GCoS v1.4 option to boot from SD

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GCoS v1.4 option to boot from SD

Post by _KPG_ » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:50 pm

I have a GC modded with the regular Viper and running GCoS v1.4. I'm trying to figure out how to get "Boot from SD" to work. I think I need to install SD Load as a plugin but I don't have any of the original hardware, much less a PC with a Parallel port.
Is there any way to get this working?
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Re: GCoS v1.4 option to boot from SD

Post by emu_kidid » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:50 pm

You will likely need to have a 2GB or less SD card and then set it up for SDLoad, there's a recent thread about it. To be honest I'd just put something else on the Viper rather than bother with this.
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Re: GCoS v1.4 option to boot from SD

Post by webhdx » Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:14 pm

Yeah this is very old, we have better tools nowadays. I'd recommend installing iplboot on your Viper: https://github.com/redolution/iplboot It works by loading ipl.dol file from an SD card. Put Swiss as ipl.dol and enjoy super fast booting times :)
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