Swapping a game disc instead of SwapMagic to load the exploit.

[Zelius]

Is it possible to use a homemade slidecard and swap a regular PS2 game disc with the exploit installer CD while it's booting up? The reason I don't want to buy a SwapMagic disc or MAX Drive is that I want to see if my HDD works with my PS2 before I spend any money on those things, as I pretty much don't have any use for them besides running games from the HDD.

Thanks in advance.

[bladezero]

no you cant do that. for god sake plz at least do search and be a bit smart about what words to use...

[Allenylc]

it's possible.. just a lito bit too OLD lol... so the tutorials aren't up anymore ( i do'nt tihn so)

anyways u should be able to install an expoilt wit a demo disk (from pso or osmething) and swap the disk wit ur homemade slidecard wen u get to a demo game and it'll say like push X to start ect..

after it's done install the exploit (cogswap, cdloader, faplink, launch elf<-boot.elf these programs are good to start off wit) then u can boot dsm hdd tool to format ur hdd and add a new partition , then FAPLINK into that new partition and add all ur exploit files there so u can save space on ur memcard and hdadvance. and that should be it.. lol..

it's alot of work ^_^ heh.. or u can just exploit hdadvance to ur memcard in the begin'n...

[Zelius]

no you cant do that. for god sake plz at least do search and be a bit smart about what words to use...

Well, 1. You were proven wrong, 2. I did search for it, but nothing came up, and 3. How exactly was I inadequate in my choice of words, or at least less adequate than your choice of words ("for god sake plz at least do search and be a bit smart", I mean, come on)?

Anyway, thanks a lot Allenylc! Really appreciate it.

[Allenylc]

http://ps2dev.org/kb.x?T=593

here's an old tutorial i found on a home-made swap disk for a pal demodisk lol and to load up naplink heh ^_^

[bladezero]

lol ok i stand corrected although i wonder why you would go through all that instead of just asking someone with a modchip to install the exploit for you or borrowing a gameshark2...

[Zelius]

lol ok i stand corrected although i wonder why you would go through all that instead of just asking someone with a modchip to install the exploit for you or borrowing a gameshark2...

Yes, but nobody I know owns a modded PS2.

Thanks for that tutorial Allenylc! I got it to work.

[Evi1d33d]

i wonder if this work on the new Pstwo to load backups

[Maccxp03]

Not clear on what your asking... but if its what I think its yes... but you will have to do a double swap!

[J_A_C_K]

Maybe something like this?
http://www.psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27415
Its a real pain in the butt tho'