bypass DMS Explorers "Install" process?

[xtrem]

How do I get programs to appear in DMS Explorer without using select-button to install them?

I have the programs on the MC. But they don't appear in Explorer.

[Zer0-X]

Have you updated the mc0:boot/menu.txt file? It's in a form of:

Title to appear in the list|mc0: path/file.elf (don't include the space after mc0:, it's there just because the forum software otherwise shows it as a smiley.)

[xtrem]

The explorer files doesn't appear in mc0:boot/ but instead it appears as "\BOOT\BOOT.ELF" and "\BOOT\MENU.TXT" in the root folder of MC. It's not possible to delete them.

I made my own MENU.TXT and placed it in mc0:BOOT/MENU.TXT but it did nothing.

I have DMS3+

[Zer0-X]

Oh, you have to modify boot.elf a bit. In hexeditor you search for the word "BOOT" and IIRC the whole line (the first line with the word BOOT in it) there was to be replaced with "mc0:BOOT/MENU.TXT".

Then you can delete that old \BOOT from the PS2s own Browser (that corrupted save) and create plain BOOT and copy BOOT.ELF and MENU.TXT there using ExecFTPs.

[xtrem]

Which boot.elf should I hexedit?

Edit: I hexedited EXPLORER.ELF from the DMS install disc
(as used in INSTALL.CFN
"COPY cdrom0:\EXPLORER.ELF;1 mc0:\BOOT\BOOT.ELF").

I changed "mc0:\BOOT\MENU.TXT" to "mc0:BOOT/MENU.TXT" and filled the last blank (one letetr shorter) with hex 00.

DMS Explorer loads up but ends with INSTALL FAILED.

[Zer0-X]

If you use ExecFTPs to transfer files to the MC you don't have to burn Explorer into a CD.

Use SjUncrunch to unpack explorer.elf (or boot.elf from MC) and hexedit the unpacked file. Then either pack it or transfer it unpacked to mc0:BOOT/BOOT.ELF and then you can add programs through ExecFTPs and with notepad or something write your own MENU.TXT.

[xtrem]

Yes. already got it to work.

I formated my MC. Hexedit as my post above and then made BOOT/ and uploaded everything there.

Thanks!!

[kalashu]

Grat, but how about doing the same thing, installing Keylauncher, on a V10 DMS3+ without BBA, I mean only using CD-Rs.
Can u plese help me on this. Something like a idiot's guide to keylauncher.

Another idiot question, is it necessary for a DMS chipped machine to use CDGenPS2 to make the CD images and to "LBA Fix" them?

I got my machine chipped a few weeks ago so I'm quite new to the homebrew scene.

Thanx,
k.

[HuMz]

burn exectps then than will be the last cd you burned