HDLoader on V9/V10 with NO DISC in the tray

[dlanor]

What <G> said is the bottom line here, obviously!

But there really is a good reason for him being so strict about this, and everyone in this Forum should know that reason, so here it is:

HDLoader has been judged an illegal product by the courts of the USA.
This means that it is illegal to distribute this product in any way.
That includes both direct downloads on web pages, AND links to pages with such.

Any website which breaks against that rule may become involved in a legal battle against Sony,
and if the website is based in the USA, it may be closed down at once for distributing illegal products.
(The same may happen, though less certainly, to sites based in other countries.)

Best regards: dlanor

[fuzzy]

I found a uncompressed HDloader.ELF in the mule, and i patched witch "hdlpatch_0.1" and the hdloader don't work, black screen when i run any game. And now i patched manually witch the cd tray fix and the copy_right messatge and now works fine. The size of my previous hdloader.elf uncompressed is 2977840, an the new hdloader.elf that i found in the mule is 2977792. I not if it will have something to see.
Bye.

Awwww! did you remember where you did get that sjuncrunch? I had the exact same problems with some sjuncrunch version (resulting in a slightly bigger unconpressed file) and it took me three days until I realized that this unpacked version is broken.

http://www.nobis-crew.org/sjuncrunch.exe finally did a proper job.

edit: I ask about the url where you got the broken sjuncrunch.exe, because I don't remember where I got it, but I guess a notice to the site admin to take it down or replace it would save others some trouble.

[Smiff-n-Wessun]

What <G> said is the bottom line here, obviously!

But there really is a good reason for him being so strict about this, and everyone in this Forum should know that reason, so here it is:

HDLoader has been judged an illegal product by the courts of the USA.
This means that it is illegal to distribute this product in any way.
That includes both direct downloads on web pages, AND links to pages with such.

Any website which breaks against that rule may become involved in a legal battle against Sony,
and if the website is based in the USA, it may be closed down at once for distributing illegal products.
(The same may happen, though less certainly, to sites based in other countries.)

Best regards: dlanor

Since simply "Because..." wasnt doing it for me, im glad you broke it down.. It makes alot more sense now..

Just dont get how a site based on underground products and info.. Or any kind of circumvention hardware or software can be so strict on the HDLoader rule..

But oh well, them's the breaks.. Gotta love the site for what it is..

[dragon0707]

where does hdloader.elf come from the hdloader disk? i was wonder because i can not find hdloader.elf.... I have a hdloader disk... please help

[tl2k2]

i can acess the ftp and see my mc and hdd and i already have my hdloader.elf patched but can some one show me how to make boot without ps1disc in the tray........i heard some one tell me that put it on the mco:\boot folder and rename it to boot.elf but it doesn't work for me some how can some one please show me how...thanks

[Phe0nix]

You have it right. Made a directory in the root of the MC "mc\0\boot "and place your BOOT.ELF ( uppercase ) there and then hold down the Triangle on controller 1 to boot into Devolution mode 1. That is if you have a DMS3 mod. I'm not sure about other mods.

[Linabe]

This gotta be the best patch for me. I dont get to play with ps2 much, but the ability to do these mod on the apps makes the ps2 more fun than the games somehow. dont really care about the games but I check back here frequently to see what else i can do with a modded ps2.

[Selu]

Originally Posted by fuzzy

Awwww! did you remember where you did get that sjuncrunch? I had the exact same problems with some sjuncrunch version (resulting in a slightly bigger unconpressed file) and it took me three days until I realized that this unpacked version is broken.

I don't need sjuncrunch, becasue the hdloader.elf where i found is already uncompressed (2'84mb).

Bye

[Phe0nix]

You and i are the same. I never play any games.I just like to make the ps2 dance, thats the only reason i bought a ps2 was to mod it and tinker with the exploit and differents appz etc. I used to be a cabinet maker and you get the same feeling of accomplishment when you take a flat board and turn it into something beautifull and usefull.

[PS2onCrAcK]

DEV 1 mode
V9 NTSC ( GH-023 )
SCPH-5001
BROWSER 1.40
CD PLAYER 2.00
DRIVER 1.11
DVD PLAYER 3.00U
DMS3 + firmware 2.3


1. Used sjuncrunch to unpack to 2977792 bytes
2. Verified all hex values matched my HDL ver.
3. Patched with hdlpatch_0.1
4. Repacked with ps2-packer-0[1].4-win32 ( didn't use any arguments )
5. Created a dir @ m0:\boot and placed my patched file ( BOOT.ELF ) in that directory.

SYMPTOMS: When booting to patched HDL i now get past the splash screen without needing a PS1 game in the tray, but i get a black screen when trying to load any games.


Commands from DOS prompt:


C:\Documents and Settings\David>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>cd patching

c:\PATCHING

C:\PATCHING>SJUNCRUNCH FREE.ELF UNPACKEDFREE.ELF
Section #0: 661279 2973696 0 100000 661380
BLOCK: 67280 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 1865 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 154485 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 91362 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 78133 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 53443 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 74311 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 40335 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 26798 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 32549 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 36021 bytes --> 262144 bytes
BLOCK: 4697 bytes --> 90112 bytes

C:\PATCHING>HDLPATCH UNPACKEDFREE.ELF
HDLPatch done.

C:\PATCHING>ps2-packer.exe UNPACKEDFREE.ELF BOOT.ELF
PS2-Packer v0.4 (C) 2004 Nicolas "Pixel" Noble
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

Using special ucl-nrv2e asm (one section) stub
Compressing UNPACKEDFREE.ELF...
File compressed, from 2977792 to 629264 bytes, ratio = 78.87%



UPDATE:

1. I opened my .elf in a hex editor went to location 0x0000111c
and saw four bytes " 06 1a 04 0c" and changed the values to
" 00 00 00 00 " aka Disc Seek fix

2. I opened my .elf in a hex editor went to location 0x00001488
and saw four bytes " 2e 01 04 0c" and changed the values to
" 00 00 00 00 " aka copyright fix

RESULTS: I may now direct load without a PS1 disc in the tray nor
do i get any copyright message. I did this on both the Free HDL
and Kiyo's HDL ( contains orignal HDL splash screen ) without any
problems from either.


THANKS !!! Zero-X

Is this direct boot method only available to modded ps2 systems? If I can do this on an unmodded ps2 I think I will try to learn how to hex edit, I will be the first to admit I have no clue on how to program but I certainly want to learn and this whole thing with the hdl serves a pupose of helping keep from killing my wallet on buying constant replacements for my kids but also If I can make it work then it peaks my interest to throwing even more programs on my MC just to give more functionality to the ps2...in the end result I am looking to have the keylauncher program on there, hdl, media player, and i guess that's all untill i learn about more cool stuff...feel free to msg me on yahoo
Thanks in advance and for all of you that work on these programs I admire you and your hard work and wish i had an ounce of your talent. If any of you would like to help a beginner learn private messege me and I'll be happy to joing the game.