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Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:53 pm
by suloku
I wanted to reformat my sdcard for sdloader for my own reasons and found that at somepoint sdpatch was ported to linux:
http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/SDload#Pre ... om_Windows
Any chance we can still find that port?
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:52 pm
by emu_kidid
I've attached it, it needs to be compiled. It's just from
here, which was linked on
http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/SDload#Pre ... om_Windows (but now via archive.org).
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:05 am
by suloku
Strange, I did try wayback machine...many thanks!
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:07 pm
by suloku
Just for future reference, in case someone wants to format the FAT16 SD card and patch it for SD loader:
Format SD card to FAT16: I'd recommend minitool partition wizard (freeware). Command line for linux (mkdosfs) and OSX (newfs_msdos).
Then we need to patch the SD card:
Method 1 (winXP): windows XP (or winXP in a virtual machine, like virtualbox) use sdpatch.exe
Method 2 (linux): under linux, use sdpatch linux port as documented here:
http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/SDload#Pre ... NU.2FLinux
Method 3 (GC): if already able to run GC homebrew, use sdpatch.dol
Method 4 (Wii): Install the cMIOS "MIOSWiiGator0.2" (MIOS Patcher with base v10). Then use wiixplorer to run swiss as a gamecube homebrew. THEN you can use swiss to boot sdpatch.dol from SD Gecko (sdpatch.dol won't work if directly loaded trough wiixplorer, or at least it didn't for me).
I know this isn't very used anymore, but it may come handy for someone.
Just in case gclinux.org site gets down, the instructions for the linux sdpatch.exe port
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Preparing a SD card from GNU/Linux
This procedure assumes that /dev/sdcard is linked to the device node associated with your SD card reader (e.g. /dev/sd[abcdef] on PC or /dev/sdcard[ab] on GameCube Linux).
Format the SD card with a FAT16 filesystem (FAT12 and FAT32 are not supported).
Compile and run the GNU/Linux port of sdpatch (see above's emu_kidid's post).
Mount the filesystem and copy SDLOADER.BIN to the root directory.
For example:
cube# mkdosfs -F16 -nSDLoad /dev/sdcard
cube# gcc -Wall sdpatch.c -o sdpatch
cube# ./sdpatch /dev/sdcard
cube# mkdir -p /media/sdcard
cube# mount -t vfat /dev/sdcard /media/sdcard
cube# cp SDLOADER.BIN /media/sdcard
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:26 pm
by mj_judge
suloku wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:07 pm
Just for future reference, in case someone wants to format the FAT16 SD card and patch it for SD loader:
Format SD card to FAT16: I'd recommend minitool partition wizard (freeware). Command line for linux (mkdosfs) and OSX (newfs_msdos).
Then we need to patch the SD card:
Method 1 (winXP): windows XP (or winXP in a virtual machine, like virtualbox) use sdpatch.exe
Method 2 (linux): under linux, use sdpatch linux port as documented here:
http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/SDload#Pre ... NU.2FLinux
Method 3 (GC): if already able to run GC homebrew, use sdpatch.dol
Method 4 (Wii): Install the cMIOS "MIOSWiiGator0.2" (MIOS Patcher with base v10). Then use wiixplorer to run swiss as a gamecube homebrew. THEN you can use swiss to boot sdpatch.dol from SD Gecko (sdpatch.dol won't work if directly loaded trough wiixplorer, or at least it didn't for me).
I know this isn't very used anymore, but it may come handy for someone.
Just in case gclinux.org site gets down, the instructions for the linux sdpatch.exe port
Code: Select all
Preparing a SD card from GNU/Linux
This procedure assumes that /dev/sdcard is linked to the device node associated with your SD card reader (e.g. /dev/sd[abcdef] on PC or /dev/sdcard[ab] on GameCube Linux).
Format the SD card with a FAT16 filesystem (FAT12 and FAT32 are not supported).
Compile and run the GNU/Linux port of sdpatch (see above's emu_kidid's post).
Mount the filesystem and copy SDLOADER.BIN to the root directory.
For example:
cube# mkdosfs -F16 -nSDLoad /dev/sdcard
cube# gcc -Wall sdpatch.c -o sdpatch
cube# ./sdpatch /dev/sdcard
cube# mkdir -p /media/sdcard
cube# mount -t vfat /dev/sdcard /media/sdcard
cube# cp SDLOADER.BIN /media/sdcard
you can always just use the sdpatch tool I uploaded in the software section last year that has support for windows 7/10 too...
http://gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4540
instructions are included but also here too.
https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_load
saves the need for virtual machine or linux etc for users of modern windows OS
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:00 pm
by takanari
Ikthias wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:08 pm
Hi i flashed this to my Qoob Pro and when i launch it, holding down A for slot B, it doesn't show anything except some weird jumbled symbol, and i cant do anything. Anyone know how to fix this problem?
Hi guys,
I'm facing the same issue here
When I try my generic SD adapter in slot B holding the A button it doesn't show anything except some weird symbols
On slot A it works fine
The SD card is using FAT format
Any ideas?
I can't save my game progress using the Memory Card in slot B.
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:50 pm
by Papy.G
Is your SD card really non-HC? Is it Fat16 formatted?
Waiting for a better solution, you can still run SWISS from Slot A, then launch backups from Slot B or SP2 with memcard in Slot A as you'll have to swap sd cards anyways.
Don't forget to set it up correctly, so as not to write SWISS settings and patches on the Slot A SD.
Re: SDLoad (Slot A and B)
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:08 pm
by takanari
Papy.G wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:50 pm
Is your SD card really non-HC? Is it Fat16 formatted?
Waiting for a better solution, you can still run SWISS from Slot A, then launch backups from Slot B or S2P with memcard in Slot A as you'll have to swap sd cards anyways.
Don't forget to set it up correctly, so as not to write SWISS settings and patches on the Slot A SD.
Thanks for reply!
For sure, I've tested a bunch of no-HC SD cards FAT16 formatted, including a 512MB one, they only works on slot A.
Unfortunately, the console is a DOL-101.
Think I got it, Swiss is all loaded in memory, so I can swap the cards.
Anyway, I just discovered about the game exploids reading your previously replies and my Twilight Princess disc will save the day like you did.
Thanks again, I really appreciate it!