How to enable minimal mode to boot hdLoader.elf?

[mishka25]

How are you guys booting hdLoader from boot manager? I only get black screen after i pick a game off the hard drive. It seems only to work if I use cd version hdLoader and select it to boot in minimal mode.

[Jones23]

Read this thread: http://www.psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47249
The SHUTDOWN "MM" should help you too.

best regards Jones23

[mishka25]

Hi, and thanks,
I'm using the appinfo from the mega pack which looks like this:

################################################## #####################
# HDLOADER v1.0 #
################################################## #####################

SET "CMD" "$ARG1$"
SET "SRC_PATH" "$ARG2$/HDLOADER"
SET "DST_PATH" "$ARG3$/HDLOADER"

GOTO "$CMD$"
RETURN "-1"

:QUERY
# Change this information to describe the application.
IFNOT EXISTS "$SRC_PATH$/HDLOADER.ELF"
RETURN "-1"
ENDIF
SET "APP_TITLE" "HDLoader"
SET "APP_VERSION" "v0.8a"
SET "APP_AUTHOR" "sjeep"
SET "APP_DESC" "HDloader allows you to run full games from any hard drive"
SET "APP_MEDIAS" "CDROM"
RETURN "0"

:INSTALL
# Change this to create the directories and copy the files needed for the application.
MKDIR "$DST_PATH$"
COPY "$SRC_PATH$/HDLOADER.ELF" "$DST_PATH$/HDLOADER.ELF"
COPY "$SRC_PATH$/APPINFO.PBT" "$DST_PATH$/APPINFO.PBT"

COPY "$SRC_PATH$/CDROM.PBT" "$BM.MEDIA_PATH$/CDROM.PBT"

RETURN "0"

:REMOVE

# Change this to remove all files or directories copied during the installation.
RM "$SRC_PATH$/HDLOADER.ELF"
RM "$SRC_PATH$/APPINFO.PBT"
RMDIR "$SRC_PATH$/HDLOADER"

RETURN "0"

:RUN
SHUTDOWN "MM"
RUNAPP "$SRC_PATH$/HDLOADER.ELF"
RETURN "0"


I still am having black screen after i choose game from hdloader splash screen, but the games work fine if i boot with cd and select minimal mode. I thought maybe it was because the cdrom.pbt file in mega pack was named cdrom_.pbt so i took the underscore out but that didnt work so i messed around a little bit with no luck. I cant see any typos or anything in the script. Has anyone had this problem and how did you fix it? That cdrom file ends up in bm/media folder and hdloader and appinfo are in the apps folder on mc.

[Unfinity]

I had similar problems with certain versions of hdloader.elf when I didnt' have a disc in the drive. try putting any disc in the ps2 and see if that helps, or maybe try another hdloader.elf.

[Da Brass]

I've always had that problem....my solution was to always leave my megapack CD in the drive

[mishka25]

OK that works for me too, seems the disc stops spinning after i boot up hdloader so i guess that solves my problem.
Thanks

[mishka25]

Actually I had tried all the elfs from 7c up to 8a, but i just loaded 8b from sks and it seems to work without a cd in the drive.

[Da Brass]

Well...you just need to apply the appropriate patches and it should work