Please test Taiko no Tatsujin HDD, Tekken 5 DVD, Tekken 4 DVD, Gundam DVD, Ridge Racer 5 CD
2x6's DVD or HDD clone to SSD/CF-IDE
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magicman
Student
I've only tried so far:
Fate Unlimited Codes - played fine
Ace Driver 3: Final Lap - need to setup my IONA-MP07 JVS I/O to something that matches this game
MotoGP - same as Ace Driver
I have a 246B and a 256, both with JAMMA(B) I/O boards as well as an INOA-MP07 with some custom maps. I have it mapped with Wangan Midnight I/O but it doesn't function with Ace Driver 3 or MotoGP
Fate Unlimited Codes - played fine
Ace Driver 3: Final Lap - need to setup my IONA-MP07 JVS I/O to something that matches this game
MotoGP - same as Ace Driver
I have a 246B and a 256, both with JAMMA(B) I/O boards as well as an INOA-MP07 with some custom maps. I have it mapped with Wangan Midnight I/O but it doesn't function with Ace Driver 3 or MotoGP
magicman
Student
Been trying Gundam vs Gundam NEXT on the same 8GB CF I have had success with, but with this one the game doesn't fully boot -- hangs at BOOT 02 message. Fate Unlimited Codes was doing similar when it was on too large of a CF card, which makes me think maybe the IMG file I wrote to the CF card is no good. I'll try with the CHD extracted version later today.
As for DVD/CD images, I'm not sure how much luck I'll have with those, the way the CF adapter is read is more like an HDD and not an optical disc ... but I'll try out a few methods to see where I get
As for DVD/CD images, I'm not sure how much luck I'll have with those, the way the CF adapter is read is more like an HDD and not an optical disc ... but I'll try out a few methods to see where I get
Actual Off
New User
Could you try out Cobra: The Arcade? It's an HDD game so hopefully should work.
DarkfireJosh
New User
@magicman
I've been trying to figure out how to CHD or Image Fates.
Have a Boot Dongle for Fates which seems to work, but can't figure out why the image won't take to the HDD.
Currently using:
New Original HDD WD800JB
CHD from archives. CHD command (as admin) extract to HDD
Everything copies and verifies on my PC but keep getting the blue screen error "Boot file not right" when trying to boot Fates on my Namco 246. It spins up and tries, goes from Boot 01, Boot 02, Boot 03, then black screen, then flashes Boot 03 again before going to error.
Also tried using Win Imager to write as an .IMG to the drive. Same results.
Am I missing a step?
Thanks in advance!
I've been trying to figure out how to CHD or Image Fates.
Have a Boot Dongle for Fates which seems to work, but can't figure out why the image won't take to the HDD.
Currently using:
New Original HDD WD800JB
CHD from archives. CHD command (as admin) extract to HDD
Everything copies and verifies on my PC but keep getting the blue screen error "Boot file not right" when trying to boot Fates on my Namco 246. It spins up and tries, goes from Boot 01, Boot 02, Boot 03, then black screen, then flashes Boot 03 again before going to error.
Also tried using Win Imager to write as an .IMG to the drive. Same results.
Am I missing a step?
Thanks in advance!
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has anyone determined a more reliable way to shrink the hdd image file size? I'm looking for a way to reliably shink these files for the new ATAPI ODE. as these 80GB image files eat up thumb drive space FAST.
I've found some tools like ntfsresize (for NTFS) or resize2fs (for ext3/4)
But I don't even know what the partition format is on these hdds.
I've found some tools like ntfsresize (for NTFS) or resize2fs (for ext3/4)
But I don't even know what the partition format is on these hdds.
@twistedsymphony there is no file system on these drives just an index table and assets. Just use hxd and snip it at 4GiB or linux:
dd if=bigfile.img of=smallfile.img bs=1G count=4
dd if=bigfile.img of=smallfile.img bs=1G count=4
HDemon
Professional
From my experience blue screen with "Boot file not right" is when dongle is dead or have bad connection caused by dirt or PCB inside the dongle is loose. Also check your HDDs setting on back of it. IIRC it should be on MASTER.
DarkfireJosh
New User
Appreciate the info. Dongle was taken apart and cleaned. Tried in both my Namco 246 and Namco 256 (On 246+ mode) and get the same results. I've tried multiple images from the archives, including the .IMG file defor had posted from their personal collection, which was the full 80 gb.
The back of the HDD has been changed from Cable select to Master and makes no difference.
Idk if the dongle got corrupted somehow during the process, but the card was flashed from an original Time Crisis 3 dongle, to a Fate Unlimited Codes Dongle. All other cards that were flashed work fine, except this one. I can't tell if it's the dongle or the HDD at this point, as he couldn't test the dongle for Fates, as he didn't have a HDD to test.
@twistedsymphony you could do an entropy search but I use hxd and search for large repeating sections of 0xff or 0x00.
I think you can test the dongle read first.Then you must see this screen.
And I suggest you use this syntax to convert chd to img.
for /r %%i in (*.chd) do chdman extracthd -i "%%i" -o "%%~ni.img"
and finally use HDDRawCopy1.20Portable.exe to write the img image to your 80GB IDE hard disk.
Of course, you can also download the img format file directly.
