Can a FreeMCBoot with HDLoader be burned to DVD?

Melhisedek · #1 10-10-2008, 11:14 PM

I was under the impression you could only burn FreeMCBoot on CD and have it work, will it work if I burn it to a DVD and try to install HDLoader on my MC that way?

I'm afraid my lens is dying and CD reading is not possible anymore I think

yoshi314 · #2 10-10-2008, 11:56 PM

there should be no problems.

btw i find it strange that with dying lens you can read dvds but not cds. i was always the other way around for me.

Horscht · #3 10-11-2008, 12:34 PM

yoshi, the PS2 contains 2 potentiometers, one for CDs one for DVDs. It could well be, that the DVD one is busted and the CD one isn't (btw, it's the same for me. On my fat PS2 i can not play any DVDs and usualy only PSX CDs work)

EDIT: of course, it can also be the other way around, now that I read it again. Probably the DVD potentiometer usualy dies faster because a major share of the PS2 games are DVDs, therefore stressing the DVD pot.

PALGamer · #4 10-11-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Melhisedek

I was under the impression you could only burn FreeMCBoot on CD and have it work, will it work if I burn it to a DVD and try to install HDLoader on my MC that way?

I'm afraid my lens is dying and CD reading is not possible anymore I think

DVD should be no problemo, you do however need to have swapmagic or a modchip installed..

Melhisedek · #5 10-13-2008, 09:05 AM

Should I change anything in the system.cnf?

BOOT2 = cdrom0:\FREE_MCBOOT.ELF;1
VER = 1.00
VMODE = NTSC/PAL

should cdrom say dvdrom or something?

Berion · #6 10-13-2008, 12:41 PM

NTSC OR PAL but it doesn't matter. ;]

FMCB choose region for You.
CDVDMAN (?) read only NTSC (because it's first string in above cnf)

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should cdrom say dvdrom or something?

No, it's only one determination for ps2 drive.

PS: You should using 8+3 file format in elf file name.

Melhisedek · #7 10-13-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Berion

PS: You should using 8+3 file format in elf file name.

Now you lost me, how do I do that?

Bootlegninja · #8 10-13-2008, 03:18 PM

8+3 means 8 characters in the file name and 3 in the extension. an example being 12345678.123

or abcdefgh.ijk or any combination of letters or numbers.

Melhisedek · #9 10-14-2008, 09:17 PM

So I can have FREE_MCBOOT.ELF as MCBOOT.ELF only? Or does it have to be 8 letters?

Bootlegninja · #10 10-15-2008, 04:07 AM

up to 8 characters then the . and up to 3 characters after the .

JoeUser38 · #11 10-15-2008, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Melhisedek

So I can have FREE_MCBOOT.ELF as MCBOOT.ELF only? Or does it have to be 8 letters?

If you've ever used MS-DOS, it's basically any valid MS-DOS filename. No spaces allowed in the name. The example you gave (MCBOOT.ELF) would work. Another possibility would be FREE_MCB.ELF.