ULE v4.12 / 4.16 - file copy to HDD fails from USB/MC/FTP apart from small files?

silverdtvw · #1 06-17-2008, 01:43 AM

Looking for some advice.

I'm launching ULE from MC/boot, in an effort to update HDL. I have a v12 slim with HDL 48bit installed (dev2 boot) and working fine, it's a IDE connection using HD connect (=lots of soldering). 250gb IDE WD2500BEVE drive. It was all setup via WinHiip and a HDL-48-bit-installer DVD. Modbo chip, 1.93.

Attempting to copy and paste a elf file from either MC/USB to HDD fails - "paste failed" in ULE 4.12, and a partial file copy under ULE 4.16. (no errors, file appears , but is too small - e.g. 600k HDL elf, only 300k-ish copied. Copying 350k elf, only 190k copied).

Loads of space in partitions, I've also created a new "test" partition using ULE HDD manager and same problems. I set up the ftp component, and copying files just drag&drop from windows fails for most files. But copying small files - e.g. 2k txt files - works fine and whole file is copied intact.

The fact that this fails from all sources inc ftp suggests to me ULE is failing in its write to hdd command. Obviously something has changed in this department from 4.12 to 4.16 to make it partially successful.

Completely stumped on this one - any ideas out there?

EDIT: Just tried ule 3.51 (slim version) for a test, and that just reports "paste failed" when copying any files which are not v small to hd.

It appears any version of ule I have tried is unable to copy files over a certain size to Hd.

E P · #2 06-17-2008, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

I'm launching ULE from MC/boot, in an effort to update HDL. I have a v12 slim with HDL 48bit installed (dev2 boot) and working fine, it's a IDE connection using HD connect (=lots of soldering). 250gb IDE WD2500BEVE drive. It was all setup via WinHiip and a HDL-48-bit-installer DVD. Modbo chip, 1.93.

Ok, so no homebrew applications were used to initialize the hdd while the hdd was connected to the PS2.

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

Attempting to copy and paste a elf file from either MC/USB to HDD fails - "paste failed" in ULE 4.12, and a partial file copy under ULE 4.16. (no errors, file appears , but is too small - e.g. 600k HDL elf, only 300k-ish copied. Copying 350k elf, only 190k copied).

Sounds like a buffering issue. Transfer stops and leaves whatever was last in the buffer.

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

The fact that this fails from all sources inc ftp suggests to me ULE is failing in its write to hdd command. Obviously something has changed in this department from 4.12 to 4.16 to make it partially successful.

More likely a hdd problem in general or a connection between the hdd and the ps2. The network drivers were changed sometime ago but that is unlikely the issue here as you are having problems copying from mass: to hdd: as well.

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

Completely stumped on this one - any ideas out there?

Well if you were using an older PS2 model I would suggest you try ps2menu-k or something else along those lines. But seeing that uLE is the only application that caters to the slim hdd mod, I don't know what to suggest. Besides neither dlanor nor myself have a ps2slim to speak of. We just go by others prior comments and last I knew it worked for them. The changes that were required then are still applied to the ps2sdk sources for all official uLE releases.

I guess you'll have to wait for another one of the ps2slim hdd users to provide some assistance.

silverdtvw · #3 06-17-2008, 09:42 AM

Thanks for your reply...

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Ok, so no homebrew applications were used to initialize the hdd while the hdd was connected to the PS2.

Want me to try anything? Is the sks-apps HDL 48bit installer not homebrew?

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More likely a hdd problem in general or a connection between the hdd and the ps2

I'm sure you are correct. Is there anything I could do to test this? Install a game on the ps2 via HDL?

E P · #4 06-18-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

Want me to try anything? Is the sks-apps HDL 48bit installer not homebrew?

HDL was made using the ps2dev ps2sdk so it is homebrew in nature even though it was packaged and sold.

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Originally Posted by silverdtvw

I'm sure you are correct. Is there anything I could do to test this? Install a game on the ps2 via HDL?

Sure installing a game directly via HDL might be a good indicator. If the installed game works, then maybe there is an underlying hdd driver issue of some sort.

Bootlegninja · #5 06-19-2008, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by E P

HDL was made using the ps2dev ps2sdk so it is homebrew in nature even though it was packaged and sold.

He's probably talking about one the DEV2 installers from my Matrix Infinity Tutorial. I know for fact that none of the files are corrupted in any of the packages from there. Last time one was, I was flooded with messages about it. At this point I'm willing to bet that it's a broken partition or just the MBR in general is screwed up. I had this issue a while back and I ended up reformatting the drive, which correct the problem. Even a Scan/Repair in winhiip didn't fix it.

silverdtvw · #6 06-19-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bootlegninja

He's probably talking about one the DEV2 installers from my Matrix Infinity Tutorial. I know for fact that none of the files are corrupted in any of the packages from there. Last time one was, I was flooded with messages about it. At this point I'm willing to bet that it's a broken partition or just the MBR in general is screwed up. I had this issue a while back and I ended up reformatting the drive, which correct the problem. Even a Scan/Repair in winhiip didn't fix it.

Apologies, Bootlegninja is correct - I was referring to the Dev2/48bit/v12 installers from the m.inifinity guide of his. I also have the sksapps 8b installer, and was thinking I had used that.

I have done a partial format in winhiip before installing via dev2/48bit/v12 installer to get me where I am now. It was this iso image I was looking at modifying to include 8c. (I note the sksapps 8b installer does not specify compatibility?).

Anyway, am happy to take advice and completely reformat. Should I do this from WinHiipp or on the Ps2 itself?

Fedarkyn · #7 06-23-2008, 03:23 PM

I gave the same issue but with other files (huge videos).

I want to FTP my videos to the internal HD to my ps2 (I have the old, fat one), but the ftp stops unless it is very small files (like a text configuration file, ex: SMS.sms )

Is there another ftp server for ps2 instead Ule internal one?

dlanor · #8 06-24-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Fedarkyn

I gave the same issue but with other files (huge videos).

I want to FTP my videos to the internal HD to my ps2 (I have the old, fat one), but the ftp stops unless it is very small files (like a text configuration file, ex: SMS.sms )

I never had that problem myself, but I don't use normally use FTP, since I find it much easier to copy network files using the "host:" device in the uLE FileBrowser (with PS2Client running on my PC).

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Is there another ftp server for ps2 instead Ule internal one?

Yes, but that is just an ancestor of the one in uLE (based on the same source originally), so it most likely will fail in the same way.

Is there any particular reason why you want to use FTP for the transfers ?
HOST protocol is much faster (appx 1450 KBytes/second), and because of that reason to be preferred for large-file transfer. I've never had any trouble with it, even when copying movie files of several hundred megabytes.

Best regards: dlanor