NM00048 FUD1-HDD0-A (HDD).img.gz
after scrolling through hex in HxD I decided to ask ChatGPT to give me a python script to find the last non 00 or non FF byte and give me the size of the file up to that point:
it then intuited that I would want to truncate the file and gave me a script for that too
Code:
import os
import sys
def find_last_useful_byte(file_path, block_size=1024 * 1024):
try:
file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
except OSError as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
return 0
with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
offset = file_size
while offset > 0:
read_size = min(block_size, offset)
offset -= read_size
f.seek(offset)
block = f.read(read_size)
for i in reversed(range(len(block))):
byte = block[i]
if byte != 0x00 and byte != 0xFF:
last_useful_offset = offset + i + 1 # +1 makes it size-like
print(f"Last useful byte offset: {last_useful_offset}")
print(f"Size of useful data: {last_useful_offset / (1024*1024):.2f} MB")
return last_useful_offset
print("No useful data found (file is all 0x00 or 0xFF)")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print("Usage: python find_last_useful_byte.py <filename>")
sys.exit(1)
filename = sys.argv[1]
find_last_useful_byte(filename)it then intuited that I would want to truncate the file and gave me a script for that too
Code:
import sys
import os
def truncate_file(file_path, target_size):
try:
original_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
except OSError as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
return
if target_size > original_size:
print(f"Error: Target size ({target_size} bytes) is larger than file size ({original_size} bytes).")
return
try:
with open(file_path, "ab") as f:
f.truncate(target_size)
print(f"File truncated to {target_size} bytes ({target_size / (1024 * 1024):.2f} MB).")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error while truncating: {e}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print("Usage: python truncate_file.py <filename> <target_size_in_bytes>")
sys.exit(1)
filename = sys.argv[1]
try:
target_size = int(sys.argv[2])
except ValueError:
print("Error: target_size must be an integer.")
sys.exit(1)
truncate_file(filename, target_size)
chacal231077
Grand Master
Hi!
I think you'd need the PlayStation 2's file explorer tools to explore hard drives, so you'd definitely need to connect it to a PS2 and test with FreeHDBoot or some such software perhaps?
I think you'd need the PlayStation 2's file explorer tools to explore hard drives, so you'd definitely need to connect it to a PS2 and test with FreeHDBoot or some such software perhaps?
I don't think that's right. the PS2 HDD has an actual file system on it and I believe it's a completely different interface than the one the 2x6 is using.
Now that we have the script, what should we do next to reduce the weight of the img image?after scrolling through hex in HxD I decided to ask ChatGPT to give me a python script to find the last non 00 or non FF byte and give me the size of the file up to that point:
Code:import os import sys def find_last_useful_byte(file_path, block_size=1024 * 1024): try: file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path) except OSError as e: print(f"Error: {e}") return 0 with open(file_path, "rb") as f: offset = file_size while offset > 0: read_size = min(block_size, offset) offset -= read_size f.seek(offset) block = f.read(read_size) for i in reversed(range(len(block))): byte = block[i] if byte != 0x00 and byte != 0xFF: last_useful_offset = offset + i + 1 # +1 makes it size-like print(f"Last useful byte offset: {last_useful_offset}") print(f"Size of useful data: {last_useful_offset / (1024*1024):.2f} MB") return last_useful_offset print("No useful data found (file is all 0x00 or 0xFF)") return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 2: print("Usage: python find_last_useful_byte.py <filename>") sys.exit(1) filename = sys.argv[1] find_last_useful_byte(filename)
it then intuited that I would want to truncate the file and gave me a script for that too
Code:import sys import os def truncate_file(file_path, target_size): try: original_size = os.path.getsize(file_path) except OSError as e: print(f"Error: {e}") return if target_size > original_size: print(f"Error: Target size ({target_size} bytes) is larger than file size ({original_size} bytes).") return try: with open(file_path, "ab") as f: f.truncate(target_size) print(f"File truncated to {target_size} bytes ({target_size / (1024 * 1024):.2f} MB).") except Exception as e: print(f"Error while truncating: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 3: print("Usage: python truncate_file.py <filename> <target_size_in_bytes>") sys.exit(1) filename = sys.argv[1] try: target_size = int(sys.argv[2]) except ValueError: print("Error: target_size must be an integer.") sys.exit(1) truncate_file(filename, target_size)
I'm working on it and will post once I have information for you all.
DarkfireJosh
New User
Yea mine does some of that, but stops at Boot 3.I think you can test the dongle read first.Then you must see this screen.
And I suggest you use this syntax to convert chd to img.
for /r %%i in (*.chd) do chdman extracthd -i "%%i" -o "%%~ni.img"
and finally use HDDRawCopy1.20Portable.exe to write the img image to your 80GB IDE hard disk.
Of course, you can also download the img format file directly.
NM00048 FUD1-HDD0-A (HDD).img.gz
Mine doesn't do the "ReEngine" or sound initializing that you showed. It just does Boot 03, then goes black, then the blue screen.
Im using a WD800JB which I was told is better quality than the WD800BB that was original equipment. Idk if that makes a difference but it's still 80gb.
I think I used the HDDRawCopy tool to make the last image file I tried. But I'll check when I get home. And I'll test that script as well to be sure it's not what I was already doing.
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HDemon
Professional
If you have PS3 memory card adaptor PM and I will try to fix your dongle