Patch Codebreaker to load HDL Directly

[bootlegninja]

First of all, these patches were created by ffgriever. He's put a lot of work into it and all credit goes to him.

NOTE: Codebreaker is copyrighted software. Therefore it will NOT be posted on this site. You need to obtain it from a retail disc, you can find informaton to it's location at SKSApps

And please DO NOT pm me for the ELF file. I will delete it if you do.

Since the original thread was lost, I figured it would be good to repost the vital part of it.

First of all, these patches were created by ffgriever. He's put a lot of work into it and all credit goes to him.

Checksum Calculator. You'll need it - DOWNLOAD

Patching Codebreaker 9.3

Patching application to use - Get it in Attachment below.

You need to use Codebreaker 9.3 (non-Gamestop version) with the MD5 checksum of : 1C57469F0D7B923D8E8B72EBCCEDDA3F

It's pretty simple to do this one and self explanatory.

Patching Codebreaker 10.0 (Gamestop Version)

Patching is identical to the way CB 9.3 (non Gamestop version) is done. The MD5 checksum of the CB 10.0 ELF is: 6e4d4c2723d0f83120cd06d2d0a6c8ed

You can snag the patch here - Get it in Attachment below.

Patching Codebreaker 9.2 (Cracked)

Files to download:
Patch - Get it in Attachment below.
Packer/Unpacker - Get it in Attachment below.
or automated patcher - Get it in Attachment below.
Process:

Note: current tutorial on patching pertains to the cracked codebreaker 9.2 ELF only.

Note 2: Codebreaker ELF's with the following MD5 checksums have to be unpacked X number of times

packed cracked cb
29A8D99D9735EE6E03A785F0EF31B23D
which is unpacked 1 time

packed cracked cb
F279F8412CAFE80F326BB945D7DC480F
which is unpacked 2 times

the command line string would look something like this

ps2-unpacker -l 0x00100000 -i 0x01240000 cb9.2.elf cb92unpacked.elf

Now with either one unpacked properly you should end up with a 17.2MB elf file with a MD5 checksum of 7CCD8C03952838DC3A4AE9367B0C78A2

Once that is done, and you have an uncompressed ELF with that checksum, patch it.

Double click on the cb92hdlmod11 file and browse to where your unpacked CB 9.2 ELF is. patch it and move on to the next step. Packing it.

Note: replace infile.elf with the name of your codebreaker.elf and the outfile with whatever name you want to give the final compressed elf file.

ps2-packer infile.elf outfile.elf

Once that is done, be sure to name your HDL properly if you are using 9.2 or 9.3 and place it in the path you want it too boot from.
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Automated Codebreaker 9.2 patch.

this is a package I've created with 2 batch files, ps2-packer, ps2-unpacker, and the GSHI codebreaker 9.2 patcher.

pay attention to the MD5 checksums. they will determine which batch file you use.

patch_1.bat will patch cracked codebreaker 9.2 with MD5 checksum of - 29A8D99D9735EE6E03A785F0EF31B23D
patch_2.bat will patch cracked codebreaker 9.2 with MD5 checksum of - F279F8412CAFE80F326BB945D7DC480F

also, your codebreaker 9.2 can have any name you want as long as it has a .elf extension. it will deal with it.

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Day1 fix provided by bfoos

Originally Posted by bfoos

LiquidManZero setup a Day1 server on GSHI. I've edited an HDL patched (ELF loading) CBv9.2 Cracked ELF to point at the new server.

LMZ is working on optimizing the server and getting it to display the Day1 files in alphabetical order. In the mean time, it's a jumbled mess, but it does work.

**EDIT**

Day files are now listed by file name, so it is VERY easy to find what you are looking for, compared to before.

Feature list follows...

