Open PS2 Loader
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Open PS2 Loader (OPL) is a PS2 homebrew allowing the loading of PS2 backups either from the internal HDD (PHAT PS2 only), external USB devices, or a from a SAMBA network share.
Contents
Setup
Prerequisite
- a working Free MC Boot installation!
- a copy of the latest OPL from https://github.com/ifcaro/Open-PS2-Loader/releases
- a USB key
Installation of OPL in FMCB
- mount USB key
mount /dev/sdX /media/whatever cd /media/whatever
- get OPL and unzip it
wget https://github.com/ifcaro/Open-PS2-Loader/releases/download/0.9.3/OpenPS2Loader_0.9.3.zip unzip OpenPS2Loader_0.9.3.zip
- Note: OPL is shipped with several options: the Virtual MemoryCard (VMC) that you can use to have save files stored on HDD or external USB device instead of the the PS2 MemoryCards; the PS2 remote debugger (PS2rd), a software used to debug commercial PS2 games remotely over Ethernet; and Graphics Synthesizer Mode Selector (GSM), a tool to change the PS2 native video modes.
- rename and move as OPL the OPL version you want to use (in this example, we choose the version that is shipped with GSM)
mv OpenPS2Loader_0.9.3/OPL\ 0.9.3\ \(GSM\) OPL
- unmount the key
cd umount /dev/sdX
- plug key into PS2
- boot the PS2 and enter uLaunchELF (uLE)
- Navigate to the USB key mapped as
mass:/
- Select the
OPL
folder - Copy it via the
R1
menu - Navigate back to the root of the memory card, either
mc0:/
ormc1:/
- Paste the folder via the
R1
menu - Turn off PS2, and take the key out
- Boot PS2 and enter the FMCB Confugurator
- Go to
Configure OSDSYS options...
- Move to
Configure Item 1
and go to the right/left to find an empty entry, and select it - For
Name:
, putOPL
or whatever you like - For
Path1:
, browse your memory card, eithermc0:/
ormc1:/
, and find the folder with OPL and select the OPL binary, in this example, it'sOPL 0.9.3 (GSM).ELF
- Return to the main FMCB Configurator menu and choose
Save CNF to MC0
orSave CNF to MC1
- You can restart FMCB