PS2 FreeHDBoot OPL v1.1.0 long black screen then cannot find internal drive

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Davioso

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Hey. I have a PS2 phat with the original network adapter and sata upgrade kit with a 1TB SSD installed running FreeHDBoot v1.966 with OPL v1.0.0 and it all works fine. The problem is when I try to update OPL to a later version.

I can FTP onto the console and copy and replace the original OPNPS2LD.ELF file into HDD0:/PP.FHDB.APPS/

I have also used FreeHDconfigurator to check the original 'OPL' entry points to the newly copied file and add a second 'OPL2' entry to the browser screen which points at the original elf file now called OPNPS2LD2.ELF

When I run 'OPL' from the browser I get a long black screen and finally it loads OPL v1.1.0 but gives error 221 hard drive not detected. None of my settings are configured, and when I configure them I can see my SMB share games but not the internal drive.

When I run 'OPL2' from the browser, the original OPL v1.0.0 loads up and everything works fine.

If I load up wLaunchElf, open the Filebrowser, navigate to the .ELF files and run them from there, I experience exactly them same behaviour as when run from the browser.

I have a +OPL partition with the default folders and cfg files inside and also __common/opl/conf_hdd.cfg with the entry hdd_partition=+OPL

I'm quite new to modding PS2 so I am unfamiliar with which files are necessary and where they should be stored, but from what I've read, updating OPL is just a case of replacing the ELF file which I have done? I know you might say well if everything works well in v1.0.0 just stay there, but it would be nice to know that I can keep uptodate with future development.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance :D
 
We don't saying that. ;) Even You should try 1.2.0 beta.

Try deleting or rename config ("hdd0:/+OPL/conf_opl.cfg or something like that). Maybe it is some incompatibility between cfg versions? Hard to say. Config which You have on __common points only to resource partition.

Take in mind that cfg between OPL and OPL DB can be incompatible and OPL DB have some bugs which not exists in official OPL.
 
Thanks for you reply and apologies for the slow response as I've been experimenting with different OPL versions.

The good news is I tested your suggestion of OPL official 1.2.0 beta and it works just fine, just like v1.0.0. So I went back to trying to get v1.1.0 working again as I just couldn't make sense of why it wouldn't work?

I tried your suggestion of deleting and renaming hdd0:/+OPL/conf_opl.cfg and this had no change, I still get a long black screen and eventually OPL loads. If I have a MC inserted I can create and save settings and see my SMB share but not my internal hard drive, if no MC is inserted I cannot make changes and save settings in OPL.

I remembered when I first configured the PS2 I used a FreeMCBoot MC from the internet and that included the unofficial version of OPL. I copied that off of the FMCB MC and replaced the OPNPS2LD.ELF file on the internal drive and ran that from both wLaunchElf and the browser. This version also worked fine.

I decided to download the latest version of OPL DB from Jay Jay and run that, this strangely repeated the same behaviour as OPL official v1.1.0, long black screen loads but cant read the internal drive.

So in conclusion I have tried 5 different versions of OPL from the internal drive;

OPL Official v1.0.0: works fine
OPL Official v1.1.0: cant see internal drive
OPL Official v1.2.0 Beta: works fine
OPL DB (old not sure of version): works fine
OPL DB latest: cant see internal drive

The only thing I can think of trying now is taking the internal drive out and putting another formatted drive inside and starting the whole process from the beginning but only trying to install OPL v1.1.0 fresh, so there can be no conflicts with previously installed versions? That, or I could just say "You know what? Everything works fine on three of the versions I can just forget about the other two as it makes very little difference"... However, I'd still like to know the reason WHY the other versions do not work as I'm sure everything is configured correctly, maybe those two specific versions do not support my brand of SSD? :confused2:

Do you have any other suggestions?
 
Davioso said:
Thanks for you reply and apologies for the slow response as I've been experimenting with different OPL versions.

The good news is I tested your suggestion of OPL official 1.2.0 beta and it works just fine, just like v1.0.0. So I went back to trying to get v1.1.0 working again as I just couldn't make sense of why it wouldn't work?

I tried your suggestion of deleting and renaming hdd0:/+OPL/conf_opl.cfg and this had no change, I still get a long black screen and eventually OPL loads. If I have a MC inserted I can create and save settings and see my SMB share but not my internal hard drive, if no MC is inserted I cannot make changes and save settings in OPL.

I remembered when I first configured the PS2 I used a FreeMCBoot MC from the internet and that included the unofficial version of OPL. I copied that off of the FMCB MC and replaced the OPNPS2LD.ELF file on the internal drive and ran that from both wLaunchElf and the browser. This version also worked fine.

I decided to download the latest version of OPL DB from Jay Jay and run that, this strangely repeated the same behaviour as OPL official v1.1.0, long black screen loads but cant read the internal drive.

So in conclusion I have tried 5 different versions of OPL from the internal drive;

OPL Official v1.0.0: works fine
OPL Official v1.1.0: cant see internal drive
OPL Official v1.2.0 Beta: works fine
OPL DB (old not sure of version): works fine
OPL DB latest: cant see internal drive

The only thing I can think of trying now is taking the internal drive out and putting another formatted drive inside and starting the whole process from the beginning but only trying to install OPL v1.1.0 fresh, so there can be no conflicts with previously installed versions? That, or I could just say "You know what? Everything works fine on three of the versions I can just forget about the other two as it makes very little difference"... However, I'd still like to know the reason WHY the other versions do not work as I'm sure everything is configured correctly, maybe those two specific versions do not support my brand of SSD? :confused2:

Do you have any other suggestions?
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There are current OPL DB versions that do not even recognize the USB drive that the old versions do.

Your problem is something similar, a question of compatibility.

Also as you said, when trying many versions it may be another factor in your problem.
 
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