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Solution
okay, heres the deal:
many new dcs have a bios change that prevents it from reading cdrs that contain audio (audio boot data in this case) before the game data. this presents a small problem. especially considering that all the older echelon self-boots do this.
the solution is to use Xeal's Bin2Boot, which places the data before audio. some of the new rips use this anyway, but what about all those old games you have laying around?
well, heres what you do:
1) rip a cdi image from your "backup" with discj
2)use CDIRip to get a bin/cue from the .cdi
3)use ISOBuster to get the files out of the bin
4)Using IPBIN4WIN, create an IP file which corresponds to the game. It normally needs to be pointing at the 1st_read.bin file, or perhaps a different file if it is a WinCE game. A WinCE game can be detecting by checking if it has a 'WinCE' directory on the CD. If so, make sure you take this in to account when creating the IP file.
5)Now you'll need a tool called 'mkisofs'. It is included in the selfboot toolkit. Create an ISO from the files you have extracted, and the IP.BIN in the root directory. Make sure you use an offset of 0,0 *NOT* 0,11700.
6)simply use bin2boot on the iso
this is the working, tested method circulating right now. some people claim, that after step three, you can just go straight into CDRWIN and pick "build an iso image", then go straight to bin2boot - this in fact, does work...but some people have reported occasional problems with the latter method.
now, these new dcs haven't gotten full market penetration yet. many stores have an inventory that includes dcs from before christmas. these newer dcs are mostly appearing in small European stores, and in some Wal-Marts in America. walking into your local electronics store, as of today, you have about a 70% chance that you will be lucky and get the old kind.
okay, i think i win a trophy or somehting for actually posting a useful reply in these forums....mabye all of your firstborn children will suffice.
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