williwillswissen]

Same problem here with Samsung S2 640 GB (sector size 1024). I tested the different versions but it hangs with same screen.

Any ideas?

 

[WiiPower]

Use the latest configurable usb loader or NeoGamma?

 

[Maisto]

Use the latest configurable usb loader or NeoGamma?

Dosen't work with HDD that have 1024 sector size but HDD with 4096 works.

 

[williwillswissen]

I tested the latest versions of Neogamma und cfg usb loader with my S2 - none of it worked. With the cfg52t7.dol version of cfg usb loader hangs on the screen like Maisto posted. Quite strange that it works fine with HDs with 512 or 4096 sector size. Maybe the sector size of 1024 is not the only problem with the Samsung S2?!

thx for your help!

 

[SaintSeiya]

Ask to oggzee, i'm sure he can fix it.
Send a pm.

 

[Bloodlust]

Doesn't work with my Samsung Portable S2 as well.. v55-fat release will just hang at the starting screen..

 

[JEDI2005]

I have 2 hard drives Samsung S2 with this problem

I formatted many Samsungs 160 GB to WBFS and used them on wiis with no problem and also several 250 GB, but cant do it with those 1024 bytes sector sized

I hope this problem be solved

 

[WiiCrazy]

Oops, same problem here... (Samsung S2 320GB) A friend's disc and I can't format it to anything else than ntfs... Disc already contains lots of other files...

Would it work if I resize the ntfs partition and create another partitions as wbfs?

 

[Dr. Clipper]

Would it work if I resize the ntfs partition and create another partitions as wbfs?

That won't destroy any data, so it is worth a try at least.

 

[13colonias]

http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol

Here's a quick fix for 4k sector size.
It works only with wbfs partitions though.
libfat and libntfs don't have appropriate support for sector size other than 512.
So __io_usb could be made to emulate 512 ss, but it's not done yet.
Forcing 512 doesn't seem to work, it would probably need to be done in ehcmodule.
I'll post the required source changes in a moment.

EDIT:
source changes:
cfg52t7_4k_fix_src.zip

Hi, I can't speak english, but i have the problem with my Trascend and i only can use Neogamma.
The link: http://cfg-loader.googlecode.com/files/cfg52t7.dol doesn't work, somebody can upload it please?
Thanks