Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Sunday 15.2.2026 / 05:04
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > nintendo wii - general discussion > menuloader .dol won't load
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Menuloader .dol won't load
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
tails2
Newbie
_ 		14. August 2008 @ 21:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For some reason I can't seem to get the Menuloader .dol file to run. I did all the normal stuff like renaming it to boot and placing it in the apps folder. It just shows up a black screen when I try to run it.

I even tried using the twilight hack way instead of through the homebrew channel and still it didn't work. I have never used .dol files before as everything I used came in .elf so I never got this problem before.

Anyone got any idea's?

Thanks in advance.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
ggbarnum
Senior Member
_ 		14. August 2008 @ 21:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when you renamed it did you called "boot" or "boot.dol" ?
[ + quote]
tails2
Newbie
_ 		14. August 2008 @ 22:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for replying so quickly.

I have 'Hide extensions of known file types' enable on my system and since .dol hasn't been set as a known file type it automatically shows the .dol extension. So at the moment it is named boot.dol (the .dol part being the extension shown).

Any idea's?

edit:

Just in case you need to know, I am using 3.2J firmware and have a d2ckey installed.

Would I need to use patchmii or anything first?
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. August 2008 @ 22:48
ggbarnum
Senior Member
_ 		14. August 2008 @ 23:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, well I just downloader the .dol file from here..

http://hackmii.com/2008/08/menuloader-04-test-version/#more-103

I created a new folder call MenuLoader in my app folder and copied the .dol file there.

I renamed it BOOT.dol and put the SD card in my wii

Launched the homebrew channel and selected the menuloader file and it ran without any problems.

I am running 3.2u and the beta_8 version of the homebrew channel.
[ + quote]
tails2
Newbie
_ 		15. August 2008 @ 04:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
would not being on version 8 have anything to do with it? I shouldn't think it would as it didn't work when I tried it the twilight hack way. I'll upgrade now and see what happens
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
tails2
Newbie
_ 		15. August 2008 @ 10:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
[SOLVED]

I upgraded to beta version 8 of the homebrew channel and this finally loaded properly. I say it has to do with the fact that the IOS used by the old channel and beta 8 are different

Quote:
switched from IOS35 to IOS21
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > nintendo wii - general discussion > menuloader .dol won't load
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2026 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork