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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#11 » Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:52 pm

dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
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moeFoh the issue im having is the gdemu has no issues with my 32 gig card as far as i can tell but my 128 gig card loaded with more then 3 games
it refuses to boot. another issue im having is the gdmenu card manager errors out and says there is an error in the gdi keep in mind these are all tosec rips in gdi format


Start from scratch following post #6 and report back. What brand are your sd cards? I had random crashes until I switched to full-sized Sandisk or Samsung cards.


the 32gig card is a samsung evo plus the 256 gig card is a red and brown sandisk extreme both are micro sd cards using micro sd to sd adapters if it matters


I've heard of issues with Sandisk Extreme, older models from Sandisk work fine. That could be the issue. I've used EVO's and they work fine.

Edit: Just checked - I've been using Sandisk Ultra and Samsung EVO Select - mostly full-sized cards. But I have used micro cards with these two brands with adapters successfully.
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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#12 » Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:07 pm

People might but i never use micro anything there dont have the same firmware or controller use a proper SD card .. Because the size and amount of games has been tested with out a problem..

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#13 » Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:21 pm

MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
Start from scratch following post #6 and report back. What brand are your sd cards? I had random crashes until I switched to full-sized Sandisk or Samsung cards.


the 32gig card is a samsung evo plus the 256 gig card is a red and brown sandisk extreme both are micro sd cards using micro sd to sd adapters if it matters


I've heard of issues with Sandisk Extreme, older models from Sandisk work fine. That could be the issue. I've used Evos and they work fine.

Edit: Just checked - I've been using Sandisk Ultra and Samsung Evo Select - mostly full-sized cards. But I have used micro cards with these two brands with adapters successfully.


moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#14 » Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:00 pm

Did you format the larger card FAT32?

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#15 » Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:19 am

dubcity wrote:Did you format the larger card FAT32?


yup formatted to fat32 tried both 64l and 32k cluster size

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#16 » Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:03 pm

dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
the 32gig card is a samsung evo plus the 256 gig card is a red and brown sandisk extreme both are micro sd cards using micro sd to sd adapters if it matters


I've heard of issues with Sandisk Extreme, older models from Sandisk work fine. That could be the issue. I've used Evos and they work fine.

Edit: Just checked - I've been using Sandisk Ultra and Samsung Evo Select - mostly full-sized cards. But I have used micro cards with these two brands with adapters successfully.


moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho


Progress. :D

Here's my setup for openMenu builds. Maybe try it on the 256GB card and report back the results. Don't forget to format the card first with Rufus. And remember CDI support is a WIP with openMenu and it does not support Code Breaker.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file
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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#17 » Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:50 am

MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
I've heard of issues with Sandisk Extreme, older models from Sandisk work fine. That could be the issue. I've used Evos and they work fine.

Edit: Just checked - I've been using Sandisk Ultra and Samsung Evo Select - mostly full-sized cards. But I have used micro cards with these two brands with adapters successfully.


moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho


Progress. :D

Here's my setup for openMenu builds. Maybe try it on the 256GB card and report back the results. Don't forget to format the card first with Rufus. And remember CDI support is a WIP with openMenu and it does not support Code Breaker.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file



well i need support for cheat codes like codebreaker what are my options?

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#18 » Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:52 am

MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
I've heard of issues with Sandisk Extreme, older models from Sandisk work fine. That could be the issue. I've used Evos and they work fine.

Edit: Just checked - I've been using Sandisk Ultra and Samsung Evo Select - mostly full-sized cards. But I have used micro cards with these two brands with adapters successfully.


moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho


Progress. :D

Here's my setup for openMenu builds. Maybe try it on the 256GB card and report back the results. Don't forget to format the card first with Rufus. And remember CDI support is a WIP with openMenu and it does not support Code Breaker.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file




heres the strange thing is i format the sd card with rufus then use gdmenu card maker without openmenu installed the sd card boots to the gdmenu and loads games however if i load openmenu alongside dat files and asset files the sd card wont boot so at least i got it working

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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#19 » Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:56 pm

dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho


Progress. :D

Here's my setup for openMenu builds. Maybe try it on the 256GB card and report back the results. Don't forget to format the card first with Rufus. And remember CDI support is a WIP with openMenu and it does not support Code Breaker.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file



well i need support for cheat codes like codebreaker what are my options?


Use this version of Code Breaker with GDMENU:
https://mega.nz/file/qRBBSIQK#lR6jncDzT ... coQpEwA6v8
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Re: im stumped GDEMU issues

Post#20 » Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:02 pm

dreamcast459 wrote:
MoeFoh wrote:
dreamcast459 wrote:
moefoh not sure whats goin on heres a link to the guide i was originally using to setup my gdemu sd card https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comm ... _openmenu/

you can see in the guide where it says (Extract contents of the asset pack zip file to tools/menu_data/ where you installed GD MENU Card Manager. The .DAT files should live right next to 1ST_READ.BIN.) well anyhow i did what you said i installed ruufus formatted the micro sd card 128 gig to 32k clusters for some reason it didnt like 64k clusters i then downloaded the gdmenu card manager you linked me to i opened it and used it un modified meaning i didnt copy the assets or anything i loaded about 101 gigs worth of games and what do you no she boots to the menu and loads my games no idea whats goin on ima test it a few days to be sure tho


Progress. :D

Here's my setup for openMenu builds. Maybe try it on the 256GB card and report back the results. Don't forget to format the card first with Rufus. And remember CDI support is a WIP with openMenu and it does not support Code Breaker.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file




heres the strange thing is i format the sd card with rufus then use gdmenu card maker without openmenu installed the sd card boots to the gdmenu and loads games however if i load openmenu alongside dat files and asset files the sd card wont boot so at least i got it working


Make a small openMenu build as a test: https://www.mediafire.com/file/f96hlhki ... nu.7z/file
Download and unzip my openMenu setup to a new directory and run it. Do not change anything in the setup, it's all set. Report your results back.
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