gc-forever - Gamecube/Wii Forums

Hi!

I have been on the net for over a week now and trying to get some life into my gamecube again. Ordered a SDML disk and sd adapter from codejunkies... (are they good? read some bad comments about them).

But my question is.. If I use Swizz can I just use a SDGecko and make my sd card bootable (game store in my town has these) or do I need SDML disk or actionreplay disk? Some forums say that I must have a disk and some forums say that with Swizz you dont need a disk... I am confused... My primary goal is to load my old backups from the sd card.

Thanks from Stockholm

well first of all you need a way to boot homebrew code on your gamecube.
just plugging in a sdgecko with sd card is not enough. this is where sdml comes in.

your way of booting swiss would be the following:

SDML disk in drive, sd card with swiss.dol and game.iso -> power up the gamecube, sdml loader appears, select swiss.dol -> exchange sdml disk for a gamecube disc -> boot game.iso via swiss

Just as I thought then.. But do I really need to exchange the sdml disk for a gamecube disk? Thought that you did not have to do that with swizz?

Thanks for the help btw

first of all: stop calling it swizz.

and afaik the development of the discless booting of isos is still not finished so to be safe, boot with an original disc in the drive

Haha my bad, ofc I meant Swiss Purrfect then I am all set, ty so much for the help!