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Custom Boot2!

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The great Wiigator (author of the Wii and GC backup launchers) offers us a cBoot2!
/!\ WARNING /!\ this only looks like a trial version! He strongly recommends making a backup of your NAND with BootMii beforehand!

From what I've understood, it's about patching boot2. With this cBoot2, starting from BootMii, you go to the SD menu icon, you launch a homebrew like Wad Manager by Waninkoko modified by Wiigator, which is included in the file to download. This program would allow launching IOS with a "sign bug".
The cBoot2 is configured for Wii PAL!

Here is the Readme:
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cBoot2
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Author: WiiGator

WARNING: You need to make a NAND backup with Bootmii before using this tool.
This is required to recover on fatal errors.

Purpose: Start patched IOS without installing using Bootmii loader. The
original bootmii doesn't support to modify the file system. With this
package you get around this problem.
As example the wad manager from Waninkoko is in the package included,
because programs need a small patch to use the full features. Waninkoko
was not responsible for this. I used it, because it is a nice example of
what this package can do. Using this package you can install old IOS version
which include the sign bug, which is needed for some applications.
Note: You need just to extract an old game disc to get the wad files.
First you need to select uninstall and then install in the wad manager.

What does it?
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This archive include tools for patching Boot2. The patched file is installed
to SD "/bootmii/armboot.bin". The file can be started by the Bootmii
loader.

cBoot2Installer installs "/bootmii/armboot.bin" to the SD card.

You need to copy the files on the SD card. The installers also try to download
the files, but the files are not available for download (Maybe in future).

Installation:
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Copy all files in directory sdroot to the SD card. You will see "startup.elf",
"boot.dol" and the directories in the root of the SD card. Then you need to
copy additonal files into the given directory structure. The additional files
are not included in the package.

For running cBoot2Installer you need the following directory structure on
your front SD card (the first colum is the SHA1 sum):
6160899be53f177836b62b524251f183f78be8be /00000001/00000024/v1042/cetk
6571655cad06c110c8895e910ff3fe307da1c52e /00000001/00000024/v1042/00000004
bd0f4fc7dfe0d8f137549eb36fbfd56b3dae84ee /00000001/00000001/v2/00000000.app
932ee88b8a63c6ac0856b222ae06acec77dc33ae /00000001/00000001/v2/tmd.2
ace0f15d2a851c383fe4657afc3840d6ffe30ad0 /00000001/00000001/v2/cetk

The files in directory v2 are Boot2. You need to extract BOOT2-v2-64.wad.out.wad.
Note: /00000001/00000001/v2/00000000.app is decrypted.

After cpoying the files, you need to run the cBoot2Installer to get the
file "/bootmii/armboot.bin" on the SD card.

Download links:
###############

The SDI module can be loaded here:
https://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/downlo ... 00024/cetk
https://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/downlo ... 4/00000004

Files need to be copied to SD /00000001/00000024/v1042/.

How it works?
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cBoot2Installer will install a ARM boot binary to "/bootmii/armboot.bin" on
the SD card.
This is started by the Bootmii loader (put in SD card and power on the wii).
This will:
1. Copy SD "/startup.elf" to NAND "/tmp/cboot2/ppcboot.elf".
2. Search for an IOS starting with IOS36 and going down to IOS3.
3. It will patch the kernel of the IOS to include the sign bug and
will add the abilty to remove an installed IOS.
4. The patched kernel will be written to MEM2 RAM.
5. Start file "/tmp/cboot2/ppcboot.elf" from NAND on Broadway.
6. Start IOS on Starlet.
7. Broadway will then load the file "boot.dol" from SD and start it.
8. In this example the wad manager is started. The file is patched to
not load a different IOS. All executables need such a patch. Or you
will miss the main feature this package.

NOTE: The NAND "/tmp" directory will be deleted automatically when an IOS is started.

NOTE: libfat can crash if no SD card is inserted, when trying to create a new directory.
Here is what Wiigator wrote:
Wiigator wrote:WARNING: You need to make a NAND backup with Bootmii before using this tool.
This is required to recover from fatal errors.

cBoot2 is a patched Boot2. You should be able to install a patched IOS if Bootmii is installed at boot2 location. You need to remove the GC memory card from slot 2 if you run this.

Note: This package is only needed for people, who have updated without return and lost all downgrade capabilities. You will need a boot1 with a sign bug to use it.

Purpose: Start patched IOS without installing using Bootmii loader. The
original Bootmii doesn't support to modify the file system. With this
package you get around this problem.

The description is included in the file.

https://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5924

I am not sure if this will work on all systems. Please give me some response, if this is working.

EDIT: It is configured for PAL. It should changed the mode when boot.dol is started.

Translation provided by Dosce:

WARNING: Make a backup of your NAND with Bootmii before using this tool. This is required to recover from fatal errors.

cBoot2 is a patched Boot2. You should be able to install a patched IOS if Bootmii is installed where boot2 is located. You need to remove the GC memory card from slot 2 if you run this application.

Note: This package is only useful for people who have updated with no way back and lost all downgrade compatibility. You will need a boot1 with a "sign bug" to use it.

Purpose: Launch the patched IOS without installing a Bootmii loader. The original Bootmii doesn't support modifying a file system. With this package you'll get around this problem.

The description is included in this file.

https://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5924

I'm not sure it works on all systems. Please give me some feedback if it works.

EDIT: It is configured for PAL. It should change mode when boot.dol is launched.

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Re: Custom Boot2!

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It's good to see that Wiigator is still working on the wii.

Thanks for the news ;)
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Re: Custom Boot2!

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Ah finally a news, and not just any one either!

Thanks TheCoco ;)
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Great, Thanks Dosce! ;)

I'm adding it to my first post.
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Re: Custom Boot2!

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Nice news TheCoCo8, that's going to please quite a few people ^^
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Yes but we don't know exactly what it's worth for now! I think we need to wait a bit more for feedback on GBATemp and elsewhere!
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I figured, well personally I haven't installed bootmii yet :°

I'm waiting for a version that's stable across the board, even though this version doesn't risk anything.
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What I'm mostly waiting for with bootmii is a way to uninstall it, because I don't know, isn't boot2 specific to each wii? shouldn't we back it up so we can restore it?
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Re: Custom Boot2!

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hi everyone my wii is totally bricked is there any chance the bootv2 from wiigator can restore my wii because with bootmii I can't!! did it need to be installed before the brick??? in my opinion it's the same for wiigator's bootv2!!!!!
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No it won't be able to do anything... you would have needed to put BootMii before, yes!
And this Custom Boot2 won't be of any use, sorry.
But if you installed Starfall or the preloader and the cIOSCorp, there might be a way to recover your Wii!
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I had installed starfall, the preloader as well as cioscorp v2 but while thinking about 4.0 my wii rebooted and then nothing at all!!!! unless it's the wii's graphics chip!!
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Wiigator updated his cBoot2 and moves to version 16!
I updated my first post, with a video and a bit more explanation! ;)
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Re: Custom Boot2!

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Hello!

I would need the armboot.bin, if someone would kindly send it to me....

I can't do it myself! (for more information, see this: questions-aide-wii/pack-cboot2-complet-t2673.html )

Thanks in advance!
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