On the last page, the very helpful Stump was making some references to cIOS35. For the sake of clearing up confusions, he meant cIOS36.
Dash Kappei said:
Since a couple of weeks ago I have it installed (thanks to Mejilan as always, I wish I could properly thank him because he is a pretty fucking awesome dude... and patient!)
Cheers dude!
the Preloader, could I now delete it from the SD card?
I'm just trying to clean the HBC a bit, too much stuff in there makes the navigations a tad cluttered. But i have no idea if it's possible to do that without screwing things up.
You don't need to keep the Preloader installer on your SD card once it's properly installed.
What about the .ini hack though?
There's no harm in leaving hacks.ini in the root of your SD card. However, if you've already applied and saved the hacks, then yes, you can kill the hacks.ini file as well. When hacks are enabled/disabled and the settings saved, the new configuration is saved to the NAND, not running off the txt file.
Also, when I installed it, I used to have a .ini hack for US, I've replaced the file with an hacked EU 4.0, do I need to re-install or it's just fine the way it is?
I never heard of any dangers in using hacks for another region, but obviously they won't work if your regions don't match. Re-applying hacks is as simple as copying the new/corrected hacks to a hacks.ini file, accessing them via Preloader's menu, enabling/disabling as needed, and then saving.
Clipper said:
cIOS36: Hacked version of Nintendo's IOS that includes USB/SB boot support. Replaces a real IOS on the Wii, which can lead to bricking if not installed properly. Technically illegal due to the inclusion of Nintendo's original code.
Not quite. Waninkoko's cIOS36 rev10 installs as IOS249 with a backup on IOS250. Neither of these IOS designations were utilized by Nintendo until very recently, and even now, if a new Wii comes with IOS249, it's filled with garbage data, and is not a functional IOS. So Waninkoko's cIOS36 doesn't actually replace anything.
Bebpo said:
So again, should I just randomly out of the blue install preloader even if I'm not upgrading or changing anything? I like the idea of a safe catch-all that will restore my Wii in case something goes wrong and bricks it.
Or is there some risk in installing preloader that could actually screw something up itself?
There's always SOME risk when you're flashing shit to some hardware's NAND, but the risks are absolutely minimal when care and caution are employed. Also, the Preloader installation is straightforward and quick, so there's really only a tiny margin for error.
Now, Preloader does come with some brick-recovery features and protection, and it's nice to have it installed. But it's also powerful enough to break a Wii if you're particularly negligent. It also can't recover from a TOTAL brick.
Example: Preloader allows you to switch the IOS that the System Menu runs from. But let's say that you keep System Menu 4.0 configured to IOS60, as it normally does. Now let's say that you use tona's Any Title Deleter to uninstall IOS60.
You've just completely destroyed your Wii, and Preloader will not be able to recover from this. You won't be able to do ANYTHING, because your Wii is basically wired to run of an IOS that no longer exists. So, in essence, no IOS will run, and thus, no OS will manifest.
You should never, ever delete an IOS.
I'll occasionally see a tutorial or forum post suggesting the deletion of this IOS or that IOS. It's an extremely risky process that should almost never be considered.
