start from MC?

[kunde12]

Hi Folks,

i had a new PS2 Slim, a new empty MC und an Formated USB HDD. But the PS2 will not accept the games on the USB HDD. What can i do to start the Game from the HDD, if possible without a Modchip.
Sorry for this stupid question, i am new her ;-)

Thanks for Help.

[dlanor]

Hi Folks,

i had a new PS2 Slim, a new empty MC und an Formated USB HDD. But the PS2 will not accept the games on the USB HDD.

Without modchip or homebrew software a PS2 will not 'accept' running games from anything except original pressed game discs.

What can i do to start the Game from the HDD, if possible without a Modchip.
Sorry for this stupid question, i am new her ;-)

You can get FMCB (Free McBoot) installed and use this to boot all homebrew softwares.

Those include ESR which is a fairly new game launcher capable of booting games off burned DVD-R discs. Normally the CDVD processor of the console would not accept such discs as readable, but a special patch of the disc content tricks that processor into regarding the disc as a DVD-Video movie, thus allowing it to be read even from burned media.

You can also use FMCB to launch USBAdvance/USBExtreme, which will be able to run some games from a USB-connected HDD. But the performance is not good, due to the low speed of the USB 1.1 port of the console, and game compatibility is quite bad, with less than half of all games working properly...

So ESR is a better alternative for running backups on a slim PStwo, since the game compatibility of ESR is extremely good (upwards of 99%).

Best regards: dlanor

[kunde12]

OK,

i will browse to ESR and use this, thanks for the fast responce.

Greetings

[dlanor]

OK,

i will browse to ESR and use this, thanks for the fast responce.

Don't forget that you will need to install the FMCB boot system, in order to use ESR.
You will find lots of information on both FMCB and ESR in the FreeVAST subforum inside the forum for Homebrew/Dev stuff.

Best regards: dlanor

[kunde12]

Hi,

i read a lot of Posts and find only methods with a modifyed Console or a modifyed MC, i think i must buy a chip first :-( Witch one is good? The Matrix Infinity?

thanks for information, Kunde12

[H4ndy]

i read a lot of Posts and find only methods with a modifyed Console or a modifyed MC, i think i must buy a chip first :-( Witch one is good? The Matrix Infinity?

You can use the Free Installation Service to get FMCB on one of your MCs for free:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/freevast...b-for-you.html

[spyder]

ok first make sure your hd is copatable ther is a list here on the site.i personaly used winhip to format my drive on my desktop pc used dvd decryptor to get my isos and used winhip again to put them on my hd then put it in the ps2 and i use freemcboot and hdadvance to run them off the hd works great.