• All of the original cracked ELF features (no Anti-mod chip). ~ PS2TG
• HDL patch. Can load any ELF from the usual paths. ~ ffgriever
• RSA patched to allow loading of unsigned .cbc files, no upgrade.bin required. ~ Credits to misfire for the RSA work, patched by bfoos
• Domain changed to www.thegshi.com for retrieval of Day1 and game save files. ~ Patched by bfoos, Day1 server script by misfire, Day1 server setup by LiquidManZero of GSHI
• IRC server and channel lineup changed. ~ Patched by bfoos, DNS redirect provided by LiquidManZero and GSHI, permission granted by Jupi

The ELF will load any ELF file in the following paths, instead of launching CD/DVD...

hdd0:/__boot/CB_launch.elf
mass:/BOOT/CB_launch.elf
mc0:/BOOT/CB_launch.elf
hdd0:/__boot/boot.elf
mass:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF
mc0:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF
mc0:/B?DATA-SYSTEM/BOOT.ELF
mc1:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF
mc1:/B?DATA-SYSTEM/BOOT.ELF
"?" means region code.

The IRC info has been changed from the defunct irc.cmgsccc.com, to irc.max-evolution.com, by way of a DNS redirect from irc.thegshi.com.

Channel lineup:
#cmp
#gshi
#lsd


Follow Bootleg's instructions for CBv9.2 in the first post in this thread, substituting this patch.

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CB_launch.ELF

This little program was created by jimmikaelkael for users with Free MC Boot on thier memory card. What this CB_launch.elf does is upon launch (from codebreaker) it will kick the system back to the Sony menu for the user to cheat on their choice of without the need of extra loaders:

PS2 original discs
regualr PS2 backup discs (if you have a mod chip)
ESR patched PS2 backups
HDLoader
USB Advance

[drewmerc]

why GOOGLE. is it not at sks? warez warez warez

[ralamzull]

okay, I ran the patcher... well first... found the .elf with the checksum you stated... unpacked it to get the checksum I NEEDED... ran the patcher... said all was well... now when I try to pack it I get ;

Using special ucl-nrv2e asm (one section) stub
Unable to open stub file stub/n2e-asm-one-1d00-stub

whats this and how do I fix it?

[bootlegninja]

I'll correct the package in a bit. got a process going at the moment that won't allow me to do too much on the computer.

[ralamzull]

Is it necessary to pack it again, or will it run unpacked?

[bootlegninja]

It will run unpacked, but do you really want to load a 17MB ELF file?

just run ps2-packer cb92unpacked.elf cb92packed.elf it will make the file 3MB and is a quick fix.

[ralamzull]

im still getting the error... this is what my command window shows:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\cb92hdlmod11>ps2-packer cb92unpacked.elf cb92packed.elf
PS2-Packer v0.4.1 (C) 2004 Nicolas "Pixel" Noble
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

Using special ucl-nrv2e asm (one section) stub
Unable to open stub file stub/n2e-asm-one-1d00-stub

and it produces a file "cb92packed.elf" with a size of 0kb

On a side note, I 'discovered' a pre-patched cb92.elf but when I try too boot it from Ulaunch I get a black screen flash, then a blue screen (I think the blue screen is due to my vcr... does that when It cant find a video signal) so this is why I'm really trying to make my own patch... maybe a bad file?

EDIT: well I just read that the cb.elf won't boot from a multiapp image... which is what I'm using... so now I'm going to copy Ulaunch.elf directly to memcard, using my multi-app to get to the first ulaunch, and booting ulaunch from there. I know, sounds like Im taking a really roundabout method here, but for my situation it seems to work best.

Still wanna patch my own cb.elf, specially if this doesn't work

[smokyrain]

Ok a great tutorial, Thanks.I got CBv10 to work off a ps2 hdd. No problems.
But I am trying to get it too work off my USB 300 Samsung hdd. I have the path for mass/BOOT/CB_launch.elf , had renamed usbadvance.elf to the CB_launch.elf but when I click start game it just goes black. And yes I copied the file to such folder called BOOT on USB drive.
Maybe it doesn't work with that usb drive.

[bootlegninja]

what filesystem is your usb hdd? uLE won't see anything other than fat or fat32.

[smokyrain]

Yes its FAT32 and its been working fine. I have had it for over a year now and I boot it with Swap Magic 3.8 or usbadvance.elf on the memor32 card.