Install Mcboot Using Usb
Credit where credit is due: OLLis8h aka N73User who have made these instructions and created the necessary archives. I supply here a rewritten and English version of these instructions which were in German, and can be read in their original state at this link: Those who have the fat PS2 may also use the PS1 Exploit by pepsimax2k, found at: This guide is intended for those who have wound up with a Action Replay Max Evo disc with no media player. If you have a disc with Max Media Player, you’ll be better off following this guide by JNABK: For this guide one needs the following materials: -Action Replay Max Evo without media player -USB-drive, formatted in FAT32 -OLLis8h – FMCB v1.8 ARMax USB-Pack.rar -PS2 Memory card (I used the official 8Mb card) This guide will assist in the installation of Free McBoot v1.8. If another version is desired one should just swap the one in the archive with the other one (this is more precisely covered in the appropriate part of the guide). It goes without saying that you are 100% responsible for any damage you do to your equipment while following unofficial tutorials on the Internet. Although damaging anything when following this tutorial seems extremely unlikely. You probably want to get your hands dirty by now, so here are the instructions step-by-step: 1.
Extract the contents of OLLis8h – FMCB v1.8 ARMax USB Pack.rar into the root folder of the USB drive. If you don’t already have a file archiver, I suggest 7-Zip. The root of the USB-drive should contain:. INSTALL. MaxSettings.
00000180ActionRepl.max. codelist.bin.
FREEMCBOOT.ELF Optional step: Replace INSTALL and FREEMCBOOT.ELF with a different version. Boot up the Action Replay Max Evo disc in the PS2, without the USB-drive.
If prompted with «Internet Connection Detected. Do you wish to check online for updates?», press no. Open Settings (Lower right corner), allow the codelist to load.
Turn off «Automatic Update Prompt» then «Save and Exit». Now turn off the PS2 and connect your prepared USB-drive. Boot up the Action Replay Max Evo disc again, this time while the USB-drive is connected to USB-port 1. Open Max Memory. Select My devices, then choose the USB-drive as the primary device. Select «AR MAX Codelist ver.804409333» and copy to MC1. Press triangle to return to the primary device selection screen.
Choose the memory card. You should have two entries called «ActionReplayMAX Settings», delete the one which is 66Kb in size (Size of selected files is shown right above the file list). Press triangle to return to the primary device selection screen.
Choose the USB-drive. Select «ActionReplayMAX Settings» and uncrush to MC1. Reboot the PS2, still keeping the the disc inside and the USB connected. Choose Expert Mode from the main menu. Allow the codelist to load. On the following screen, choose ARMAX Evo.
Make sure «Running», «Payload 0000», and «Payload 0001» are all checked. Press start on the controller and choose «Start game (3 codes)» from the game launch window.
As the Action Replay Max Evo disc is already in, just press X on the next prompt. Action Replay Max will automatically reload the main menu. Now start Max Memory. The codes you just activated will run Free McBoot from the USBdrive upon starting Max Memory. (Don’t worry, you will still be able to use Max Memory after this when running the Action Replay Max Evo disc without the codes activated). You are done.
I strongly suggest formatting the memory card, but please keep in mind that this deletes everything on the memory card. Then install Free McBoot from the menu (I chose «multi version install»). You have my apologies for replying so late. Personally I did not encounter this problem. However, you got to the point where FreeMcBoot was starting up? From what I gathered you only had one ActionReplayMAXSettings file. Did you follow steps 2 through 5 exactly?
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I think that these steps may be there to create the first settings file. If you don’t mind, I would suggest formatting the memory card and USB drive and try again. The memory card needs to be formatted before installation of FreeMcBoot anyway.
Hey there guys, I have a bit of a question to ask and I tried looking at the Mcboot site with not a clear answer to the question. I spotted a adapter that allows you to plug your PS2 memory card into your PC via USB. There were no answers if it acted like a hard drive when using the adapter, but I was wondering if I could install Mcboot on a PS2 memory card using this method instead of a swap magic trick or sending it off to somebody I don't know. The closet thing I found was a Memor32 install guide, but it requires you use a modded PS2 card from the makers of Memor32, not just a simple PS2 to USB adapter. A detailed answer as to why it can or cannot work will be helpful. Thank you for your time and I hope any one of you can provide the answer I'm seeking. Nemo are you from europe?
