ok its saying invalid ps2 disc when I try to use a dvd compiled with the boot disc and roms, on the swap magic
Hi there, Stinky you are da bom, Great disc just rippin it apart now tryin to fix the boot sequence error Could it be something to do with a KL.DAT file that stores the button configue? Don't know where it goes but i will have a play and make a few more coasters lol Will report on my progress CJ
launchelf does not use a kl.DAT file for the menus. I dont know the format it uses, but it just saves it as corupt data on the MC after the first boot.
Alright, now I am really frustrated. I finally gave up on trying to get the configuration working from the cd. So I put a MC in slot 1 and booted the cd. I hit select and configured all of the buttons. Guess what happened after rebooting? Yep. Configuration was gone. What gives?
DOnt know what to tell you. I am not sure what version of launchelf I had on there. I beleive it was the newest as of when I made the cd. You may try sksapps.com and see if he has a newer one. Then try that, mayb e its a bug that every 100 users gets no saving of their menu.
Yo Stinky what is this disc for? And do anyone of yall know how to download a boot disk for a ps2 and burn it to a cd-r?Thanks everyone.
im not gonn say its crap--cause you obviously put alot of effort into it----- but i am having issues loading it i burnt just like you said--in the instructions ---used my swap magic 2--and i get the black screen of death------- plus the dvd version u said---does not work with swap either so if you can help a brother out
I guess I will address $ur first, Saying the disc is crap after your first post leads me to beleive you are a retard rather than someone worth helping. FIrst of all it states pretty clearly what this disc is in this post as well as the one I link to. Second of all the webpage you had to go to to download the program from also tells you what the program is and what it will do. Third of all, I have reason to beleive that you have somehow decided this disc is going to work in a non modded ps2 and that you have no method of playing backup games. If this is true then I really am to beleive you are an idiot and your discussion is OVER. otherwise explain your problem and I may be able to help Mikey, Some people that have used swap magic to run the disc have reported that they needed to use CDgen to make an image file for the disc first you can get that from here http://www.sksapps.com/index.php?page=mis.html WHen you make the image make sure that the DUMMY file is first, then the .CNF file is second, then the BOOT.ELF file is third. After that they can be in ANY order you want. Make sure all your roms that you want are on there as well when you do this or you wont be able to add them after. That should help. If that doesnt work, then stop being cheap and buy a direct boot mod chip it would solve ALL your problems! As I stated before I do not own a swap magic set, and have never used one, or read how it is used. So I can only report what worked for others in this area. So to dissvalue my disc by saying it doesnt work with your "hack" item is really a low hit. I did not put as much effort into this as you may think, I made it for myself first and others wanted it, so I packed it up and made a quick readme for it. I doubt I spent more than 1 hour putting it all together and loading it to the website. But with over 2000 hits to my old site and who knows how many to my new site I can say that oviously some people are getting good use out of it. Not to mention that I get about 10 emails a day now from people saying how great the app. On the other hand I get about 1 email every 3rd or 4rth day with people having problems. And 1 email a week for people that think it sux. So you are both in a small minority if you do not like the program. And If you think it sux, then just dont use it. Swap magic discs really defeat the whole purpose of this disc in the first place. I designed it to be that you NEVER had to change disks in the ps2 again, you could just turn it on and pick what you wanted to do. With swap magic you have to change discs anyway!!
GREAT NEWS FOR ALL USERS OF MY BOOT DISK..... I am working on updating my version of HDDLOADER. I am adding CrazyC's patch for DUAL LAYER SUPPORT! That means you will all be able to run GT4 off your HDD with the new patched version. It will be included with a new version of my bootcd. I am also going to try and test USBadvance.elf and see if its worth including. my brother just got a slim PS2 so I will need to do it for him anyway, so I may as well include it if it proves half ways usefull. I am just testing this stuff now and will have it updated in a few days. That is ....If it works!
