PS3 Install PKG Directly from NTFS External HDD CFW/HEN

Sam4444 said:
@Louay

man you are really amazing
everything went perfect for me

i had some difficulties - but finally i install 45 games including PSX games also ,, and everything is ok :)

they took about 20 hours to install all 45 game ,,but imagine how much time i needed if i was gonna install them manually :P 3 months maybe lol
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Glad it helps :angel:

iesus gamer said:
Very good companions and been testing method 1 and remove many shortcuts for installation of pkg also say that I have done a tuto and I will upload it to my channel today I hope that the one who sees the tuto will work is in Spanish when I have it uploaded I will leave a link for those who are Spanish or Latino to see it, without a big hello and a great contribution.
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Me too i will make english tutorial cause the one i have i have done for 2 three of my friend videos where private but i make them public so if anyone didn't understand steps they can follow videos instructions
 
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iesus gamer said:
Very good companions and been testing method 1 and remove many shortcuts for installation of pkg also say that I have done a tuto and I will upload it to my channel today I hope that the one who sees the tuto will work is in Spanish when I have it uploaded I will leave a link for those who are Spanish or Latino to see it, without a big hello and a great contribution.[/QUOTE
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very good iesus I will pay attention to share it in my group
 
Btw, i think there is a third way to create the ISO that could be convenient

First thing you should use is a flag in the PARAM.SFO/ATTRIBUTE that allows to create a "not bootable" bluray structure. In other words, it doesnt contains an EBOOT.BIN because cant be booted
Is the flag named Install Disc (decimal value 65536)
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PARAM.SFO#ATTRIBUTE

And additionally to that... there are 3 available ways to include PKG files in a bluray disc, also known as:
-PKGDIR
-PS3_EXTRA
-INSDIR

Probably all you know the first 2 ways, with PKGDIR the install pkg icons appears like an standard ICON0.PNG, with PS3_EXTRA appears like in "what's news" (a floating window)

And... INSDIR installs all the pkg's automatically, the pkgs are not even visibles, and are mandatory to install when you click in the game icon... after all them has been installed the PS3 boots the EBOOT.BIN
 
sandungas said:
Btw, i think there is a third way to create the ISO that could be convenient

First thing you should use is a flag in the PARAM.SFO/ATTRIBUTE that allows to create a "not bootable" bluray structure. In other words, it doesnt contains an EBOOT.BIN because cant be booted
Is the flag named Install Disc (decimal value 65536)
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PARAM.SFO#ATTRIBUTE

And additionally to that... there are 3 available ways to include PKG files in a bluray disc, also known as:
-PKGDIR
-PS3_EXTRA
-INSDIR

Probably all you know the first 2 ways, with PKGDIR the install pkg icons appears like an standard ICON0.PNG, with PS3_EXTRA appears like in "what's news" (a floating window)

And... INSDIR installs all the pkg's automatically, the pkgs are not even visibles, and are mandatory to install when you click in the game icon... after all them has been installed the PS3 boots the EBOOT.BIN
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I know them all INSDIR i see this folder in many games like angry birds star wars...
 
Both methods works perfecty. Method 1 is easier because no need for conversion but allow only one pkg at a time.
Maybe @aldostools can enhance the feature. My idea is to create subfolders in the PKG folder. The subfolders could contain all the pkg you want to appear at a time in package installer. (like when you mount a folder and see all pkg in the package installer)
If it can be done, something similar for fat32 would be appreciated :adoration:
 
gosseux said:
Both methods works perfecty. Method 1 is easier because no need for conversion but allow only one pkg at a time.
Maybe @aldostools can enhance the feature. My idea is to create subfolders in the PKG folder. The subfolders could contain all the pkg you want to appear at a time in package installer. (like when you mount a folder and see all pkg in the package installer)
If it can be done, something similar for fat32 would be appreciated :adoration:
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To add multiple files support is not so simple... it requires to change the logic of the function create_fake_file_iso_mem() to allow it to scan the content of a sub-directory and build a "fake ISO" with multiple directory records (one or more for file):
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/blob/master/_Projects_/prepNTFS/include/fake_iso.h#L96

Maybe some developer want to implement it ;) I don't have time to work on this.

BTW the code was adapted from IRISMAN / Estwald's Iris Manager.
https://github.com/aldostools/IRISMAN/blob/master/source/iso.c#L683
https://github.com/Estwald/irismanager-4-x/blob/master/source/iso.c#L681

So the improvement could be implemented also in Iris forks ;)
 
Salam Louay I am using Bobby downgrades 4.85 cfw and have tried installing webman and ntfsprep but still cant seem to get my usb drives recognized. I dont see the webman menu after full install with L1 under the cfw menu so perhaps that is an issue? I am using webman 1.47.26. I am also trying to access the ntfs drive with multiman using pfs driver and no luck. Any suggestions?
 
Louay said:
I know them all INSDIR i see this folder in many games like angry birds star wars...
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Hii Bro,
First of all am very proud to see such a tutorial like that, Thanks a lot.
i have a question : is it faster than PKG Linker 2.0 ? i mean downloading than install took time .
 
I tried 1st method but it didn't work for me with prepNTFS from brewology (on my Fat CFW 4.86). However, when I installed prepISO (from webMAN MOD github), it worked.
 
vinhtq115 said:
I tried 1st method but it didn't work for me with prepNTFS from brewology (on my Fat CFW 4.86). However, when I installed prepISO (from webMAN MOD github), it worked.
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How many pkg is there on an NTFS HDD? I tried to fill 5 pkg, but strange that is displayed on webMAN Games only 1 (twice).
 
UFC3 said:
How many pkg is there on an NTFS HDD? I tried to fill 5 pkg, but strange that is displayed on webMAN Games only 1.
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I haven't tried more than 1. I will test with more PKGs and report back.

Update: Mine shows all 6 PKGs I have. You can try running prepISO again (without holding Cross).
 
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Man...I had been using PS3 and had to rely on FTP to install PKG games especially CFW2OFW stuffs.

Now I know there's a way on installing PKG stuffs via external drives. At first, the PKG files wasn't appeared on webman so I have to uninstall webman and reinstall it back while holding L1 firmly until reboots.
 
aldostools said:
To add multiple files support is not so simple... it requires to change the logic of the function create_fake_file_iso_mem() to allow it to scan the content of a sub-directory and build a "fake ISO" with multiple directory records (one or more for file):
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/blob/master/_Projects_/prepNTFS/include/fake_iso.h#L96

Maybe some developer want to implement it ;) I don't have time to work on this.

BTW the code was adapted from IRISMAN / Estwald's Iris Manager.
https://github.com/aldostools/IRISMAN/blob/master/source/iso.c#L683
https://github.com/Estwald/irismanager-4-x/blob/master/source/iso.c#L681

So the improvement could be implemented also in Iris forks ;)
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In the original iris, where was used the function create_fake_file_iso_mem() ?
Im curious because i dont remember estwald to tell about this feature, i guess it was not used to build a "virtual" iso with pkg's inside ?
 
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