Tutorial Free McBoot 1.

8b para PlayStation2
Filed under: PlayStation2 by AzagraMac Dejar un comentario 29 Diciembre 2009

Free McBoot is a method of running homebrew applications directly off a Memory Card as a stand alone loader. No boot discs or modchips are required once installed. You will however need to have a method to install FMCB to the MC. This guide assumes you have a method to install already, if not click the Installation tab above, choose how your going to install and return when ready to install FMCB. *NOTE* This guide is written for use with version 1.8 and should not be used for previous versions, as some things wont apply to those versions!! Some example images are from the previous releases and are only examples to illustrate an option. *NEW for v1.8 The Installer now has a GUI with much more informative screens to help you with your installation. Press left or right to select from the menu and press X to execute the selection. Pressing triangle displays a credits screen

-=< You stuck and need HELP? >=What you need: A Boot method for the installer { click Installations Tab above } A Memory Card with minimal 2MB free A PS2 A USB stick { optional, but highly recommended} Free McBoot release Package Apps/files to install {optional, as apps can be run from a USB device}

-=< IMPORTANT >=Free McBoot comes only with the necessary files/folders required to run Free McBoots launching application from the Memory Card its installed to. Many applications can be used with Free mcBoot, but none will be included with a release package.More Info Its up to YOU the user to add anything to the installer to use, so decide on what you want to do with Free McBoot once its been installed and then add the apps you want to use. The most commonly used apps are recommended below and are linked to the developement forums they originate, so you can read about them and get the latest versions. Recommended apps to use with installation: uLaunchELF ..Free McBoot skin for uLE apply skin after install, ReadMe included SMS ..Free McBoot skin for SMS apply skin after install, ReadMe included ESR HDLoader ..Free McBoot skin for HDL skin must be patched to HDL before installing FMCB Configurator Included with every Official release You can also find most any app for the PS2 at SKSApps.com Emulators, ps2 app skins, Tools & Utilities, Online, Converters , cheat apps, and much more can be found at SKSApps.com Prepare files for installation: The Free McBoot Package contains the FREE_MCBOOT.ELF and an INSTALL folder. Only files/folders contained in the INSTALL folder will be used for the installation. You can place the following files into the INSTALL folders root:

BOOT.ELF { uLaunchELF is the best file manager/ELF launcher available} ESR.ELF { used to run backups without the need to swap discs, patching required } HDLOADER.ELF { run games from an internal HDD, Slim users can not use this } SMS.ELF { best Media Player available }

These files will be copied to the MCs BOOT folder . Folders will not be copied to the BOOT folder.

Example of how the folder structure should look when properly placing the files:

Exact filenames as shown above are case sensitive with the default FREEMCB.CNF. Check that the file extension .ELF is in fact in CAPS, or it will not display. If you use different filenames, then it wont work until you configure the FREEMCB.CNF to use those filenames. More info These files will be listed and linked to run from the Sony main menu . More Info

The installer will calculate the amount of space that is to be used for your install and show the free space as well. NOTE: It is important to watch the overall file size when adding apps to your installation folders. Also consider skins, roms,CNF files, images, etc will add to the size if your using them from the MC. Each of the folders included in the install package serve a purpose and should NOT be deleted unless you understand what they are for and can judge if they are necessary or not. APPS Details This folder is for any additional files you wish to add to your MC .

INJECT -Details Put your DVDELF.BIN or EMBED.ELF file here, they will be used for the DVDELF injection. More info MODULES -Details This folder comes with USBD.IRX and USBHDFSD.IRX files. These are required by Free McBoot to use a USB device. FMCB_CFG -Details The FMCB_CFG.ELF is Free McBoots Configurator (made by Suloku from psx-scene).