Stinky...you are da bomb diggity! Forget these idiots who say the disc is crap!! Can I make a small request since you are working on a new version? Can you address my issue with being able to load the launchelf.cnf from the cd? PLEASE?????
o i made a topic regarding this disk cause i thought the topic was lost, glad ot see its still around. how would you go about saving the configuration on the startup screen (the first screen where you can press button to go to diffrent programs)? i always get a "save failed" message. did i burn it wrong somehow or something? also just thought of this, regarding dual layerd DVDs and such, can one of the programs in there now, or the one that you were talking about putting in, allow it so that games that would not normally work with HD loader work? like god of war, xenosaga 1 and 2, ect? gracias.
I think anyone that says that your boot disk is crap, are F*cking ignorant to began with, I consider myself a newbie with all this and still manged to make it work perfectly. As far as the 8 character names for the roms to work, thats not true for flip top, the ext has to to be .smc,It will only show 8 character on the menu on Snes Station, but they do work. I did dl a bulk 750 Roms and they didnt show in my menu of SNES STATION on the PS2 so I checked the ext and they were all showing "file Type" under the ext, so I got a bulk renaming program and in a matter of 10 second all 750 Roms had, .smc added,made another disc and it worked perfectly..
thank you for the interest guys. The patched version of HDLOADER that I will be including makes it so that you can use DVD decryptor to make ONE .ISO file of your dual layered dvd games, then you need to use winhiip to transfer it to your HDD and voila! the game should work. The patch was originally inteded for GOW but it happened to work for GT4 as well. From what I understand there are other games that work with it too. I do not know all the details. I have never even heard of these other games. I can tell you for sure that I have succesfully patched my version of HDloader. I have GT4 chinese version on my HDD and running great. I am in the process now of backing up my GT4 english version and testing it. I suspect it will work just as well. I will be including a readme file that explains how to do the iso creation for anyone that really has no clue what I just said. As for the menu problem with it not saving. I really am not sure what the issue is here. I have not had a problem at all with this not saving. I still do not know what format the file would need to be for the Cd to contain the data either. So I will not be able to do anything. If anyone can email me or PM ANY info that they may have collected on how this function works then I can try and implement it in my new version of the disc. Also because we get idiots that think this is a replacement (or something) for swap magic and that they can use it to play backups I am thinking of a new name for my boot cd. I thought it was perfect at that since thats what it does. I am now taking suggestions for what a better name could be. If anyone has any ideas please post it here. Otherwise look for an updated site with the new CD this weekend. I work nights (12 hours) for the next 2 days so I will get started on it on thursday. SO I may have it up as early as friday. I will post here as well when it is ready. I also tested USB advance and it seems to work fine as well. SO that will be included in this new release. Have any other sauggestions or ideas then let me know, so I can see if I can work it into the disc.
Finally got Stinky's boot disc to work on DVD-r's not DVD+R's.. I used Nero,basically the way he explained it before. Loads hell of alot faster......THANKS AGAIN STINKY
now that you have that working you can go over to my site again and try to download the new one. I just udpated the whole site. If your browser doesnt refresh it to the new one, then hold down control while you hit the refresh buton. It should be completly different if it is working right.
when i press refresh it says page not found, cant find the new programs you were talking about on the donwload either. maybe im blind O_O
you must be blind then. I just checked it and it is up. It takes a while for the server to actually refresh it as well. IF you try it now and its still not showing up then you will need to refresh your browser by forcing it to refresh. The new download looks just like the old one. You will just have a few more .elf files in the cd folder, as well as a couple more read me's and a new program in the main folder. If you cant see those then I guess you "must be blind"
Ahhh, stinky man, you have been there through all my problems. It's funny because every problem i have, you seem to have an idea about it or u've already fixed it I love it. I am loving your boot cd and am currently using it to send gt4 to the hd. However, i've been using faplink and that has that 2 gb limit on it; so, i'm thinking maybe with your new bootcd, if u're not done, of coruse,, u should add hdl_dumb 0.7.3. This allows you to send files over lan. Also, Stinky i really appreciate all the work you have put into this. You have paypal by any chance, would like to contribute a lil
And oh yeah, just to add on, I am going to take a look into how to make the configurations save on the mc. I have also had this problem but i am sure i can figure it out. I'll just look around for a bit. I also realized i could just add hdl_server into it instead of fap_link. Thanks again for all the hard work. P.S. Your Shaw Server Is Currently Down
