Recent content by kiddcabbage

Hey, when I am loading up ps3xpoilt.net/bgtoolset on my PS3 (Slim, SECH-2001A, 4.87 OFW) the page gets to Initializing... before crashing the console, and I have to hard reset it. I've been through this loop a few times tonight without success. Cookies, JavaScript enabled, Browser closing...

Really? That is sounding promising. So how does the LBA48 partitioning system work together with that number, since using HDLDump creates a new partition for every backup put on the drive? I'm used the the 2TB limit being applied to partitions with FAT32, and drives with MBR. Does the APA...

Sorry, I didn't mean stock. I know my Wii is reading off FAT32 which is required for GC loading, and PS3 reads the same. Can't remember about the original Xbox now... Anyway, I managed to get the 4TB initialized fine, but it's only got the stock 5 partitions at the moment. Gotta figure out...

Oh, good to know. Thanks! I was under the (incorrect) impression that internal drives needed to be MBR like a lot of other consoles from this era. If PFS Shell allows disk initialization, I can go ahead and try it on the 4TB and see if that will work. LBA48 itself should support much, much...

I'm hacking my first PS2 now, and trying to pick a hard drive for it. Hear me out on this - I know that conventional wisdom is "2TB is the max it can handle, that is the max that MBR and FAT32 can support", however that last part is not entirely true. You actually get 2^32 sectors on a drive...