Full Guide to Gamecube Backup/Booting

Alectus,
Here's what you need...

- a GC with Memory Card and a Controller
- a PC with NIC
- a 1.4GB DVD
- the game I want to copy
- Gamecube Broadband Adapter
- Mod chip
- NGCdev Ripper 0.2a

go to Mod that Cube at ngcdev.com, it has everything you need to know.

 

Alright, i'm really confused about this. Hope some one can help me. Do i connect The GC to my Computer Or Linksys Router? Second. I go in the game, options, network Options,provider options, and i don't see anything that i can use to configure the GC's Ip and subnet. Can someone help me on this? and what do i do after? Thanks

EDIT: OMFG! i knwo why now..i bought the modem adaptor instead of the broadband! omfg! it was 5 dollars and i didn't know there was two adaptors..ARG..

 

aznkid02,

I guess you be spending another $35... check some local stores, or get it from nintendo.com. check their website for local dealers, might save you some time.

 

I would need some help concerning Gamecube streaming. I seem to be having some problems connecting my gamecube to my PC. I've read through the 30 page of this thread, but no success in finding anything.

Using: Newest gamecube (just bought it on June 2005),BBA cross-over cable, PSUL v1.1, PSO (pretty sure it's not plus... date on the mini-dvd is 2000-2002)

I followed IceMonkey's instructions exactly, but am having trouble connecting. On PSUL screen I get the
"Starting server on 192.168.1.100
Waiting for connection..."

but that is all....

On PSO, I get an error message after the warp screen:

Attempt to connect to the server has
failed. It is possible that the server is
undergoing maintenance.
The line will be disconnected.
PRESS START."

I also noticed that when I try to connect (after saving my password in the initialization step), my network icon pops-up and says: "
Network cable unplugged" for a couple of seconds.

I've been trying for a week to make it work without success. Even with Starcube Phoenix 2.45, still no success.

Please help.
NEXXMEXX

 

oups. sorry for my previous post. The actual PSO error is the following:
"You could not be connected to the server. Please check that your provider settings are correct before connecting. The line was disconnected. Press Start"

nexxmexx

 

HI i had to drop the crossover cable and use two cables and a hub. When i use the crossover cable it would not work but that just me i see it works for most gamecubers hope that helps

 

Waterbouy: I'll give it a try. Thx.

If anybody else comes up with something else, plz let me know. I would like to avoid going through the hub in my sister's room.

Also, I came across some threads that said the memory card could affect the initialization. Did anybody have any success at initialization using non-Nintendo memory card ?



nexxmexx

 

nexxmexx,
was your crossover cable cat 5?, I had no success with GCoS, until I changed my computer's IP to the default one in the gamecube menu. I know that you are using a different boot system and that it is probably irrelevant but that worked for me.

 

thx crzfl. I actually solved the problem. It wasn't the crossover cable nor the memory card. It was just computer configuration. I tried it on my sister's computer and it worked fine... so... I just had to compare the network configuration from there (it wasn't IP or subnet mask related at ALL)

nexxmexx

 

Listen...The PSO method is BS. If you wanna get copies to boot on your GC you need these things.

Max Drive Pro for GC ( You get that at Codejunkies.com)

The boot program (GCOS, Anaconda, Efal) one of those three.
If you want the link send me an email and I will give it to you -afrancis@genuineconsulting.net

1.4GB mini DVD ritek-prefered

For those of you who had this and it didn't work, you need to adjust your laser. I had the same problem with GCOS where is said JPN every time. Open you GC with the pen method or get the gamebit screw driver and open it. THere are guides on how to do this.

Then if you get alot of disc read errors get a permanent marker, and put it around the edge of the disc. on the top but not on the bottom of the disc.

 

How do the anaconda and efal bioses compare to GCoS? I have been using it with some limited success as I get a lot of dre's when streaming. Do these two bioses also support the streaming option?

 

I use Efal and it works fine with all games that ive tried.
I believe Mario Party 6 is streaming and it works fine.

 

Sorry arief, I wasn't clear. I send all my files to the gamecube using the pc and bba. I am using the 1.4b revision of GCoS which lets me browse pc files from the cube and choose which ISO I wan to boot. I was wanting to know if the bioses you have experience with support this option?

 

i am actually working on an open sourced iso burner, iso management, iso manipulation tool. if i can get this stuff to work on my game cube, i could incorperate a special session into the tool that could burn the image data backwards... maybe.. ill have to look into it further to see if i can do it.. i cannot seem to get the some of the tools ported to linux as i dont use windows, but i will have to in order to get this set up.. if i get the tool into prerelease, would the people here test it.. i am verry good at this stuff, but it is new territory as isos are very hard to edit and such. but i might be able to force it to read the iso binary data in reverse. but cannot tell if it would work as of yet. i still need to find all of the tools. i have a package called pdx-gt12b.zip, would it contain the ripper tool in it. like i said i am not a windows user and the files inside are w/32 executables, not linux bin or source codes. i need the tools to help you, and me, get this figured out.

 

Even if you burned the disc backward it won't work.
You won't be able to boot it.
I've gotten backups to boot and you have to figure out a way to get a barcode on the disc. (small ring of notches around the start of the disc) As soon as the gamecube turns on it checks for that before it will continue to load the game. Thats how it knows whats real or fake. Gook luck with your software.

ps you don't need to burn it backwards. The only problem it booting the discs. Try to figure out the barcode thing and we're set.

 

Edong,
I would definitely test the tool, right now I am using GCoS to boot ISOs which I stream from my PC, but the server is a windows app, If you know how to stream from Linux that would rock as I use Mandrake 10. As far as making copies goes, I can rip games using the BBA and a windows browser, I am a bit of a Linux noob, and can't get konqueror to save an ISO for me. The gamecube reads the discs, sends the data to the PC, where you can save it if you point your browser to the IP and location.

 

If you put banner support, garbage data wiping/adding, ISO rebuilding, audio fixing tools into your software and it worked then it would be a one stop shop. Good luck. BTW there is a bootable linux kernel for the gamecube as it is based on a power pc processor.

 

yup i did notice the barcode thing, that would require alittle more hacking than i myself can jump into, but me and a friend are thinking of seriously modifying the gamecube we have to stop the check, or make it think the barcode is there. havent goten into it yet though. if the barcode is data on the disc, i might be able to use the drive that is in the gamecube to read the barcode and get into it. but havent gotten into it much yet. i work 8-7 every day so rough to play around with stuff like this. it can be done though for anyone who thinks it cant. they are dumb. check some of the crazyness my friends and i have posted on www.hackaday.com.

 

also, i am not quite sure of the linux kernel you speak of but that pisses me mad cause i was wanting to build it. i know it is ppc, but the other hardware is what was giving me a prob. ill see if i can find it. but i think i can use the hardware in the gamecube to get the disc coping and burning to an art. like i said it can be done. might be hacked up as all get-out, but it can be done. my friend actually is working on using another drive in his gamecube. ha. i cant imagine what that will look like. havent talked to him about it in a while, but he did successfully modify his pc into an xbox, so if anyone can do it, he can. he used some nice hardware coding tools, and memory chips to fool the system. i didnt get into it much. never was impressed with the xbox. by the way. i like that the microsoft corp will use ppc processors for the new xbox, how ironic. then apple using intel, geez.

 

Have you been to gc-linux.org?