Full Guide to Gamecube Backup/Booting

Ebay is your friend..... buy pso 1+2 off ebay..

 

broadband adapter:
http://snipurl.com/aq84 (make sure this will work with an australian gamecube)

http://www.nintendo.com.au/gamecube/accessories/index.php

can't find an australian retailer, but the game your looking for is phantasy star online I & II; not phantasy star online I & II PLUS, and not Phantasy star online III.

http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/games/gameoverview.php?gameid=77

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/223859.asp


hope that helps.


peace,
matt

 

Can some one please tell me what the serial port on the bottom of the GC is used for? and if there is a way of utilizing it? My GC already has the high speed port and the broadband port taken up by the BBA and the GB adapters, but there still is one port left.

 

Probably the modem. Nintendo did briefly manufacture dial-up modems for the Gamecube.

 

IceMonkey,

The modem would use the same slot as the BBA, since it is the same size, I have read that there were plans for an hard drive add on at one point, but I guess that was dropped. if the other serial port is able to handle a HD it would be nice to see if some one can make some sort of connector, but I guess there would still be the problem of getting it to boot with out a readable disk, the pso hack may have to be used. hehe, please dont mind me, I am just thinking outside of the cube.

 

ok I was looking on ebay for the original pso 1&2 and came across an auction for "Phantasy Star Online 1&2 Sh World", does anyone know what the "sh World" part is? here is the link, and the seller is selling several of them, but does not like to answer email.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8147875723&rd=1

 

Hello everyone. The reason I have stumbled upon your forum here is becuase I been searching all over for all these programs that let you save files from your memory card to your computer. You might end my search by answering one question. The reason I'm looking for all this stuff is because I play PSO and recently my data got corrupted. I am now just hoping that I can use one of these programs to save the data to my computer and somehow salvage it by putting it on another card replacing the corrupted data or somthing. If this is all futile then I guess I give up. If not or if your not sure I'm willing to try anything. Right now I'm tinkering around with the psul v1.1. The directions I've found here are pretty simple so far until I get to the part where I actually start psul. It says to use the DOS prompt: psul -s. But when I enter it, it just say bad command or file name (or somthing lile that). Any suggestions?

 

hi i just got pso 1 and 2 and i know how do this kinda shit but for some reason neither ym pc or my laptop will run pslu 1.1 it runs for a second then turns off i tried many diff downloads of the same thing i cant seem to get it wo work its all hooked up and junk gc is runnign but the program wont work and stay at the command prompt can anyone email me at ultima_tidus_x@hotmail.com it would be much appreciated i got metroid prime waiting to be backed up but please email me it i dotn check this forum alot thank you

 

You can go ahead and answer Xarr's question here as well cause I have the same problem

 

what are you all doing exactly?

you're just double clicking on psul.exe?

or are you typing cmd into run, going to the directory psul is in, and then typing psul -s. then, in phantasy star online, connecting to an "online game"?

if it's the latter, you're doing it right. if you're running it after you've loaded the "online game," and it opens real quick then closes... it's done with what it's meant to do (whatever that is).

let us know.

peace,
matt

 

What do you mean by "cmd into run". To be honest I'm not too familiar with windows. The psul folder is located in C:\WINDOWS. I then go to MS-DOS prompt from programs and type in "psul -s". I've also tried opening the file in C:\ called Command and doing the same thing. Either way it says Bad command or file name. I do all this before going online in PSO.

 

Go to start, then to 'run', its on that list. then when on the run screen type in 'cmd', itll bring up an ms-dos prompt window. then enter what you need into that...

 

you're not in the directory that psul is located...

here's what you should do:

find the directory where psul.exe is located. (ex: c:\my downloads\psul\)
write it down.
now go to start then click run, and type cmd then click ok.
at the command prompt type:
cd [the path where psul is located, that you wrote down]
so... i'd type:
cd c:\my downloads\psul

hit enter. this brings you into the directory where psul is located.

now type dir and hit enter
this will list the "directory" of files and folders.
make sure you see psul.exe in there.

type psul -s and hit enter

and then load phantasy star online and start an online game.
if you configured your gamecube correctly, it should download whatever it downloads to your gamecube. and you're done.

if i get motivated, i'm gonna make a tutorial with screenshots shortly. I'm come across real world demand for such a thing.

hope that helps.

peace,
matt

 

alright thatnks guys this is all helping i am in the cmd prompt i see PSOloadv1.1.exe in there thanks christos so i type psoload and it loads it showing like -v -b -i but no -s and thwn i type psul -s it dont work or neither dies psoload - s
is there supposed to be a space here ! pouniting up i think there is supposed to be i type it with both in and not a space but i get this errorit isnt regongnized blah blah vblah and with a space it starts the firts line of that program then it says illegeal paramieters:-s please help metroid prime is waiting lol add em opn msn at ultima_tidus_x@hotmail.com if you want to help me thru chat or email me anythign would help

 

Your not allowed to list email addresses here.. the modsll catch ya ! Also, try using cubesoft phoenix its relatively simple

 

Okay, I dumped everything into the folder that says My Documents. So when you double click on My Documents, you see seven files:crt0.s, czn-ps11.nfo, czn-test.dol, file_id.diz, psul, readme, and whats new. So I opened that command prompt (I had to actually type out command instead of cmd. Dont know if that matters.) and typed: cd c:\My Documents\psul

After I do this it says "Too many parameters - Documents/psul"

What's the cause of this new obsticle?

 

You know guys the new Starcube loader is better it loads the games alot faster. it says they fixed it to work at 100 mbit. and I did run a few other games using it and all the streaming problems that I usualy see were gone. so I suggest getting that loader.for the really good games.

 

nope... still 10mbps

 

No its 100mbit but not full duplex I watched it switch speeds on my little hub I use. It starts out at 10 and switchs to 100 when you select 100mbit But some games are still chopy I think that because of garbage data.

 

No, Garbage data is written so that the game can occupy more of the allocated DVD space (a kind of filler really), just reduces file fize not transfer rates...