In memory of Ben “bushing” Byer, who passed away on Monday, February 8th, 2016.

/dev/boot2: Difference between revisions

From WiiBrew
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Ichfly (talk | contribs)
I was wrong
 
(27 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Something with boot2?
{{stub}}
'''/dev/boot2''' can be written to to install a new [[boot2]].{{check}} '''THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED, DO NOT RELY ON THIS TO INSTALL A CUSTOM BOOT2.'''


Accept open,close,read,write,seek,ioctl,ioctlv
This accepts the following commands: open, close, write, ioctl
 
== /dev/boot2 IOS_Ioctl ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Number
! In
! Out
! Description
|-
| 1 or 2
| -
| -
| Writes the new blockmap for the newly written boot2
|-
| 3
| 4 bytes: boot2 size
| -
| Copies the main boot2 over to the backup copy.
|}
 
== /dev/boot2 error codes ==
 
See also: [[:/dev/flash]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Error code
! Notes
|-
| -4
| Invalid argument
|-
|-
| -5
| Open: Handle is already open
Ioctl 3: Boot2 is too large, seemingly
|-
|-
|}
 
[[Category:Wii Filesystem]]

Latest revision as of 05:06, 25 May 2025

/dev/boot2 can be written to to install a new boot2.[check] THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED, DO NOT RELY ON THIS TO INSTALL A CUSTOM BOOT2.

This accepts the following commands: open, close, write, ioctl

/dev/boot2 IOS_Ioctl

Number In Out Description
1 or 2 - - Writes the new blockmap for the newly written boot2
3 4 bytes: boot2 size - Copies the main boot2 over to the backup copy.

/dev/boot2 error codes

See also: /dev/flash

Error code Notes
-4 Invalid argument
-5 Open: Handle is already open

Ioctl 3: Boot2 is too large, seemingly