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geeting the linux kit is as far as you can go when it comes to turning a ps2 to a pc

i just got my real ps2 drive today and was wondering if ther is any word on copying files from a pc to the hdd. stuff i found out about by playing with it win xp sees a scsi adaptor formats like a reguler drive and the ps2 cant read ntfs :lol: ps2 hdd software reformats it back to the proper format ...

seriously i have a scph-50001 that boots ps1 games and ps2 cdroms put with dvd ps2 games and movies i get the good ole "disk read error".
iv mesed the wite gear cleaned the lens bla bla bla.

iv had only two ps2s apart but i have never seen any jumper in a ps2

is ther a way to get a 2nd drive to boot a ps2 game?
my guess is no.

well looks like my experments are over till i get the right tools or learn how to program #2 is highly unlikely.
if some one does have a image im still willing to try.

thanks mrbrown

i just whant a ps1 mem card image becasue i can wright ps1 images to a card from my computer then take that to my ps2 and copy it to a ps2 card

thats what i was afrade of :? my current goal is the BADATA-SYSTEM.npo file on a ps1 memcard but none of the software that i have and found will soport that. any ideals? or if any one has the ablity to put the file on a ps1 mem card and can creat a image of the card could please e-mail me a image? t...

im looking for some info on mem cards to copy data to and from my pc from my lpt port. i can all ready do this with ps1 cards. that leads me to belive thers a way to do it with ps2 cards. i found this http://www.modchipman.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=78 but i think it will be much more ...

ok well no my goal is to try to get this file on a ps1 mem card using a play saver. if you whant to build one here you go http://members.aol.com/playsaver/

thanks

my reason for doing this is just to do it and learn more about how it works and i got my network adaptor before FFXI so i dont whant to buy a game that i will never play. from what i hear the game will not work with out the hdd so i cant sell it. i feel that i or any one else should not have to buy ...

Drakonite (You don't need a dms mod to use the dms hdd format util.)

how do i boot my ps2 to use this util?[/list]

try #2 i put a linux filesystem on the 15 GB still no go try #3 i but my girlfrends 60 GB in and nothing. good thing she is not home :) when i boot the ps2 with the hdd setup disk before it say ther is no hdd installed it the hdd makes sounds like it is being read from. so my thery is that it is loo...

well i got my hdd utility disk today and still nothing my hdd lite comes on so does the hdd acces lite on the left side of the ps2 but the soft ware say ther is no drive installed the drive i am useing is a maxtor 15GB dirve. ?????? my ps2 is not modded so the dms hdd format util wont work but it do...

i dont know how to program :cry: so if some on builds a format util for win9x let me know.


i know a lot more about how the ps2 hdd works
thanks alot guys

the sony software formats the drive?
so if i was to say put a fat32 or what ever filesystem on the HDD.
the sony software could in a way un do that and slap the ps2 filesystem back on the drive?

thank for your help

im wondering what kind of file system the ps2 uses and if can be wrote to an hdd from a pc. my take on the hd is that is a standerd (d540x-4d maxtor hd) with propriatery firmware so all i need it the firmware and a way to flash the eprom on the d540x-4d. http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/ata/desktop...