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Hi. I have a few questions:

1) Is it possible to use Viper GC (not Extreme) without the Gamecube optical drive (using iplboot as a replacement BIOS on the Viper GC)?

2) If yes, is the instalation of the modchip on Gamecube the same (4 wires to solder and a solder bridge)?

3) What about the two connectors of the lid sensor switch on Viper GC modchip? Just leave them disconnected or do I need to bridge it to simulate the lid always closed?

4) Does the latest revision of iplboot (which boots from SD2SP2) support SDHD/SDXC or just SDSC (2GB or less)?


Thank you.

brunops3 wrote: ↑

Mon May 18, 2020 6:03 pm

4) Does the latest revision of iplboot (which boots from SD2SP2) support SDHD/SDXC or just SDSC (2GB or less)?

All homebrew released since 2009 support SDHC/XC. Additionally, iplboot is one of the few things that support exFAT.

Extrems wrote: ↑

Mon May 18, 2020 6:15 pm

brunops3 wrote: ↑

Mon May 18, 2020 6:03 pm

4) Does the latest revision of iplboot (which boots from SD2SP2) support SDHD/SDXC or just SDSC (2GB or less)?

All homebrew released since 2009 support SDHC/XC. Additionally, iplboot is one of the few things that support exFAT.

Thx

Is this worth upgrading my Viper GC to iplboot?
What are the advantages? Can I revert back to ViperGC OS?

Thanks

EDIT - Anyone have screenshots of this new bios in action?

i do not know how to get it to output the viper gc file but here are some hints

PlatypusWithCheese wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:43 pm

To compile iplboot with SD2SP2 support requires the latest devkitPPC(rolling release)
Compiled file will be too large for qoob SX, requires qoob Pro.
I will not compile it for you.
Here is a link to the repo https://github.com/redolution/iplboot NO LONGER MAINTAINED

This is roughly how you do:

PlatypusWithCheese wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 3:16 am

if you are on debian/ubuntu

- Install latest devkitpro-pacman then run

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dkp-pacman -S gamecube-dev

- Install Clang and 32bit gcc libraries

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sudo apt-get install clang gcc-multilib

- Create Clang symlink

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ln -s /usr/bin/clang $DEVKITPPC/bin/powerpc-eabi-clang

- Locate PAL 1.0 IPL put it in the same directory as the makefile and name it ipl.rom
- Run make

but i do not know how to get it to output the viper gc file.

Sending me a PM about this will probably link you to this.

XpertXP wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:04 pm

Is this worth upgrading my Viper GC to iplboot?
What are the advantages? Can I revert back to ViperGC OS?

Thanks

EDIT - Anyone have screenshots of this new bios in action?

iplboot is silent its just black screen for a second then it loads a .dol from sdcard.