Fmcb help

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i dont know where to post this.

all i am tring to do is run hdloader from the Memory card.
i used http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...nstalling.html cd-r method with my modded ps2 to install FMCB and then all seemed well untill i put the MC in on another ps2 , then just the ps3 just booted like normal so i wnet to the browser menu and all i see is the files there like save files.
a free mc boot icon
a sys-conf icon
and a boot icon

when making the cd-r i used the already made config text (found here http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...guide.html)and pasted it to the FMCB_CFG folder. and so i tried to push 0 button after installing FMCB but it says config not found

please help, oh and one more question.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...nstalling.html
it says " Its not recommended to use Free McBoot with a Modchip, unless you know it can be disabled 100%. The CC 2.0 SLE doesnt fully disable and will result in a black screen if you attempt to use Free McBoot ."
so i did not try FMCB on the modded ps2 i used to install FMCB. although i read others who have and nothing went wrong with the ps2.

thank you.

[JNABK]

i dont know where to post this.

all i am tring to do is run hdloader from the Memory card.
i used http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...nstalling.html cd-r method with my modded ps2 to install FMCB and then all seemed well untill i put the MC in on another ps2 , then just the ps3 just booted like normal so i wnet to the browser menu and all i see is the files there like save files.
a free mc boot icon
a sys-conf icon
and a boot icon

when making the cd-r i used the already made config text (found here http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...all_guide.html pasted it to the FMCB_CFG folder. and so i tried to push 0 button after installing FMCB but it says config not found

Im guessing the installer isnt copying the apps you placed in the INSTALL folder, or you didnt place any in there. If you didnt put any apps in the INSTALL folder, then there is nothing to be booted by the Free McBoot Launcher.

As for the Configurator app {pressing O after install}, it might just be the disc isnt being read correctly and didnt get installed. This would also explain why no apps were copied from the INSTALL folder if you did in fact put some files in there as instructed by the Install Guide.

That 'ready made' CNF in the guide is the exact same as the default, so unless you changed it, the installer would have installed one anyway. Thats in the Guide so you can edit it without using the Configurator app, also stated in the Guide.

please help, oh and one more question.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials...nstalling.html
it says " Its not recommended to use Free McBoot with a Modchip, unless you know it can be disabled 100%. The CC 2.0 SLE doesnt fully disable and will result in a black screen if you attempt to use Free McBoot ."
so i did not try FMCB on the modded ps2 i used to install FMCB. although i read others who have and nothing went wrong with the ps2.

thank you.

Not all modchips interfere with the boot process of Free McBoot when used with them, but there are many that do, so i added in that little warning as" its not recommended", just to avoid people not understanding when something doesnt work when they try out Free McBoot on the very same console as the chip is on.

If your using the Free McBoot MC on a different version console, you might need to install it using the Multi-Version {also explained in the Guide}

And Lastly, you can still use the Free McBoot MC by using a USB stick and putting uLaunchelf renamed to RESCUE.ELF and manually copy any missing files to the locations they belong, as the Guide also explains.

I took great care to do my best to explain how to use Free McBoot in the Guide, which you mentioned you did read. But i think you missed a lot, or didnt understand what they meant.

A Request:
I wish to make the Guide as informative as possible, so if theres some things that dont make sense or explain enough, please let me know and i will try updating it with better explainations. I appreciate any input that can make the Guide better.

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thank you very much for your reply
i did use square button to install multi, as i have 7 ps2`s and only 3 are modded, i just bought 2 more from ebay , cuz i really like hdloader. i plan on playing them till i`m 100yrs old. anyway , i did kinda read through your tut and i did not understand it all cuz i am a lamer when it comes to stuff like that, as i could never even get an app to boot ps2 games while swaping with a ps1 game from a long time ago, i forgot the app name, i tried for like a month on that one.lol.

can i reinstall by just deleting everything from the memory card using the system config delete option in the ps2 browser memory card window?
maybe i will not copy and paste the sys config.cnf stuff to the FMCB_CFG folder and let the app do it manually..

here is a picture of how my cd-r looks inside the install folder. in the root of the cd-r is just the FREE_MCBOOT.ELF file.
btw... i am not using any inject or dvdelf stuff , i dont care about the space as i have like 10 memcards and one is 32 mb.
oh and i was just reading another guys post and here said he receives the custom boot screen and goes straight to browser. i forgot to say that happened to me as well. sorry. i was all stoked till it just went to the browser.
on you tut i did not follow anything after making my own .cnf file cuz i thought it only concerned the dvdelf, inject stuff. and screen alignment stuff, i though was alredy fixed in the .cnf file i pasted to the FMCB_CFG folder.
Thank you again.

[JNABK]

I think the problem is with the installer not copying the files from the disc, i thought it had for me, but after looking again, i realized i had a USB stick in the console and it was displaying from that and not on the MC as i originally believed.

I can only say at this point to get a USB stick and put a RESCUE.ELF on it and Free McBoot should run it. You can use uLaunchelf and rename it to RESCUE.ELF.

Then you can copy any files not copied, like the HDLOADER.ELF right to the BOOT folder on the MC.

Next, restart the console without the USB {or it will just load the RESCUE.ELF again} and see if HD Loader is now in the Sony main menu.

You dont need to worry about the CNF if you dont intend to edit it, the installer creates a default one, exactly like the Guide has.

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i did get my usb and rename ULAUNCH.ELF TO RESCUE.ELF and put it in the ROOT of the usb, but rescue.elf doesnt start

the ps2 only goes to the memory card now when i start it , not the browser screen

i am kinda sur i have the messigh mod chip and i have read that others have the same problem as i do

[TnA]

You can try to start your modchip in "ps1-mode". Thought it was holding reset for 3seconds,...
If it won't work, you maybe won't have any USB-Drivers on MC.

[JNABK]

i did get my usb and rename ULAUNCH.ELF TO RESCUE.ELF and put it in the ROOT of the usb, but rescue.elf doesnt start

the ps2 only goes to the memory card now when i start it , not the browser screen

i am kinda sur i have the messigh mod chip and i have read that others have the same problem as i do

Thats most likely the cause, the chip. If Free McBoot installed and you have a USB stick with a RESCUE.ELF and it doesnt work, then its 1 of 2 things: an incompatible USB stick or the modchip. I'd lean more towards the chip as the cause.

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thank you guys for the advise, it seems i cant get anything like this to work no matter how i try, so i asked user ,aar36095 if i could send him 2 memory cards so he could install hdloader and ulaunch on them , and he said "yes"

[Dangwoot]

heh u must live closer to him then me.

[aar36095]

OK, he sent me a PM saying that he sent me 2 memory cards to work on. Another customer!