POLS 2343 Lecture Notes - File Allocation Table, Wii, Text Editor
20 May 2018
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WiiFlow Manual
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1.1) Installation from WiiFlow
1.2) Installation from WiiFlow on SD-Card
1.3) Installation from WiiFlow on Harddisk
1.4) Starting WiiFlow
2.1) Handling the Main-Screen "Coverflow"
2.2) Handling the Game-Select-Screen
2.3) WiiFlow Settings
2.4) Installing Games
2.5) Download Covers
2.6) Password-Administration
2.7) Game-Settings
3.1) Playing background-music
3.2) Administrating Themes
3.3) WiiFlow Setup (Main- and Game-Select-Screen)
3.4) Setting up the ini-File
1.1 Installation of WiiFlow
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You can either install WiiFlow to a SD-Card or on your Harddisk. Both types has
advantages and disadvantages: If you install on a SD-Card you will need the
SD-Card to operate with WiiFlow. You should always let the SD-Card inside your
Wii and should not write-protect it. Otherwise WiiFlow will not work properly.
It is better to install WiiFlow on your Harddisk but you will need a FAT
partition for it and a second WBFS partition for your Wii-Games. If you have a
WBFS only Harddisk, you need to repartition it. That will delete all of your
Wii-Games on it. So I'll explain both types now:
1.2 Installation of WiiFlow on SD-Card
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Just copy the content of the archive to the Root of your SD-Card. You should
get the following Path:
SD:\wiiflow\language.ini
WiiFlow will save all settings and files into the directory SD:\wiiflow\.
Exception: If you connect a harddisk with a FAT- and a WBFS-Partition, WiiFlow
will save its files to the FAT-Partition. To avoid this, you should open the
file SD:\wiiflow\wiiflow.ini and add the entry "data_on_usb=no" in the category
[GENERAL]. WiiFlow will ignore FAT-Partitions then. If wiiflow.ini isn't there,
copy the one that has been created on the HDD.
1.3 Installation of WiiFlow on Harddisk
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It is necessary to split your Harddisk into at least two partitions to install
WiiFlow on it. One is the WBFS-partition which contains all Wii-Games
and the other is a FAT16- or FAT32-partition and contains the WiiFlow-data.
(If you already have a single WBFS-partition on your harddisk, you need to
reformat it into two parts. You will lose all installed games then).
If you got this, you can just copy the content of the archive to your external
harddisk. You should get the following path:
USB:\wiiflow\language.ini
WiiFlow will save all settings and files into the directory USB:\wiiflow\.
Exception: If you put a SD-Card with the entry "data_on_usb=no" in wiiflow.ini
into your Wii, WiiFlow will use the SD-Folder instead of your harddisk.
1.4 Starting WiiFlow
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You can start WiiFlow by executing the boot.dol from the archive. WiiFlow will
start from everywhere. It doesn't care about the current directory. It will
work inside the directory you've installed it (SD:\wiiflow or USB:\wiiflow).
But I will explain some options to start WiiFlow:
1.4.1) Starting WiiFlow via Homebrew-Channel
You need to save the file "boot.dol" into the directory SD:\apps\wiiflow\ that
the Homebrew-Channel can find it. The files meta.xml and icon.png belongs to
that directory too, but they are not necessary for the execution.
1.4.2) Starting WiiFlow through a WiiFlow-Channel
If you have a WiiFlow-Channel (not a forwarder) the boot.dol is already inside
it and will be launched there. There is no need to save it anywhere else.
You can install such a channel with help of a WAD-Manager.
1.4.3) Starting WiiFlow through a Forwarder-Channel
A forwarder is a channel which executes a specific file in a specific directory.
So you may need to rename the boot.dol and place it on that directory where the
forwarder can find it. Ask the author of the forwarder which file it will start.
1.4.4) Starting WiiFlow with help of Preloader
Rename boot.dol to WiiFlow.dol and save it inside the root of your SD-Card. Now
start Preloader and select "Load/Install File" and then the "WiiFlow.dol".
After a short time the file is installed and you can automatically start
WiiFlow by powering on your Wii if you set this in the settings of Preloader.
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Document Summary
You can either install wiiflow to a sd-card or on your harddisk. Both types has advantages and disadvantages: if you install on a sd-card you will need the. You should always let the sd-card inside your. It is better to install wiiflow on your harddisk but you will need a fat partition for it and a second wbfs partition for your wii-games. Wbfs only harddisk, you need to repartition it. Just copy the content of the archive to the root of your sd-card. Wiiflow will save all settings and files into the directory sd:\wiiflow\. Exception: if you connect a harddisk with a fat- and a wbfs-partition, wiiflow will save its files to the fat-partition. To avoid this, you should open the file sd:\wiiflow\wiiflow. ini and add the entry data_on_usb=no in the category. If wiiflow. ini isn"t there, copy the one that has been created on the hdd. It is necessary to split your harddisk into at least two partitions to install.
