Hacking Why do these forwarder channels keep sending me back to the system menu?

[DDTarZan]

I'm having this issue when re-hacking my Wii. I used ModMii to download all the necessary files that I needed including both USB Loader GX and WiiFlow. It came with a USB Loader forwarder WAD, and I installed it but it doesn't correctly boot to the USB Loader app on my USB. I tried a separate forwarder WAD for Wiiflow and it does the same thing. Forwarders work fine when the apps are on my SD, but then they won't let me select the USB Drive to see my games. How can I direct these forwarder to the apps folder on my USB Drive?

 

[XFlak]

The forwarder that comes with modmii supports sd and usb. It could be that the hdd isn't formatted properly (I.e. Multiple partitions, and the usb loader app not saved to first partition). It could also be that your drive is slow to initialize. It could also be that you don't have the hdd plugged into port 0 (the one nearest the edge)

For now I'm going to assume that you are trying to use 1 single fat32 partition on your hdd (correct me if this isn't the case). See if the HBC can read and launch apps from usb (if u have both an SD and usb inserted, hit 1 to be able to select which one the hbc should list). If this doesn't work, I'm not surprised that the forwarder doesn't work either (although the forwarder supports ntfs and ext formats whereas the hbc only supports fat32). So first confirm you can launch apps off your USB via the hbc before trying to use a forwarder.

It could also be that your hdd just isn't compatible. Or that it's formatted as gpt instead instead of mbr

Edit: did u use modmii's main wizard? Post a Syscheck plz

 

[DDTarZan]

Ill post a syscheck when i get home, but you were correct about fat32 1 partition. I can confirm that i can switch to usb in hbc and load apps from there. The hdd I'm using is a old laptop hdd in an enclosure, but should the cable I be using be a y-cable?

 

[DDTarZan]

Okay. thought i had a syscheck file, guess not. How can I get a new one? Also the Y cable def doesnt work.

 

[XFlak]

When u launch the usb loader via the hbc via USB, does it work?

Edit: see this for how to post a syscheck
https://gbatemp.net/threads/posting-a-system-check.300279/

 

[DDTarZan]

Spoiler

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.2U (v481)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 55988185
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 187 titles.
Found 63 IOS on this console. 4 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS238 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS239 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS240 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS241 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS242 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS243 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS244 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS245 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS246 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS247 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS248 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS252 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS253 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
IOS255 (rev 31337): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 03/19/2018.

Also the apps work when run through either SD or USB, but the forwarders only work if the apps are on my SD.

Edit: Okay so big dumb moment, used my alternate partition manager on my external hdd and it wasn't the primary one, and had an old ntfs partition still on it. So it'll probably work now.

Edit 2: Yeah that was the problem this whole time. Now I need to find a way to keep my BootMii loader files on my SD without it always going to it at startup.