USB drive help needed for Wii

iowasteve · 04-26-12 at 07:44 PM

OK, I have a soft-modded 4.3u. Everything is working - mostly, but I'm trying to solve an issue and hope there is a solution. I use RockBand 3 and would like to download new songs from the music store. I have filled a couple of small SD cards, but RB3 won't allow me to use the 8Gb SD card I have all of my HBC apps on. So I switch cards. What I am thinking is that maybe there is a way to partition the HDD so that I can still have my USB Loader GX load my games from it's WBFS partition, as it is doing now, but also load my apps from that same hard drive maybe with a different partition as well as use it to save my downloaded RB3 songs on it. Is this possible at all? Do you have a solution to using the 8 Gb card I'm using for apps right now so I don't have to keep switching sd cards? The internal memory is practically useless for downloading music to.

Also, is there a fix yet for downloadable songs for RB Beatles? Haven't found anything yet for that.

Thanks in advance and if you have any questions about something I didn't explain very well (most likely), please ask.

Thanks again.

**WarrenGee** · 04-27-12 at 02:58 AM

As far as I was aware you cannot partition the drive to WBFS and FAT32. I have tried to partition a drive before with both file systems and was unable to use it, had to format whole drive to WBFS. So I doubt you'll be able to put apps which need a FAT32 format and the games which need WBFS format on the same drive.

You say your using an 8gb SD is that SDHC or standard?

SDHC are notoriously unreliable for Wii it could be that. 2gb is best for performance - not micro.

As for downloading songs I'm not sure, there are bound to limitations when we modify our consoles...maybe you have found one.

Sorry couldn't help more, let us know if you manage to find a fix.

**Smprc** · 04-27-12 at 01:24 PM

Why do you have a WBFS partition? USB Loader GX reads Fat32 and NTFS? From my memory it can NOT write to NTFS only read, but FAT32 it can do both. I would just format to fat32...only problem with that is that the games must be split if larger than 4gb or something like that...I do recall that I had NTFS and FAT32 on one drive and I have no problems working it that way.

**Smprc** · 04-27-12 at 01:25 PM

Btw...the game splitting is done automatically by the loader you use to put the games on the HDD. I use wiibackupmanager.

**Noledox** · 04-27-12 at 11:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by WarrenGee

As far as I was aware you cannot partition the drive to WBFS and FAT32. I have tried to partition a drive before with both file systems and was unable to use it, had to format whole drive to WBFS. So I doubt you'll be able to put apps which need a FAT32 format and the games which need WBFS format on the same drive.

The hard drive connected to my Wii is partitioned to WBFS and FAT32 right now. I can load my CFG USB Loader from the FAT32 partition and the games from the WBFS partition.

**janner66** · 04-28-12 at 12:17 AM

Yes same here. I have a WBFS and a FAT32 partitioned drive. I load my Wii ISOs through the WBFS using CFG loader and play my Wiiware games from the FAT32 using Hermes I think it is called. Wiihacks is a good place to find out about it.

I have only just started playing my Wii again so I cant remember exactly how its done. Creating the partitions are easy but its putting in the IOSs and forwarders that were confusing I think. I was a complete noobie and managed it though and I think the programmes were less forgiving then.

sickpuppy1 · 04-30-12 at 05:02 PM

Most likely your problem is with the 8GB SD card. I have an 8GB blue sandisc that sometimes acts kind of screwy, but switching back to the 2GB SD card everything runs smooth.

D2x cIOS is what got my dual partition usb hdd working. If it helps you out any, both my WBFS and FAT32 partitions are set as primary, and only my FAT32 partition is set as active.

And, as for downloading songs to your SD card, I may be wrong but don't you need to download them to the Wii first, and then send them to the SD card? I've only download songs for Just Dance 3, and think that is the way I did it. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.

04-27-12 at 02:58 AM	#2
WarrenGee G-funk in a whole new era Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Above the rim Posts: 413	As far as I was aware you cannot partition the drive to WBFS and FAT32. I have tried to partition a drive before with both file systems and was unable to use it, had to format whole drive to WBFS. So I doubt you'll be able to put apps which need a FAT32 format and the games which need WBFS format on the same drive. You say your using an 8gb SD is that SDHC or standard? SDHC are notoriously unreliable for Wii it could be that. 2gb is best for performance - not micro. As for downloading songs I'm not sure, there are bound to limitations when we modify our consoles...maybe you have found one. Sorry couldn't help more, let us know if you manage to find a fix.

04-27-12 at 01:24 PM	#3
Smprc Newcomer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 37	Why do you have a WBFS partition? USB Loader GX reads Fat32 and NTFS? From my memory it can NOT write to NTFS only read, but FAT32 it can do both. I would just format to fat32...only problem with that is that the games must be split if larger than 4gb or something like that...I do recall that I had NTFS and FAT32 on one drive and I have no problems working it that way.

04-27-12 at 01:25 PM	#4
Smprc Newcomer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 37	Btw...the game splitting is done automatically by the loader you use to put the games on the HDD. I use wiibackupmanager.

04-27-12 at 11:31 PM	#5
Noledox Bad command or file name Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 2,709	Quote: Originally Posted by WarrenGee As far as I was aware you cannot partition the drive to WBFS and FAT32. I have tried to partition a drive before with both file systems and was unable to use it, had to format whole drive to WBFS. So I doubt you'll be able to put apps which need a FAT32 format and the games which need WBFS format on the same drive. The hard drive connected to my Wii is partitioned to WBFS and FAT32 right now. I can load my CFG USB Loader from the FAT32 partition and the games from the WBFS partition.

04-28-12 at 12:17 AM	#6
janner66 Expert Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 920	Yes same here. I have a WBFS and a FAT32 partitioned drive. I load my Wii ISOs through the WBFS using CFG loader and play my Wiiware games from the FAT32 using Hermes I think it is called. Wiihacks is a good place to find out about it. I have only just started playing my Wii again so I cant remember exactly how its done. Creating the partitions are easy but its putting in the IOSs and forwarders that were confusing I think. I was a complete noobie and managed it though and I think the programmes were less forgiving then.

04-30-12 at 05:02 PM	#7
sickpuppy1 Novice Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 157	Most likely your problem is with the 8GB SD card. I have an 8GB blue sandisc that sometimes acts kind of screwy, but switching back to the 2GB SD card everything runs smooth. D2x cIOS is what got my dual partition usb hdd working. If it helps you out any, both my WBFS and FAT32 partitions are set as primary, and only my FAT32 partition is set as active. And, as for downloading songs to your SD card, I may be wrong but don't you need to download them to the Wii first, and then send them to the SD card? I've only download songs for Just Dance 3, and think that is the way I did it. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.