PS2 Is loading Mcboot through ethernet possible?

[Ojibe]

Hey all. Been into ps2 modding for a little bit, successfully chipped a few machines and have used free mcboot and free hd boot on several other machines over the years. I'm curious if its at all possible to load mcboot and opl through ethernet to kind of streamline the whole process instead of loading mcboot off an hdd or memory card and going into opl to access games via ftp

 

[HWNJ]

No, it is not possible.

 

[El_isra]

Hey all. Been into ps2 modding for a little bit, successfully chipped a few machines and have used free mcboot and free hd boot on several other machines over the years. I'm curious if its at all possible to load mcboot and opl through ethernet to kind of streamline the whole process instead of loading mcboot off an hdd or memory card and going into opl to access games via ftp

not unless you replace the console boot rom with something you can reprogram.

Untill then, your console will only run software from the devices Sony coded it to (HDD, MC, CDVD, XFROM)

 

[Ojibe]

not unless you replace the console boot rom with something you can reprogram.

Untill then, your console will only run software from the devices Sony coded it to (HDD, MC, CDVD, XFROM)

I'm not familiar with xfrom, what is that?

 

[El_isra]

I'm not familiar with xfrom, what is that?

Unfinished Sony idea. A flash memory connected to the network adapter controller.

The hardware never made it to the public, and only the 50k models and PSX DESR can boot updates from it.