Demo disk swap

[FuNkY MoOsE]

ok, after 2 days extensive googling, this method described here: http://ps2dev.org/kb.x?T=593 is the only way I've found to get custom stuff to run on the ps2 that doesn't nessicarly require anything else than what came with the ps2 and a cd burner. Now, that said, you do have to have the demo disk is lists, which I dont, mine is PBPX-95506, which is a DVD rom. From what I can gather, the demo disk (95205) in the article is a CD rom.

Ok, now to the questions,

is it possible for me to use the demo disk that came with my ps2 for such a boot procedure?

if not, can I get this to work with any other ps2 demo disks?

thirdy, on a completly unrelated note, being in australia (where its illegal to sell mod chips I beleive), what would be the best modding option, or way to aquire and get a mod chip isntalled.

[Oobles]

The demo disk boot method is incredibly old, and yes it does require a CD-rom; A DVD will not work afaik.

Your best option is using theh ps2-independence exploit. This exploit allows you to boot any code from a memory card. The only problem then is how do you get your own code onto the memory card. You can buy off the shelf an Xport in Australia(I got mine from harvey norman) which allows you to move save games from PC to PS2. You can then load a program like ps2link onto your memory card and away you go.

Hope that helps get you started.
Oobles.

PS The other option is find someone who does have a modchip and use nPort to load your memory card.

[mharris]

I was able to get the independence exploit working using sjeep's installer... can't find the URL right now, but IIRC it was on mrbrown's site.

Tweak the files as needed: title.db to add your PS1 title to the list, and edit the net config file to reflect your local network settings. Again, Marcus's site has all the details.

Make a BIN/CUE file or whatever's needed for your burn program, and burn to CD using XA.

I was able to get this working using Swap Magic, dunno if any other utils will work, but I'm fairly confident that Action Replay MAX will *NOT* work for this.

[AntiPasta]

I have to go through the sjeep's installer cd-r route too... I did know of the titles.db (I managed to make one :)) but what's the net config file? I couldnt find *any* info on it in the readme (and 0xd6.org is down)

[mharris]

I have to go through the sjeep's installer cd-r route too... I did know of the titles.db (I managed to make one :)) but what's the net config file? I couldnt find *any* info on it in the readme (and 0xd6.org is down)

Sorry, I was just rattling stuff off from memory. I should have been more specific.

When the exploit is installed onto the memory card, it places several files in the "system config" directory (this is mc0:/BADATA-SYSTEM on mine -- I think it's region-specific). On the exploit installer, these are all in the FILES subdir:

• titles.db
• boot.elf, the ps2link ee executable which gets loaded at boot
• several IRXes (iop modules -- think of them as device drivers) to communicate with the net adapter
• ipconfig.dat (the "net config" file I mentioned earlier)

The format of the ipconfig.dat is uber simple -- it tell's ps2link the values to set for the ps2's IP address, the subnet mask, and the default gateway. There's no DHCP support, but that really shouldn't be a problem for anyone except the clueless.

I think the default is:

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192.168.1.23 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1

(addr=192.168.1.23; netmask=255.25.255.0; gw=192.168.1.1)

Before you burn the CD, set it to whatever's appropriate for your installation. For example, I had to tweak mine because I can't use the 192.168.0.0 network here (conflicts with VPN at work), so I use "10.10.2.101 255.255.255.0 10.10.2.1" -- 10.10.2.1 is the IP of my router.

Make sure you burn the cd in CD/XA format, and good luck.

[AntiPasta]

Thanks!
So I can just burn the files with Nero for instance? There's no licensing, patching or LBA-messing involved?
(sorry, already blew too much of those expensive 8cm CD-R's on it)