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Hi, I cant understand what I am doing wrong.
I wanna install FMCB in my friend´s ps2
I have:
Memor32
Ps2 Slim 79001
So I installed FMBC in my Memor32, then launch ULE and run FMBC 1.6 from my pen drive. Change my Memor32 and put 8 Mb Sony (my friends memory).
Run multi install (and I have DVDELF.BIN in Injection folder wich was DVDPLM, mexican one, because my friend have 79010 version)
But FMBC 1.6 hangs at decrypting dvdelf.bin and didnt finish.
What did I do wrong?
Please help me!
I've said it over and over and have included it in the FAQ. you can not do a cross region install.
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@guxtabo:
What Bootlegninja said in the previous post is correct, but perhaps not clear enough for you.
What he meant by "cross region install" is to use a console of one region, to install FMCB for a console of a different region. And there is no way at present to make that work right.
So having an SCPH-79001 console yourself, you are able to install FMCB for PS2 models whose last two digits are "01", but not for any other consoles.
Since your friend has an SCPH-79010 console, the only people who can install FMCB for him are those with a console whose product code ends with "10".
I'm not sure of the cases where two different codes exist for the same region, but until someone has tried it, we have to assume that cross installs between such consoles also will fail. eg:"01" and "12" are supposedly the same region, but I don't know if they are cross-compatible.
Best regards: dlanor
Oh, thank you so much. So I have to look for a modded ps2 with the same region that my friend, and install there.
Thanks again.
This sort of thing is all too likely to happen again (and repeatedly) in the future, so perhaps we should add precise information on this to the information about free installation volunteers in that thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bootlegninja
So instead of just having the current information format:
usernamelink - geographic location
we could instead have a format like this:
usernamelink - region_ID_list - geographic location
So for guxtabo the new entry could look like this:
guxtabo - regions = 01 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
And if he later has access to his friend's PStwo after installing FMCB on that,
then his entry could be updated like this:
guxtabo - regions = 01,10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
And of course there should also be a header explaining that the region codes shown refer to the last two digits of the SCPH product code of consoles that each volunteer can handle
What do you think ?
Best regards: dlanor
I think that would be perfect.
My console was brought from Canada, thats why is 79001, and my friend bought it here in Argentina, so it is 79010.
I will look for a modded ps2 region 10, and run FMCB 1.6 from a cd!
Many thanks.
Ok let me see if I understand... He cannot run FreeMCBoot from a memory card that was done in a diff region Ps2. So no matter if Ule is running (which he said he can do) it will not work? Even if it is a clean install from step 1 using the downloaded install files from scratch??? I thought the hard part was getting Ule to run... Either I've got a lot of reding to do or I'm very confused... LOL...
One more question before I drawn myself in stupidity... Can he use Ule from MC to get cogswap.elf to load instead of finding a modded console???
You have completely misunderstood guxtabo's problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by JCDes
He already has FMCB working on an MC intended for his own console, so he can boot all homebrew stuff, including the FMCB installer without any problems.
The real problem is that he promised a friend to install the same stuff on another MC for that friend to use, not realizing that this would not work because the console of his friend is of another region. And that is why he now needs to find a modded console of the same region as his friend's console, so he can use that console to install FMCB on his friend's MC.
Edit:
Theoretically he could also use Cogswap methods to boot uLE on the friend's PStwo and then use uLE to start the FMCB installer from USB. But I never recommend swapping methods if another method can be used instead.
Best regards: dlanor
Careful there !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by guxtabo
You can boot the FMCB v1.6 elf from a CD, but it can't install all the files properly from CD.
To do that properly you need to have the installer package on a USB drive, like intended.
I suggest that you instead make an uLE boot CD or DVD (ISOs are available in the uLaunchELF release post) and having booted uLE with that disc you can then use its FileBrowser to launch the FMCB installer.
Best regards: dlanor
It might help some, but no matter how well documented it can become, there will be a high volume of users who will neglect to read it. I've found also that if there is too much documentation, that fairly large number of people will just not read any of it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dlanor
This is why I mainly just stuck with a general region along with the SCPH numbers in the tutorial hoping that people would just get the basic info they needed without feeling overwhelmed with it. That is another reason why I try to use layman terms most times. Even still it can land on 'deaf ears'
When I get some time, I may revamp the tutorial and the FAQ, but I don't know how much more simple I can get with it along with adding details.
I may end up with a standard response to questions in the FMCB thread that I'll paste into posts which would be to the effect of "Read the tutorial and/or FAQ!" :lol: