FMCB Installer Boot Tutorials

[JNABK]

@ Bootleg:

Could you amend the ARMax tut to say that if you simply put Free McBoot.elf on the root of the pendrive and run the media player it will boot and run the installer. Then say if free McBoot.elf wont show up to follow the SwapMagic part.


Seems either my version of ARMAX or my PenDrive wouldnt allow free McBoot.elf to show in the list no matter what i named it, so thats why SwapMagic is in the tutorial, as thats how i got past the free McBoot.elf not showing up.

[dlanor]

I'm sorry for being a total noob but I couldn't figure out from this thread (and the tutorials) if there is a way for an owner of a chipped PS2 to install FMCB to a memory stick without additional hardware/purchases.

That depends on the type of chip you have. Some chips (including my DMS4proSE) need to be disabled in order for the FMCB installation to work, and then the success may vary depending on how that disabling is done. And of course, you do need another way of booting homebrew in order to launch the FMCB installer with disabled chip. One way of doing this is to use the old 'independence' exploit which is easy to install using a chipped console, but this only works on old 'fat' PS2 consoles, not on the new 'slim' PStwo models.

On the 'slim' PStwo models you probably need some commercial tool (ARMax, SwapMagic, etc) to launch the FMCB installer with disabled modchip.

Best regards: dlanor

[windrider42]

Great job on tutorials guys. Will help out a lot of people.

[ZakMcRofl]

Thanks dlanor for the explanation.
I got a Modbo 735 in my Slim PS2, feature list here:
http://www.modbo2.com/modbo%20735.html

So how do I figure out if I can install FMCB with my modchip turned on? Just get a new memcard and try?

I need to order the memcard anyways so it would be nice to know if I need a ARMax or SwapMagic. If I understood you correctly I could also use any modded Phat PS2 to get me started?

Thanks again, Zak

[dlanor]

Thanks dlanor for the explanation.
I got a Modbo 735 in my Slim PS2, feature list here:
http://www.modbo2.com/modbo%20735.html

So how do I figure out if I can install FMCB with my modchip turned on? Just get a new memcard and try?

Well, the only sure alternative is to find and ask someone else with the same chip and PStwo model you have.

I need to order the memcard anyways so it would be nice to know if I need a ARMax or SwapMagic.

I know (from other posters) that those can do the job, but I'm not sure if you really need them.

If I understood you correctly I could also use any modded Phat PS2 to get me started?

Well, almost. It should be of the same region as your target console, where you'll later be using FMCB, and it should have a chip of a type that either does not interfere with the FMCB install when active, or which can be totally disabled (like the DMS4proSE I used for my install). Then it is simple to prepare (with chip active) a boot setup using the old independence exploit for a PS1 trigger disc, and then boot uLE with that setup (with chip disabled) and use it to launch the FMCB installer.

Best regards: dlanor

[remax]

U think a french tutorial can be usefull.

I know that some guys at meta-games like to take our tuto and put a french version there.

if you find no-one, i will do it as i'll have time

[looop]

Hello,

I'm from Germany.
And I saw this FMCB Installer.
I have a PS2 two (Slim, Black).
And a Memory Card.
A USB Drive.
And nothing else,
i haven't got a Codebreaker/SwapMagic/ActionReplay CD.
So I saw, that there are 3 tutorials, how to get FMCB on
the Memory Card. The problem is, that I need in each tutorial
one of the CD's i haven't got.
So i wanted to ask, if Codebreaker or Swap Magic or Action Replay must be original or if i can download one of them from the Internet and burn it on CD?
For example Codebreaker would be the best, because it looks to be the easiest one. I searched yesterday in Videogames-Shops the CD's, but they only have got ActionReplay and that costs 35€! That's too expensive for me:-(
Or is there another solution?
Because I saw that there stands
"Installing Free MC Boot" (http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/)
But there stands "Delayed"
does this mean, that there will come a tutorial which shows me how i can install fmcb on my memory card, without this CD's`?^^

Thanks for reading,
and sorry for my bad english
and my newbie questions.

Best Regards,
looop

[Tommi]

It won't work if you don't have a friend with a modded ps2 nor an original Codebreaker/SwapMagic/ActionReplay CD if I'm not missing out something here.
So you'd have find a guy who can create an exploit for you or you'd have to buy an action replay (I had to buy one since no friend of mine is into that kind of ps2 stuff).

Or is there another solution?
Because I saw that there stands
"Installing Free MC Boot" (http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/)
But there stands "Delayed"
does this mean, that there will come a tutorial which shows me how i can install fmcb on my memory card, without this CD's`?^^

I think that tutorial will only cover the installation process, not the process of loading the fmcb installer itself.

[TnA]

You need a way to boot homebrew, in order to install FMCB.

@looop: Melde dich z.B. bei einem Foren-User, dem du deine leere MC schicken kannst.
Am besten in einem deutschen Forum.

[remax]

Here is the french version of the 3 tutos