[ToolNila]

I'm sorry about the confusion. Here goes clearing things up....

I'm trying to install HDLoader onto my memory card so that I can direct-boot HDLoader from my card without using the HDLoader disc every time I want to play games from the HDD. I am trying to do this by compiling my own cue/bin onto a CD-R and running the CD-R on the PS2 so that the patched ELF will be installed onto the memory card. Since it’s going onto a memory card, I want it packed so that it takes up as little space as possible.

I have a working cue/bin of HDLoader ELF/INSTALL/SYSTEM that's meant to be booted from a CD-R into a memory card and was something that someone else put together. I used this package simply to extract INSTALL and SYSTEM so that I didn't have to write new entries for these two files for the patched version and left the ELF alone since the ELF from the cue/bin is only 658.26 KB (packed).

The patch program demands a particular HDLOADER.ELF that is 2977792 bytes in size, which I also have. So I patched THIS version with no disk seek, copyright remove, stop disc spinning, LBA 48-bit patch, date-time correction (/N, /C, /S, /L, /D), English language, NTSC default, but left the BMP fonts/Buttons/Box Colors alone.

I also used my own splash BMP (a picture of my Halloween costume!) and named it splash.bmp (no caps) and use HDLoader's default main.bmp. Then I saved the patched and packed ELF as "HDLOADER.ELF" in all cap's.

I used Nero to compile the image and burned it onto media (Imation) that I know is compatible with my V7 since I've used them many times before to install other app's.

The CD is used to install the ELF through DMS3’s memory card manager “Explorer” application and it’s the only way I know to boot the ELF onto the memory card. Trying to run the CD in the drive does NOT automatically boot the file onto the card, since I get a “Cannot read disc” message in the PS2’s browser (where it shows you the memory card icons).

When I load the ELF into the memory card via DMS3’s application, it installs successfully, but when I run HDLoader, all I get is a black screen that eventually goes back to the PS2 browser.

Now just so that it can be proof-read, INSTALL.CNF when opened with Notepad is:

HD Loader
mc0:\BOOT\HDLOADER\HDLOADER.ELF
_MKDIR mc0:\BOOT <--------- This line may be the problem??
_MKDIR mc0:\BOOT\HDLOADER
COPY cdrom0:\HDLOADER.ELF;1 mc0:\BOOT\HDLOADER\HDLOADER.ELF

SYSTEM.CNF is:

BOOT2 = cdrom0:\HDLOADER.ELF;1
VER = 1.10
VMODE = NTSC

I don’t know much at all about what the directions in the INSTALL/SYSTEM files mean, that’s why I took them from an unpatched HDLoader bin. I’m assuming that the CD is supposed to boot by itself since it’s got a SYSTEM file? Also, look at the line to which the red arrow's pointing, that line may be unnecessary? I haven’t tried using PS2cdGEN to build the image, maybe that’s one way that’s screwing things up.

I really hope this cleared up a few things. Please take a good look and perhaps reread this long-winded post and see what you can find.

Thank you so much,

ToolNila