
Network IS slower than DVD but it is usuable.
#Free mcboot ps2 slim swap magic install
This was my reason to install Free Mcboot in the first place: Not wearing down the laser anymore and no disks lying around. Personally I prefer network/SMB on the slim PS2. Using DVD-backups patched with ESR patcher works considerably better. Many games do not work at all, or cutscenes don‘t play or the games crash. Buying the adapter, possibly an IDE-SATA bridge and a hard disk is pretty expensive for an old console – in my opinion. This weird setup actually worked – slow like number 2 but without any errors.įat PS2 with HDD is super – if you have the network adapter and a suitable IDE-drive. 4: (very cheap USB 2.0 multi card reader made by “Hama”)ģ2GB (Toshiba) mirco-SD card inserted via SD-adapter. Still slow in both directions, but not as bad.

And sometimes the memory manager throws a strange error (no space left on device although it is almost empty).ĭrive no. MAX Memory Manager reads and writes from/to USB. Can’t read the necessary files (for the Free Mcboot installation) from USB-drive. Total FAIL! Can’t copy files from memory card to USB-drive.

It makes me want to smash the console with a sledgehammer. Now I know again, why I hated this method of installing Free Mcboot. I took out my PS2 and tried some drives with AR-Max – this gave mixed results. Suggestion: Try some different drives, preferably old ones – and make sure you use FAT16 or FAT32 filesystem and MBR partition table.

So… I have only one idea: Action Replay seems to be picky.
