unofficial LaunchELF v4.42

[dlanor]

any chance that it could handle basic operations to the HDL partitions? such as renaming and deleting?

Polo already mentioned implementing those.

Now we need a forth programmer to jump in and help include the text/hex editor into the app....

I assume that you misspelled the word 'fourth' above, as I really don't see any advantage in trying to use the 'Forth' programming language. (As far as I know there's no implementation available for the PS2.)

In any case, making a simple text/hex editor is something any of the present programmers can do too, it's just a matter of finding the time for it.

nothing fancy (no need for a clipboard or anything) just backspace, delete, position cursor, write, and insert..... already have the keyboard support....

Sure, but no matter how simple it is, it still takes time for implementation. With limited time at our disposal, we tend to choose the developments that interest us most. On that scale simple tools to do on the PS2, what we already can do much better on the PC, simply don't rate very high.

What about the error with the 'do you wish to overwrite?' dialog.... has that been corrected to only display the folder name?.... I think it should show both... foldername [spacing] save name.... make it a little easier to make sure what you are overwritting.....

I see what you mean, and I'll think about how best to do it.
It will be changed in some way in the next version anyway, as it's one of the dialogs affected by the S-JIS title bug...

what about shrinking a partition? has that thought been chewed on yet? And a possible defragmenter... although it seems clear that two different types of defragmenting would need to be implemented.... one for files withing a partition... and one for the scattered subpartitions.... is it an idea that is worth tackling....

Perhaps eventually, but let's first implement the basic stuff and get that properly tested by a wide range of users. Trying for more advanced tools without such testing is not a good idea.

Best regards: dlanor

[dlanor]

Quit using those crappy MAX MCs. They're the worst thing you can do to your PS2.

Actually they have different generations of their MC designs, and these always follow the same pattern, crapwise:

The oldest design for a given size is always total crap, to be avoided at all cost. And this also means avoiding the biggest ones they offer, as they always proceed to larger sizes when old problems are solved. So the largest available always has some unsolved problems.

The problems with 32MB Max Memory cards were solved long ago, so if you buy fairly recent versions, they should be OK. (Good ones were available a couple of years ago even.)

I've used two such cards for a very long time now, and they've never given me any trouble, except for the slow access time when they fill up, but that's inevitable on so slow a medium as all MCs must be. You just don't notice it as much on Sony MCs because they can't store as much.

Best regards: dlanor

[spedmetal]

I have a MAX 32 MC from about 2 years ago and it has never once given me issues (knock on wood)

[dlanor]

@bootsector:
I've noticed that you have the habit of always quoting the entire message to which you reply, even if you don't use the quoted text at all, for replying to separate issues in it.

In such cases it's really inappropriate to quote the entire text of the old post, and you should instead just mention the name of that poster and maybe the basic subject of his post, to draw his attention to your reply.

Best regards: dlanor

[bootsector]

@dlanor:

roger that!

[Jones23]

Lucky ones.
I heard too many complains, to risk wasting my money.
That damn MAXDrive was the first and last thing I ever bought with an "MAX" in it.
The USB-thumb is the cheapest piece of electrical junk I ever could get hands on. And for the software... I had to reformat my MC several times because the Datel software wasted it. And the *.max compression format is also a really poor solution.
As you can see: I've had enough of this MAX-sh**!
And thanks to dlanor, EP and uLE there's no need for many big MCs, since my PC has GBs of free space to waste!


EDIT: It's the year 2006 and I just wrote post #2006. Now is this a good or a bad omen?

[var3gen]

Quit using those crappy MAX MCs. They're the worst thing you can do to your PS2. The official $ony MC is the only reliable one.

I have a 32M one of these, which I bought about 1 month ago. So after reading dlanor's post about these cards, I feel pretty safe. I'm glad I didn't see any 64M ones around on that occasion, I might have been tempted. In any case I've not seen any problem with my 32M MAX MC. Well ok, it is rather slow...

The whole FTP-thing isn't very stable. Better use host and ps2client or RHC.

Don't you think dlanor explained what is probably going on with broken FTP data transfer to HDD? I for one have not seen one single problem and I've done ftp xfers back and forth to mass: and mcX: quite a lot by now -- but never to HDD (since I have a PStwo V12). Have you, or anyone else, ever seen any file corruption when reading files from PS2 HDD partition to a computer's disk storage?

In any case, I don't think your theory about bad FTP client(s) hold. If there is a SW problem, I'll place my bet on a bug or deficiency in the FTP server module in uLE.

Cheers, /M

[casual]

i would like to know how to you burn all this into one cd why cant you just put the iso file to download? and if i just connect my ps2 to my computer with the cd in will the ps2 have acess to my computer so i can send the MC save games files to my Computer using an Usb cable?

[E P]

In any case, I don't think your theory about bad FTP client(s) hold. If there is a SW problem, I'll place my bet on a bug or deficiency in the FTP server module in uLE.

Yes, there are likely still bugs with ps2ftpd. I haven't experienced some of the ones that get mentioned here from time to time. The original code isn't mine and I never intended to rewrite the thing. I made various additions and changes to fix many things but I can only do so much.

The three most important things on the client end:
1. Use active mode(passive mode off).
2. Turn off cache features if possible.
3. Unmount the partition when finished. By one of three ways:

A. Traditional way, issue the custom command "SITE UMNT /pfs/0" through a FTP Client.
B. ULaunchELF way, after viewing a mounted partition in the fileBrowser press select.
C. Newer way, Open up the hdd/0 directory listing to auto un-mount the previous one.

i would like to know how to you burn all this into one cd why cant you just put the iso file to download? and if i just connect my ps2 to my computer with the cd in will the ps2 have acess to my computer so i can send the MC save games files to my Computer using an Usb cable?

Many sites frown on ISO's because they are hard to monitor for content. Another reason is it usually wastes bandwidth as many users like myself don't bother with them anyway. Once launchELF is setup it's pretty much a breeze to update with so many options now.

LaunchELF doesn't work with usb cables connected to the PC. It can use the network adapter for FTP or host. Also select USB mass storage devices that have been properly formatted, meaning that it has a fat32 filesystem, can be used to get the files to your PC.

[barf]

What about adding EXT2 support for USB devices?