I need help with setting this up please.

[unholydoragon]

I am planning on using my usb flash drive as a memory card. So do i first put all of the files from the ps2 Launch ELF zip onto the flash drive? Then it should work right? And by the way i use swap magic 2.00

[dlanor]

I am planning on using my usb flash drive as a memory card.
Sorry, but that's not possible. You can use flash drives for storing programs and general purpose files, of course, but you can never use them as memory cards from commercial games. That's just not possible. Homebrew programs too (like uLaunchELF for example) also expect to find some files on a regular Memory card, so the flash drive can never replace memory cards entirely for them either.

So do i first put all of the files from the ps2 Launch ELF zip onto the flash drive? Then it should work right?
Only if we assume that you have some way of launching programs from USB. We also have to assume that your flash drive is compatible with uLaunchELF, which remains to be seen.

Also, you don't really need to copy everything from the ZIP. It does after all contain the full source code, which is only useful to a developer, and even the ELFs are partly redundant, as BOOTc.ELF is simply a packed copy of BOOT.ELF, so both of them execute the same program code.

All you really need is a single ELF, stored in and launched from whatever path you can boot stuff from. That ELF will then want to save settings in "mc0:/SYS-CONF/" so it's a good idea to create such a folder, if you don't already have it. (Many homebrews save settings files in that folder.) If you don't want to do that, then just copy the "LAUNCHELF.CNF" file in the ZIP to the same place where you store the ELF. Then it will use that CNF file instead of looking for it in "mc0:/SYS-CONF/".

And by the way i use swap magic 2.00
Sorry, I'm not really familiar with it so I don't know what capabilities it may have beyond the basic disc swap functions (which are not relevant here).

I do know that Swap Magic v3.6 has the ability to boot stuff from USB, but I have no clue about v2.0

Best regards: dlanor

[ps2dragon]

I am planning on using my usb flash drive as a memory card. So do i first put all of the files from the ps2 Launch ELF zip onto the flash drive? Then it should work right? And by the way i use swap magic 2.00
If you have Swap Magic discs, I think you can use them to boot the Independance Exploit disc (you will need someone to confirm this). On that exploit disc you can put uLaunchELF.

What you need for all this is: your orginal swap magic discs (to boot the exploit disc), an Original PS1 game, Independence Compiler 4.1 (with TITLE.DB fix), a working PS2 Memory Card of course, a copy of uLaunchELF (which will be your BOOT.ELF), and a way to burn that final ISO file (made by 'Independence Compiler').

It's a learning process.. but if you put in the effort to figure it out yourself and need help, I"m sure people will be more then willing to help you along the way.

The end result will be, you can use uLaunchELF from your Memory Card to transfer your game saves to your HDD (if you have one), a USB device (if it works), or to your PC via a network connection (FTP or HOST method in uLaunchELF). So to answer your question, no.... you can't use uLaunchELF to turn your USB key or HDD or anything else into a Memory Card (the same way your PS2 Browser does it), but you can use it to transfer and backup your save games.

Hope this wasn't too confusing.. and somehow is related to what you were looking for....?

EDIT: You can get Independence Compiler here (http://console.iscentral.net/index.php?go=downloads&cat=5).

[unholydoragon]

but what exactly does this program do?

[ps2dragon]

but what exactly does this program do?
Which program. uLaunchELF?

Taken from the uLaunchELF Documentation: "LaunchELF is an open source file manager and executable launcher for the Playstation 2 console. LaunchELF makes it possible to move, copy, rename and delete files to and from many mediums, including Hard Drive, Memory Card, CD/DVD ROM, and USB from a minimal and functional interface."

You can get the latest copy of the documentation for uLaunchELF here (http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?p=313840#post313840).

[unholydoragon]

then is there a program that can make a usb drive as a memory card?

[ps2dragon]

then is there a program that can make a usb drive as a memory card?
No, there is nothing that simple that can do that, as I and dlanor have explained. I was just adding to the conversation by explaining another way of backing up your game saves...

[unholydoragon]

now im planning on using it to play simple media player. I put the exe files fsclient and ps2 client on my flash drive. I used Swap magic cd and DVD to try to boot it but it never worked. I also put the dll file in as well is there a specific name i have to rename the exe files to? thanks

[ps2dragon]

now im planning on using it to play simple media player. I put the exe files fsclient and ps2 client on my flash drive. I used Swap magic cd and DVD to try to boot it but it never worked. I also put the dll file in as well is there a specific name i have to rename the exe files to? thanks
Everything you just said is very distorted and I'm not sure if I completely understand what your trying to do here.

It sounds like your trying to use SMS to play media off your computer using ps2client, but your putting ps2client on your USB key? Is this USB key going to be connected to your computer, or are you trying to use it while it's connected to the ps2? That doesn't make much sense to me, why don't you just run it from your computer? That's what it was designed for. I don't even know what "fsclient" is and never used it. I can play videos and mp3s from my computer with SMS on my PS2 fine.

Anyway, it sounds like you have no idea what your doing, what are you trying to boot with your Swap Magic discs, SMS? What dll file, and no you shouldn't have to rename exe files to get them to work, you just sound really confused.

EDIT: You need to better explain what you want as the end result, I thought you were just trying to find a way to backup your game saves, and now your taking about SMS...?

[unholydoragon]

before i was trying to use my usb flash as a memory card. i didnt know that it couldnt be done. I did not want to back up my game saves. I need help using Launch ELF. I think its for ps2 but when i run ps2 client exe off the usb drive it doesnt do anything. And is SMS for computer or for PS2?

[ps2dragon]

You should read over the documentation of uLE, which you can get here (http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?p=313840#post313840), then ask if you have questions.

Why are you trying to run ps2client off a USB drive? Run it off your computer. SMS is for the PS2 and so is uLaunchELF.

It sounds like you don't know anything about homebrew software, which is why you need to read before posting...................

[unholydoragon]

ok so i guess it wont work with my ps2 and swap discs since you need to have swap 3.6 discs or some exploit cd. thangs for your help.

[dlanor]

ok so i guess it wont work with my ps2 and swap discs since you need to have swap 3.6 discs or some exploit cd. thangs for your help.
You don't have to give up entirely yet.

Of course you can use uLaunchELF anyway, even if you may not be able to boot directly off the USB key like you wanted. But even that remains uncertain. I do believe that earlier versions of Swap Magic did have some ELF launching abilities too, though I don't know exactly how that works as I never used them. One thing I've heard though, is that they can start programs from a normal PS2 memory card, which should work equally well for you. I mean, as long as you get the program started, you don't really care where it launched from. Right ?

For that you'd of course need to find info on how it's supposed to work with the Swap Magic version you have, and preferably that info should come from someone who has used it himself. I can't help you with that, as I've never used any version of it.

Even if it comes to the worst, and you find that your Swap Magic version really can't launch ELFs that way, then you can still make a boot CD for uLaunchELF and start it that way, by swapping the disc just as you would with a game disc.

Btw: I don't think anyone has yet explicitly explained to you that the file "ps2client.exe" is intended to run on your PC, to handle the PC end of the network protocol used to communicate with either "uLaunchELF", or "SMS", or "PS2Link" at the PS2 end. So until you have a functional setup for any of these three programs, you won't have any use for "ps2client.exe". But once you do have uLaunchELF up and running, with a proper network configuration, then ps2client (with its GUI) can become a very useful tool for the PC end.

Best regards: dlanor