Free McBoot MUST be installed to a Memory Card and can not be copied off another. A copy will only work on the MC it was installed on. Cross Region installations will not work! This means installing with a console from one region will not work on another console from a different region. Installer Options: Normal install will install the required system files for your console version its installed on. Multi-Version install will install additional files for other console versions of the same region to work from the same MC. Launch fmcb will load the newly installed Free McBoot . fmcb configurator Launches the Configurator Application format mc If you dont have anything worth saving on the MC, then format the card for a better chance of a successful install. uninstall multi-version reverts a multi-install to normal install *NEW for v 1.8 You now have the option to install to either MC from slot1 or slot2

The Installer will detect if you have a BOOT.ELF to install, if no BOOT.ELF is found, you are given a chance to abort the install so you can put a BOOT.ELF in the proper location, as described above and in the correct file extension of all CAPS. Or you can continue the installation without it, but you were warned, so dont say you werent!! If you dont have a BOOT.ELF already present on your MC from an earlier install, you should add it to the INSTALL folder.

A successful install should look similar to the below images:

Aplicaciones necesarias: Free MCBoot 1.8b uLaunchELF 4.40 HD Loader 0.8c ESR beta9 DVDPlx DVDPlayer Mas Informacin

ts okay. I know what you mean now. When you download the ESR package there is 3 ELF's in it and I had used the wrong one. I have just re-installed McBoot with the other ELF and all is good :). Thank you very much for your help. You are welcome, but for some future occasion you should realize that reinstalling FMCB is extreme overkill and not needful at all... What you could have done instead, assuming you placed the unpacked ESR package on a FAT32 USB device, is this: 1: Start the PS2 with the USB device inserted. 2: In the FMCB menu, choose to start uLE. 3: In uLE start the FileBrowser 4: Browse to mass:, highlight the 'dvdv direct' variant of the ESR elfs. 5: Press R1 to open the command menu and use the 'Copy' command 6: Browse to your memory card and inside its /BOOT/ folder, where you have the old ESR.ELF 7: Press R1 to open the command menu and use the 'Paste' command by pressing the Square button instead of doing it the normal way. 8: In the renaming box, edit the file name shown so as to change it to "ESR.ELF" 9: As you use the OK entry to close the renaming box, the new file will replace the old one, and be renamed in the same process. As you can see, this kind of operation is much easier and quicker than a full FMCB reinstall, and you don't risk losing any FMCB config changes you may have added. So next time you should remember that almost any type of elf installation can be handled by uLE alone (the one exception being the FMCB boot file which must always be created by the FMCB installer).

CDLOADER USAGE iNSTRUCTiONS: 1) CDLoader FiXes are images that must be burned to a CDR and swapped in-between your original Swap Magic 2.0 CD and your PS2 game back-up. With that being stated, insert your Swap Magic CD Disc into your PS2 and at the prompt pictured use your FlipTop PS2 Cover or Slide Card tool to switch your Swap Magic CD Disc for your CDLoader CDR disc. Once the swap is made, press X on the controller to load the CDLoader software.

2) At the prompt you have (2) choices: You can press X to go to an OPTiON menu used to select specific loader OPTiONs for the titles listed on THIS page that require them, or you can use your Flip-Top PS2 Cover or Slide Card tool to switch your CDLoader CDR with your 1:1 CDR back-up game, followed by pressing X to load it and enjoy! For loading DVDR back-up games proceed to step #3 below without pressing anything yet. 3) If you wish to play a 1:1 DVDR game back-up at the prompt you will have to press EJECT on your PS2 and then insert your Swap Magic DVD Disc and press X on the controller to reach another prompt. Now, use your Flip-Top PS2 Cover or Slide Card tool to switch your original Swap Magic DVD Disc with your 1:1 DVDR game back-up and press X to load it and enjoy! NOTE: As stated above, CDLoader FiXes are images that must be burned to a CDR and swapped in-between your original Swap Magic 2.0 CD and your PS2 game back-up. They can NOT be burned to the same CDR disc as your PS2 game back-up,

Copying with Burnatonce

Step 1) Install Burnatonce

Step 2) Open Brunatonce and select the bin/cue of the file your looking for (doesnt matter which one you choose)

Step 3) Open the Settings >Device Settings

Step 4) Put your settings like mine, Then Click Write Your done the disc will now copy!!!