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Install CFG USB Loader
Posted by blastermak on Mon, August 8th, 2011 at 22:48 - 1 Comments

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DO NOT UPDATE YOUR WII VIA THE ONLINE UPDATE OR FROM A GAME DISK
So, this is my tutorial on how to install CFG loader on a clean Wii. You will be required to have the homebrew channel installed, tutorial for this can be found here.
General knowledge about IOS/cIOSes and what you are doing is recommended. Info can be found here. Downloads can be found at the bottom of the page. I am not providing you the IOSes, use NUS or use the built-in downloader.

Why USB loading?
Well, you choose USB loading for a couple of things: Faster loading times compared to disc loading. No disc swapping. A lot of games on your HDD. No more worrying if your Wii can read the scratched discs. And these are just a few pros.

Where to start?
Well, to begin you need to the homebrew channel installed and general knowledge about what we're doing would be great too. Links about that can be found at the top. So to start we need a few things ready. Your Wii, an SD card and internet. When you have these things, which shouldn't be hard , we can begin. Just follow this guide from top to bottom

IOS236
Things you need to download for this bit: IOS 236 v6 installer. When you have no internet connection use NUS downloader to download IOS36-64-v3351.wad via download Title "0000000100000024 v3351" The first thing we do is install IOS236. IOS236 is basically the gateway to installing cIOSes in the stubbed slots when on firmware 4.0+. Now unzip the installer onto your SD card and you should have a x:/apps/IOS236/boot.dol and a x:/apps/IOS236/meta.xml where x refers to your SD card letter. Eject the SD card from your computer and put it into your Wii. Boot up the homebrew channel and you should see a banner with IOS236 on your screen. Point or select it, press A and press Start. Read the messages that pass by and press 1. If you have a working internet connection on your Wii select 'Download IOS from NUS' otherwise select 'Load IOS from SD card'. Confirm with A and when asked press A again. You should now be faced with a question, choose your answer wisely and press the correct button. The installation will now continue and finish. Congratulations, you have now installed a modified IOS36 into slot 236.

d2x
Things to download: d2x cIOS Installer v2.2 IOS56-64-v5661.wad and IOS57-64-v5918.wad when you don't have internet access on you Wii. When I originally installed my USB loader, this step had you install IOS249. With the coming of d2x, we no longer have to do this. The main reason you want to install d2x instead of IOS249 is that d2x can handle IOS reloading. The best example of a game doing this, is Metroid Prime Trilogy. It reloaded the IOSes when you selected which game you chose, with IOS249 you had to select which game you wanted when you booted. So, when you install d2x you should have no problems with games do reload IOSes. d2x is really versatile as it can be installed in many slots. For this tutorial we are going to install into the following slots: IOS248 with base 56 and IOS247 with base 57, these slots have been selected for the best compatibility. To begin unrar the package onto your SD card so that you get: x:/apps/d2x installer v2.2/boot.dol and a x:/apps/d2x installer v2.2/meta.xml. When you have no internet connection copy IOS56-64-v5661.wad and IOS57-64-v5918.wad to the root of the SD card. Boot up the homebrew channel and select d2x installer v2.2. Press the A button at the start screen. Choose IOS236 when asked, it should be selected by default. To install d2x into slot 248 you should do the following: Select the latest version of d2x, selected by default. Select IOS56 for the base. Select IOS248 for the install slot. Push A to accept and run the installer. When the installer is done press A to return to the menu. Now we're going to install d2x into slot 247. For the next step do this: Select the latest version of d2x, selected by default. Select IOS57 for the base. Select IOS247 for the install slot. Push A to accept and run the installer. When the installer is done press A to return to the homebrew channel.

Hermes' IOS222/223 (optional)
Things to download: Hermes' uLoader installer v5.1 link This bit is optional because the d2x installation takes care of everything, so the IOSes installed here aren't used much anymore. Give this one a go if you want to do a full installation or if d2x doesn't work with your hard disk. To begin remove all GameCube controllers and memory cards. DO NOT IGNORE THIS Unrar the installer to your SD card and check if you have x:/apps/cios_installer/boot.dol Start the installer via the homebrew channel and wait for the warning message to go away. For the installation select to use IOS236 and press A. Select to Custom IOS224v65535 and push A, select IOS37 to use and accept with A. Wait for the download to complete and press 1 to install.

USB loader
Things to download: The latest version of CFG loader First thing to choose is the way you format your hard drive. You have four options, WBFS, FAT, NTFS and ext. I will explain these for a bit. WBFS WBFS was the first format supported by the USB loaders. This filesystem is quite outdated and has some instabilities when deleting games. When you format your HDD this way you can only use it for storing Wii games, nothing else. I don't recommend this filesystem. FAT This is the most flexible format. You can store Wii games and other files on it and it is supported by every OS. Minor drawback is the 4GB filesize limit. You won't encounter problems when installing games as the loader automatically splits and/or scrubs them. When formatting your drive in FAT you should use an external tool like GParted because Windows won't create a large enough drive. NTFS NTFS is mostly used when having large drives. Not every OS supports this format and CFG has some case sensitivity problems on NTFS. When using one you need to add several lines to config.txt or meta.xml or use the tool supplied. More info on how to do this on the end. ext Ext covers ext2, ext3 and ext4. Ext support is quite new and therefore can have bugs. Currently ext is read-only, so you can't install games via USB loaders. My recommended choice is NTFS but it all depends on what you like. To start unzip the package to your SD card so you end up with x:/usb-loader and x:/apps/USBLoader/boot.dol If you get the IOS249 is a stub message do the steps shown below.

config.txt/meta.xml/configurator
The best way to get rid of the 'IOS249 is a stub' error is to use the configurator to select a different IOS to boot. The settings for this can be found under Global Settings 3. From here select IOS248 and check the box. After that select the Meta Arguments tab and check Global Options 3 there. Click write meta.xml and choose x:/apps/USBLoader/meta.xml You can also edit the meta.xml directly. Open the file in notepad and search for </app> near the end of the file. Add this <arguments><arg>ios=248</arg></arguments> before </apps>. Save meta.xml and you're done.