We will rename the WiiToo! kernel to ppcboot.elf to use bootmii to boot it. This means it makes a folder on the SD card named bootmii which contains the files 'ppcboot.elf', 'armboot.bin' and 'bootmii.ini'.įor the Windows installation procedure we will just need the files 'armboot.bin' and 'bootmii.ini' to prepare the boot partition. Choose prepare the SD card and then the HackMii installer will prepare the SD Card to boot bootmii from it. Read the bootmii page for details regarding this. Start the Homebrew channel and select the bootmii installer. You can download it from here: bootmii download.ĭownload the HackMii installer from this page and copy the directory containing the boot.elf file to the APPS folder on your SD card. Installation Download and install bootmiiįor booting WiiToo! you will need bootmii. USB keyboard & TV or simply a local network connection, to be able to login in the system, input commands, etc.SD Card, like any other you can use with your wii, 1GB or more is required.Works, 1.x devices can have some problems Nintendo Wii Remote and related expansion accessories Nintendo GameCube controllers, and WaveBird wireless controllers works Can use all the hardware that Wii-Linux is able to use:Ĭorrect RGB framebuffer support requires a special SDL library port.USB keyboard isn't a requirement but highly recommended, you could also configure your WLAN network and use SSH.Ready to use, uncompress, copy, configure and run.The kernel used is plain vanilla-sources & Wii-Linux patches, so expect WiFi working out of the box after just editing some configuration files. It provides all the basic software required to compile and install new programs on it, and some other software ready to be used. A stage4 archive is an image of the entire root partition of a Gentoo system. WiiToo! is a minimal precompiled stage4 made to let you run Gentoo on your Wii using MIKE and Mini. 5.5 Logging into the system from remote.5.2.7 Changing the Wii user password or adding a new user.4.3.1 Partition and prepare a SD card to run WiiToo!.4.2.4 Creating mountpoints and mounting the filesystems.4.2.1 Making partitions on your SD card.

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