If so send us your memory card and ill install it for you also i get why your cautious but you have nothing to worry about, all your details will be kept privateI'm an Amurikan living in the of land of the red, white, and blue (which makes me wonder, who copied who first, France or the U.S.?) Trust isn't the problem, I would also like to use the adapter for it's intended purpose (transfer saves for storage) on top of being able to install Free Mcboot. Ideally it was a thought of icing on the cake, which most of my ideas involve low expectations with a potential bonus (aka, using the A4-3400 as my new computer with the potential for playing a PS2 emulator. Thanks to that third core hack, the A6-3600 would have been a better option since the graphics card isn't powerful enough to play most of my personal collection and an extra two cores for the same wattage would have been sweet. Will probably buy that as an upgrade down the road if the FM2 aren't a better choice). Tangent aside, I was hoping for some confirmation on this thing.
If not, oh well, but it would be awesome to do that so I can return the favor and do the same for others. It would certainly make converting memory cards a lot faster with less hassle if this option was possible. I understand the bit about not being able to copy and paste, I was more curious about installing it via my PC. As in, having a PC program that can run.elf files and install it on my memory card in the same way people can install linux OS on their flash drive. I was thinking more along the line of that.
Still, it doesn't seem like it's going to work if nobody thinks it can. I'll give it a few more days before closing the thread if anybody else doesn't think it is possible.
Thanks for the help so far. I'm an Amurikan living in the of land of the red, white, and blue (which makes me wonder, who copied who first, France or the U.S.?) Trust isn't the problem, I would also like to use the adapter for it's intended purpose (transfer saves for storage) on top of being able to install Free Mcboot. Ideally it was a thought of icing on the cake, which most of my ideas involve low expectations with a potential bonus (aka, using the A4-3400 as my new computer with the potential for playing a PS2 emulator. Thanks to that third core hack, the A6-3600 would have been a better option since the graphics card isn't powerful enough to play most of my personal collection and an extra two cores for the same wattage would have been sweet. Will probably buy that as an upgrade down the road if the FM2 aren't a better choice).
Tangent aside, I was hoping for some confirmation on this thing. If not, oh well, but it would be awesome to do that so I can return the favor and do the same for others. It would certainly make converting memory cards a lot faster with less hassle if this option was possible.You can copy saves to and from with uLaunch once you've got FMCB installed, you just need a flash drive. I understand the bit about not being able to copy and paste, I was more curious about installing it via my PC.
As in, having a PC program that can run.elf files and install it on my memory card in the same way people can install linux OS on their flash drive. I was thinking more along the line of that. Still, it doesn't seem like it's going to work if nobody thinks it can. I'll give it a few more days before closing the thread if anybody else doesn't think it is possible.
Thanks for the help so far.I say no as well. If you tried to emulate a hacked copy of 007 like the normal way, then it would load a file directory of the USB devices connected to the emulated PS2. Unfortunately, this would be none becuase they are in your PC, not PS2. And even if you got that step figured out, you would have to somehow set up your physical mem card as an emulated one.FreeMcBoot is very specific to the mem card hardware and can therefore not be copied and pasted from one to the next. I say no as well.
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If you tried to emulate a hacked copy of 007 like the normal way, then it would load a file directory of the USB devices connected to the emulated PS2. Unfortunately, this would be none becuase they are in your PC, not PS2. And even if you got that step figured out, you would have to somehow set up your physical mem card as an emulated one.FreeMcBoot is very specific to the mem card hardware and can therefore not be copied and pasted from one to the next.
I agree and it is proven by the Mcboot guys it can't be done. I was asking about installing (as in, executing the.elf file) on the memory card when I use a PS2 to USB adapter to link it to my PC. I apologize if my intentions weren't clear, but that is what I'm asking. Upon further investigation, I saw you can run.elf files if you are using a Linux OS. With that in mind, would it be possible to run and install Free Mcboot to that PS2 memory card via Linux? I'm thinking it would be like installing a program to a specific hard drive, a portable one for example, instead of the standard C: section. I'm more than likely unable to do that, but the possibility intrigues me.
If it is possible, I will probably run Linux off my flash drive, then install it under Linux.