Open Loader Tutorial Mac OSX Using

Open Loader Tutorial Mac OSX Using

For a long time a known trick has been to update SMB on Mac OSX using SMBUp.

The image settings are found in the docker-compose.yml, and an example can be found in this reposity.

Replace the Volume.

If you want to change the mount point in the container, you also need to modify the smb.conf - more on that later.

If guest access is not wanted, replace the guest ok yes with valid users joe, joe being the user defined above.

Heres a link to the release thread for current versions of FreeMcBoot in case you need to update.) HDLGameInstaller setup First, in order to run the HDLGameInstaller client on your Mac youll need WINE.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log In Sign Up User account menu 12 Tutorial: Soft-modding a PS2 Fat and installing games to the hard drive from a Mac or Linux PC.

As a Mac user I wanted a process I could do without access to Windows.

This guide shows a path to a fully functioning PS2 with a hard drive that can be followed by Mac or Linux users.

Im focusing on Mac but the steps should be basically the same for Linux.

Goals: End result is a soft-modded PS2 and the ability to load ISOs onto it via a Mac or Linux PC This guide never require booting into Windows or having access to a Windows PC.

Where Windows software is unavoidable, I only use Windows software that runs simply and easily via WINE.

Limitations There are several things many other guides will suggest that we cant do on a Mac: There is no way Ive been able to find to readwrite to a PS2 formatted HDD over USBSATA on a Mac.

Because we wont be able to copy games over USBSATA well need a good way to copy them to the PS2 over Ethernet.

This means we NEED BOTH a working Ethernet port AND and a working hard drive in our PS2 at the same time.

This is why I suggest modding an official network adapter to accept SATA drives.

You could also do everything in this guide with an unmodified network adapter and an IDE hard drive, but I wouldnt recommend it.) We are limited to tools that work on Mac natively or via WINE.

Many popular tools like HDLDump Helper GUI dont work correctly via WINE on Mac.

Though HDLDump Helper GUI may work on Linux.) OverviewTL;DR Install SATA network adapter mod and SATA HDD Use uLaunchElf to format the hard drive Install HDLGameInstaller on USB stick (Ive had trouble running it from a memory card) Install WINE on Mac Run HDLGameInstaller on PS2 and HDLGManClient.exe on Mac (via WINE) to copy over games via network Enjoy What we need: SATA adapter board for PS2 Network Adapter 18 with (slow) free shipping from China Pre-made FreeMcBoot memory card 8 on eBay Fat PS2 Official PS2 Network Adapter (NOT a 3rd party SATA clone, we need working Ethernet) SATA hard drive, up to 1TB USB drive, any size Philips and Torx T6 (star shaped) screw drivers.

An Ethernet cord If youre considering following this guide, Id suggest you go buy the SATA mod board right away.

I cant find any current US sellers for it so youll need to order it from China via AliExpress or eBay, so shipping is SLOOOOW.

If you prefer not to buy a pre-made FreeMcBoot memory card it should be possible to set one up yourself (or skip it entirely) by imaging your HDD with FreeHDBoot, but thats currently outside the scope of this guide.

At a minimum we need access to OpenPS2Loader and uLaunchElf, which should come preinstalled on any FCMB memory card.

Install the Network Adapter Mod Follow the instructions on the AliExpress order page to modify the network adapter.

Youll need a Torx (star-shaped) T6 sized screw driver for part of this.

If you prefer a video, heres a decent overview of installing the mod.

Not my video.) The main thing to be careful about is to make sure you use the ribbon cable that comes with the mod board, NOT the stock one from your network adapter.

Heres what it will look like once completed If youre using an IDE hard drive obviously you can skip this step.

Install your HDD in your PS2 and format it Plug in your hard drive and network adapter, and boot up your PS2 with your FCMB memory card inserted.

Press R1 to bring up the menu, then choose Format to format your HDD.

This will erase any existing data on the hard drive) (If you get an error while formatting you may need to update FreeMcBootuLaunchELF on your memory card.

My card came with with uLaunchELF v4.43a with a July 2017 build date, which worked fine, but some older versions of v4.43a had a bug that caused formatting to fail.

According to the update notes, any version from 6182017 on should work.

Alternately, pre-v4.43 versions like v4.42eHDD should also work.

Open Ps2 Loader Tutorial