Need Help - Multi partition HD on OPL

[pssnake]

Hy i have a USB hard drive with two partitions (one for OPL and videos etc and one for USB xtreme). i installed games on both partitions.
OPL reads primary (Active) partition only but USB advanced reads logical partition and sometimes randomly it reads primary active partition

(it happens randomly when i remove USB HD and reinsert it 4 or 5 times or restart ps2 and boot USB xtreme sometimes no luck).

It means i can play OPL partition games on USB xtreme but i can't play games of USB xtreme partition on OPL.

is there any why i can use both partition on Open ps2 loader.

[dlanor]

Hy i have a USB hard drive with two partitions (one for OPL and videos etc and one for USB xtreme). i installed games on both partitions.
OPL reads primary (Active) partition only but USB advanced reads logical partition and sometimes randomly it reads primary active partition

Different versions of the USB drivers scan for partitions in different ways. All versions of USBA/USBX will use ONLY the first partition found, as will OPL, but due to the different drivers this may or may not be the same partition.

(it happens randomly when i remove USB HD and reinsert it 4 or 5 times or restart ps2 and boot USB xtreme sometimes no luck).

That randomness is a bug, caused by failure to recognize the normally 'first' partition because of the weird initial state of the USB HDD interface thanks to your abnormal reinsertions.

It means i can play OPL partition games on USB xtreme

Like I said above, this 'ability' is really a bug, as it means that partition recognition for USBX is inconsistent between sessions.

but i can't play games of USB xtreme partition on OPL.

And this 'inability' is how it should be, as it means that partition recognition for OPL is consistent between sessions.

is there any why i can use both partition on Open ps2 loader.

No.

OPL follows the USBA standard of demanding that the first partition found should contain the games.

Some software such as uLE can address multiple partitions of the same drive, as "mass:", "mass1:", "mass2:" etc. But that is a very unusual ability among PS2 homebrews. OPL certainly does not have it, and while it could easily be added to the GUI, doing it for the ingame core drivers might not even be possible, due to the resulting growth of the IOP module causing game incompatibilities.

Best regards: dlanor