Installing with Action Replay Max problem

hey guys

im new to this PS2 hacking for don't flame if i ask noobie questions :lol:

What im trying to do is play GTA:SA which i burned onto a DVD. So thats why im trying to install McBoot using using Action Replay Max method.

I have downloaded the noob package from the mcboot website with all the files set out and ready to use and have followed the guide on their website. However, when i use the media player in AR MAX to find the McBoot elf file, the media player only shows the elf files in the INSTALL folder.

How can i see the Mcboot elf file which the guide says not to put in INSTALL?

First off, you don´t say with which PS2-model you try it....

If you read the guide, there are another ways to try it with AR-Max if you don´t see the .ELF (SwapMagic-folder).....

Have you try this??.....

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In the Media Player menu:
Choose the FREE_MCBOOT.ELF by scrolling with the 'Next Item' button on screen if it is not the first file shown, as the Media Player only displays 1 item at a time.

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Have you read this ??.....

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NOTE:
Many USB devices are simply not fully compatible with AR Max, even though they recognise the device, it may not show all files or boot them properly. Don not take out the USB device and re-insert it while AR Max is running, "Hot-Swapping" is not a good idea with AR Max.
Here are 2 known methods you can try to get around the incompatibility if either one will show in the Media Players menu.
If none will display, then try another USB device.

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Have you tried with the "SwapMagic-folder" - tut ????

Have you tried with the "FCEUltra" - tut ???

1. Its a PS2 Slim and i think the last digits are 70000

2. When i use the next item button it just scrolls through the INSTALL folder

3. Maybe my USB isn't compatible, but i don't understand how the media player can read the files inside the INSTALL folder but not the files outside of INSTALL folder

4. I havn't tried the SwapMagic way yet, i will try tonight

5. I have tried the FCEUltra method, but again i have the same problem. The ARMAX media player only lets me browse the elf files inside the INSTALL folder and not outside.

and if you put the "FREE_MCBOOT.ELF" in the "install"-folder ??

Cause the tut say.....

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On the USB stick create a folder, named SWAPMAGIC
Rename a copy of uLaunchELF's BOOT.ELF to SWAPMAGIC.ELF and put it in the folder.

* * * DO NOT put the FREE_MCBOOT.ELF or the INSTALL folder in this folder!!* * *

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...(SWAPMAGIC-folder)....

and not what you mean....

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How can i see the Mcboot elf file which the guide says not to put in INSTALL?

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and if i did that method i will still have the same problem. I cant see elf files in the root of my USB when i use AR MAX media player as it goes straight to the folder

You missunderstood me.....

I said put the .ELF in the "INSTALL" -folder ...

oh sorry

i have managed to do it now anyway

thanks for your help