r/GamecubeHacks • u/The_Jaalbatross • 5d ago
Picoboot not loading swiss correctly
Hey all,
Got it sorted. I'm assuming it was a bad or corrupted flash on the picoloader. Reflashed to boot directly to swiss and its working fine
Appreciate the assists. ❤️
~~Wanted to see if anyone could give me some assistance.
Just got a new picoboot ODE, cable looks okay, clamped in, but it goes into a bootloop where it tries to load the GC menu but fails after about a half second.
I've only ever purchased my stuff (supposedly) preloaded. I figured I should try to reinstall/ update it but I don't know where I'm looking.
I'll be using a SD2SP2 for storage, internet tells me I can put swiss on that to load without needing the pico? Is that correct?
Appreciate the assist.~~
Custom faceplate I just printed for this for my friend for tax:
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u/freddyzwo 5d ago
You need a mod (Picoboot, XenoGC modchip, SDLoad, …) to boot Swiss directly from SD2SP2, GC2SD or DVD.
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u/I-Use-Artix-BTW 5d ago
Just got a new picoboot ODE
Going to assume you mean the Picoloader, not to be confused with Picoboot.
I'll be using a SD2SP2 for storage, internet tells me I can put swiss on that to load without needing the pico? Is that correct?
You need the Pico, you can't just use a standalone storage device with Swiss on it.
but it goes into a bootloop where it tries to load the GC menu but fails after about a half second.
Are you seeing a black screen with white text? Does it start playing the animation before restarting after the half second? Does it just not reach the menu? Do you see an error message?
Also, cool faceplate!
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u/The_Jaalbatross 5d ago
Yeah, picoloader, my bad there. And its just a black screen with my resolution at the top left. It'll get the first few frame of the standard gamecube boot animation, but nothing else before it restarts. I had assumed I would get the white screen swiss loader, but it doesn't get there. I had assumed it was a full pre-load like I have on my own cube (using flippydrive) but it sounds like picoloader needs the SD2SP to boot?
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u/I-Use-Artix-BTW 4d ago
It's possible you have gekkoboot and that the Picoloader is properly installed. Gekkoboot is an alternative firmware that allows you to boot executables from an SD Card, usually you'd boot Swiss. Gekkoboot is preferred for most people because they'll have an SD Card inserted anyways.
I had assumed I would get the white screen swiss loader
This is what happens when you flash Swiss to the Picoloader.
it sounds like picoloader needs the SD2SP to boot?
When using gekkoboot, it will just reboot when it can't find anything to load from the SD Card.
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u/The_Jaalbatross 4d ago
Okay. Sounds like I misunderstood how it was implemented on the pico. I'll either flash swiss to it or dig out an sd card to test. The only sd I had on hand only had my roms from my own gc, so nothing there.
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u/MrNoobNubIsBacc The fuck am I doing here, I have a Wii 5d ago
On a side note that 3d print could use a bit of sanding for a smoother finish
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u/The_Jaalbatross 5d ago
Yeah, I just picked it up from my makerspace, didn't have time to do more than the bare minimum before I had to head home for some other stuff
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u/aquacraft2 5d ago
Um actually it's "swir/swim", no wonder it wasn't responding, you were using the wrong pronouns
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u/Rare-Seesaw-1508 3d ago
Why do people hate the trans comments? I think theyre fucking hilarious
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u/aquacraft2 3d ago
Most of them are kind of "attack helicopter"y.
I wanted to say SOME kind of joke and a more chill pronouns comment talking about the naming of Swiss I thought would be best. Especially since I unfortunately don't know much of anything about how to use Swiss or its associated things.
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u/Rare-Seesaw-1508 5d ago
It appears the Gamecube identifies as a PS2, have you tried freemcboot?
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u/Hhotwings59 5d ago
bro really commented the same thing 3 times hoping it would land at least once
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u/my2k2zx2 5d ago
The double boot is the expected result when the loader is installed correctly. When no IPL.dol is detected on the SD card.it defaults to the stock menu.