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Hi Gurus,
I’m very new to this and still not familiar with most of the terms used here, but I need your help to clarify some points. Here are the details:

I had a Wii U with a corrupted eMMC, which I fixed using the SDIO guide. I used a small SD card for it, and now I want to:
  • Use a 256 GB card
  • Redo the SDIO steps with the new card (Someone mentioned I could skip the part to install ISFhax)
  • Install both Tiramisu and Aroma
  • Homebrew the Wii U
  • Use WUDD to install games to the internal memory of Wii U, which would be on the SD card

My Questions:​

  1. What size of partitions should I create on the 256 GB card to achieve all of the above?
  2. What is the correct order for these steps? Should I run the SDIO guide first and then install Tiramisu, etc.?
  3. Should I use the same SD card for everything?
Thank you for your help!
 

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  1. What size of partitions should I create on the 256 GB card to achieve all of the above?
The redNAND guide has a section on how to size the SD and the partitions.

  1. What is the correct order for these steps? Should I run the SDIO guide first and then install Tiramisu, etc.?
Copy the fw.img, minute folder and wiiu folder from the old SD card (or better download the lates version of these files) and then just do the rebuild MLC steps again.
After you have the redNAND setup you can follow the instructions in the ISFShax guide to add Aroma.

  1. Should I use the same SD card for everything?
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The redNAND guide has a section on how to size the SD and the partitions.


Copy the fw.img, minute folder and wiiu folder from the old SD card (or better download the lates version of these files) and then just do the rebuild MLC steps again.
After you have the redNAND setup you can follow the instructions in the ISFShax guide to add Aroma.


Yes
Thank you very much @SDIO for your quick response, as always. I have another dumb question:
when we install something on the Wii U, like ISFhax, Tiramisu, or Aroma, where does it install? Is it in the user memory (which is on the SD card, in my case) or in the Wii U system memory?
 

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That depends on what you install and what part of that. The ISFShax superblock gets installed to 4 of the 64 superblocks of the file system on the SLC. Aroma and homebrew is mostly on the SD, but if you install the Payloadloader, it gets installed it the H&S app on the mlc
 

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That depends on what you install and what part of that. The ISFShax superblock gets installed to 4 of the 64 superblocks of the file system on the SLC. Aroma and homebrew is mostly on the SD, but if you install the Payloadloader, it gets installed it the H&S app on the mlc
Got it! So, is it okay if I reinstall ISFShax while setting up the bigger card, or should I completely skip the ISFShax installation part?
 

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The redNAND guide has a section on how to size the SD and the partitions.


Copy the fw.img, minute folder and wiiu folder from the old SD card (or better download the lates version of these files) and then just do the rebuild MLC steps again.
After you have the redNAND setup you can follow the instructions in the ISFShax guide to add Aroma.


Yes
Okay, I prepared the SD card with all the required files, and when I select 'Patch (sd) and Boot ios redNAND,' it detects the ISFShax but gives an error about a missing ios.patch. It just hangs there.
 

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that is not an error. Is it doing the install? was the LED blinking and then turn blue?
No, as soon as I select 'Patch (sd) and Boot ios redNAND,' it runs and generates the output shown in the attachment within a couple of seconds. The LED doesn’t blink during this process, and there’s no log file generated. The NTFS partition still shows as NTFS.

It's still working fine with my old SD card. The only thing I skipped this time is the installation of ISFShax.
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the last log seems to be from when you used UDPIH, so seems like no new was written.
Is minute and stroopwafel up to date? Did you try minute and stroopwafel from the old SD?
 

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the last log seems to be from when you used UDPIH, so seems like no new was written.
Is minute and stroopwafel up to date? Did you try minute and stroopwafel from the old SD?
Yes, I’ve tried both the latest version and the older SD, but I’m getting the same results. It seems like it’s not attempting to install because it thinks it’s already present. Is there an option to delete or clean up MLC before trying again?
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Yes, I’ve tried both the latest version and the older SD, but I’m getting the same results. It seems like it’s not attempting to install because it thinks it’s already present. Is there an option to delete or clean up MLC before trying again?
I'm stuck on rebuilding MLC. Is there anything else I can try to make it work? Are there any additional steps I need to take before installing it on a larger card?
 
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That depends on what you install and what part of that. The ISFShax superblock gets installed to 4 of the 64 superblocks of the file system on the SLC. Aroma and homebrew is mostly on the SD, but if you install the Payloadloader, it gets installed it the H&S app on the mlc
I used the Erase MLC option from the Backup and Restore menu, and it was successful, but the MLC installation still doesn't start when I try to install it. Should I use "Format rednand" in backup and restore menu and try again?
 

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I used the Erase MLC option from the Backup and Restore menu
That erased your built in eMMC, not your redNAND. Now you wiped everything from the internal memory. You now also need to delete the scfm.img. Once that is done, you can try to run the rebuild on the internal memory, by booting the third option in minute...
 

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That erased your built in eMMC, not your redNAND. Now you wiped everything from the internal memory. You now also need to delete the scfm.img. Once that is done, you can try to run the rebuild on the internal memory, by booting the third option in minute...
Thank you, @SDIO, for the quick response. Yes, it worked, and now it can function without the SD card. It allowed me to set up everything, and now it’s good as new with 25 GB of free space available. How should I proceed to the next step since it's now using internal memory instead of the SD card?

Now, I want to:
  1. Install Tiramisu or Aroma, or both.
  2. Copy a couple of games from DVD to internal memory.
  3. Copy more games to the SD card.
Kindly guide me on the next steps so I can finish this project successfully.
 

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This isn't a proper fix, since the eMMC that you are currently using is still faulty. Now that the data is freshly written, it will work, but it will degrade again over time.

But since the install worked to the eMMC the files on the FAT32 partition were fine. If you want to retry the redNAND again, you can format the mic partition again to NTFS on the PC.

Also could it be that the SD card you are having problems with is fake? There are many fake cards which say they have a bigger capacity than they really have. Maybe the FAT32 partition is on the real part but the SLC partition in the faked part and therefore not working right
 

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This isn't a proper fix, since the eMMC that you are currently using is still faulty. Now that the data is freshly written, it will work, but it will degrade again over time.

But since the install worked to the eMMC the files on the FAT32 partition were fine. If you want to retry the redNAND again, you can format the mic partition again to NTFS on the PC.

Also could it be that the SD card you are having problems with is fake? There are many fake cards which say they have a bigger capacity than they really have. Maybe the FAT32 partition is on the real part but the SLC partition in the faked part and therefore not working right
Okay, I'll try again. Do I need to install ISFShax again? Regarding the SD card, I'm using a micro SDHC card with an SD adapter. I bought it directly from Amazon from the SanDisk store, but there’s a possibility that it’s fake. Should I consider buying an SD card instead of a micro SDXC?
 

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micro SD with a adapter is fine, all my SDs are micro SD.
You should not touch ISFShax itself. Only the files on the SD card.
 

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micro SD with a adapter is fine, all my SDs are micro SD.
You should not touch ISFShax itself. Only the files on the SD card.
Great! One last thing: I have all the files, including those needed to install ISFShax, on the SD card. Is there any file I need to remove from SD before I rebuild MLC?
 

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no, but you can remove the log from the install, jut to make sure you are looking at a new log and not an old one after trying the install,
 

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no, but you can remove the log from the install, jut to make sure you are looking at a new log and not an old one after trying the install,
Do I also need to use "wafel_unlimit_mlc.ipx" if I have bigger NTFS partition?
 

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