How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Discuss one of the most feature filled GameCube applications here :)
Post Reply
jocu3
Posts: 3
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:09 pm

How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by jocu3 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:51 am

I'm happy to see that swiss gets new releases rapidly!
I have cube and soon IDE-EXI adapter. I use XenoGC so I need to make bootable disk with the swiss dol burned on the disk or use SD load to load swiss from sd-card?

Would it possible to store the swiss dol file on the hard disk and make a bootable disk which then automatically loads swiss from the hd? That way I wouldn't need to burn new dvd every time I want to use new version. Using SD load to load swiss from sd gecko on port A and then switching to memory card is not practical either.
User avatar
ct_the_1
Posts: 98
Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:07 am
Location: germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by ct_the_1 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:28 pm

Just burn a bootable dvd with swiss (latest revision) on it.

You can than boot any new version of swiss from hdd with this dvd.

It could be, that ide-exi support will be better with a higher revision, than you should burn a new disk with latest revision.
ct_the_1 (currently very busy and rarely online)

Image
User avatar
andzlay
Posts: 447
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:53 am
Location: Germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by andzlay » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:37 am

Just the version from googlecode? Because I dont have my LPT cable here for my viper...
Edit: No I can't burn the dol file to a DVD. I renamed it to .iso but it's not working - I tried ImgBurn 2.5.5.0 and the Windows 7 image burnin function.
User avatar
KirovAir
Posts: 214
Joined: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:13 pm
Location: Netherlands

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by KirovAir » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:31 am

andzlay wrote:Just the version from googlecode? Because I dont have my LPT cable here for my viper...
Edit: No I can't burn the dol file to a DVD. I renamed it to .iso but it's not working - I tried ImgBurn 2.5.5.0 and the Windows 7 image burnin function.
You need to actually create a bootable disk, not just rename it to .iso.
Look at the ISO tools in the loaders/utilities section. There is probably is a tool to create one with ease.
"The only thing more dangerous than a hardware guru with a code patch is a programmer with a soldering iron."
User avatar
ct_the_1
Posts: 98
Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:07 am
Location: germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by ct_the_1 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:27 pm

As said before, you must create a bootable disc, that your gamecube can read.
The setup I use, is attached in this post. I included swiss 0.1 r29.
Just insert the latest swiss-lz.dol in the folder "disc" and rename it to "bootldr.dol".
Then execute make.bat (or make.sh if you use linux).
You will get "disc.iso", 1.35 gb, that you can now burn with ImgBurn or similar.
Attachments
CT1_SWISS_DVD.zip
tools to create swiss dvd
(787.98 KiB) Downloaded 1534 times
ct_the_1 (currently very busy and rarely online)

Image
User avatar
andzlay
Posts: 447
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:53 am
Location: Germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by andzlay » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:27 pm

Hey thanks. I was already about to ask for a good iso tool. A few minutes ago I tried out the GC Bootable disc GUI 0.1.2 RC3 but nah...
I try out your way. Next step is burning :)
User avatar
ct_the_1
Posts: 98
Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:07 am
Location: germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by ct_the_1 » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:55 am

Did it work?
Or do you still have any problems with this?
ct_the_1 (currently very busy and rarely online)

Image
User avatar
andzlay
Posts: 447
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:53 am
Location: Germany

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by andzlay » Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:27 pm

It worked fine and I'm amazed! I never got to run a homebrew disc on my xeno! I used SDML all the time! NOW I'M FREE! WAHAHAHAHA!
ct_the_1 thank you!
vickdu31
Posts: 23
Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:54 pm

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by vickdu31 » Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:00 pm

Hello guys, im new in this forum, I have a xeno gc, i'll order a second hand NGC, I also ordered a shitty fake SD Gecko from aliexpress. Is there any way to do USB loading ?
Also I have a big DVD case to use big dvd instead of the mini, can I burn swiss on a big dvd and it will work with the XenoGC ?
Otherwise, i'll try to buy mini-DVD.
Is there any special dvd burner requirements ?
novenary
Posts: 1754
Joined: Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:50 am

Re: How to boot Swiss with XenoGC and IDE-EXI

Post by novenary » Sun Jun 18, 2017 2:56 pm

No usb loading (yet) other than with a wode if you can even find one.
You can burn swiss to a full size DVD to use with the xeno.
As far as swiss is concerned just burn the iso at 4x and it should work anyway, you probably won't need nearly as much pot adjustment to boot it as full games, if at all, but you don't really need to burn games anyway.
Post Reply