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scorpion225 (27-09-2001 10:20):
Now to you Pogs:
........me exacly what you have done whith the data, EXACTLY every point!
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ok here's exactly what i did:
- ripped the GDROM with DC coders cable using TerraTerm and DCRIP.
- got 3 tracks in the end - track03.iso.gz, track04.raw.gz and track05.iso.gz
- used eo to extract the iso and raw tracks.
- extracted the iso with "extract.exe" (extract track03.iso track05.iso 548718 <--sector of last track from Terraterm)
btw, all games that i've ripped had a short first track (track03) and then the audio tracks (if CDDA) and then the main data track. MHPBMX had it's main data track as the first (track03) and the last track (track05) is the short one. i don't know if that makes any difference but i just thought i mention that just in case that info may be of use.
- after the files have been extracted. i took out IP.BIN, 1ST_READ.BIN and GINXFER.BIN from the DATA directory (Selfboot Toolkit).
- i downsampled all the SFD files using MPEG2VCR to DeMultiplex it, Cinepack to convert the .ADX files to .WAV and then DC Movie Creator to encode the downsampled movies (rates are - video: 2100 kbits/sec , audio:22050Hz, MonoL+R)
original total size of all the SFD files were 539MB and after downsampling the new total is now 298MB which is ok because everything will now fit in 80min CD-R (approx 675MB total).
- using Echelon's tutorial i burned the first session on CD-R (AUDIO.RAW) using cdrecord.
- got the MSINFO number from cdrecord which in this case was 11702.
- ran DAHACK on 1ST_READ.BIN and GINXFER.BIN (dahack binfile 11702) but dahack only modified 1ST_READ.BIN and ignored GINXFER.BIN. i remember one of the games i ripped before (can't remember the title tho') had ginxfer.bin as well and dahack modified it.
- BINHACK on 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN.
- copied over the modified 1ST_READ.BIN and the untouched GINXFER.BIN back to the data directory.
- created the data iso using mkisofs.exe
- inserted the bootstrap IP.BIN into the data iso using IPINS.EXE
- burned the created data iso as the second track on the CD-R.
- tried it on the DC....it boots but after the S**A logo screen the game somehow detects that it's a copy so it resets to the DC menu.
well this is pretty much what i do to make a backup and they all work like a charm. this is the first time i got stuck. i'm sure more hacking needs to be done but i don't know how to do that. so any help will be great.
thanks again!