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djhotwhee
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_ 		30. July 2009 @ 09:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a 60GB Western Digital pocket HDD that is self powered from the USB. I did format the drive in "Disk Utilities" in the Mac to FAT32 and no partition. Loaded a MP4 video to try in Mplayer. I connected the HDD to the Wii and tried to load a video from USB source. The HDD is seen in Mplayer but, crashes when it tries to load. Then I noticed in the USB Loader that you can format the HDD. So I formatted the drive, brought it back to my mac to load a MP4 and now it is not recognized by Mac. I then reformatted the drive in the mac again to FAT32 and added a Fat32 - 1 Partition. Loaded up to the Wii and nothing still working.

USB Loader does not see the drive in a regular Fat32-Partiioned or Non-partion and Mplayer sees it but, does not function.

Any clue from a mac user?
(ps I do not have a pc to access other files, thanks]
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cee43ja1
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_ 		30. July 2009 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
create two partitions: one for usb loader, the other for fat32. then get WBFS manager for mac, and format the first partitions to WBFS.
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(+[__]%) psp slim ta-085v1: 6.60 PRO B10
wii (powered by bootmii/priiloader): 4.1u - d2x v10beta53-alt (base 56) - configurable usb loader v70r51/devolution r188 - wd scorpio black 7200rpm 320gig w/ ams venus ds2 enclosure

got a whole lot more to list . . .

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. July 2009 @ 14:35
djhotwhee
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_ 		1. August 2009 @ 18:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds good, i'll give it a shot.
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djhotwhee
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_ 		2. August 2009 @ 00:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Reformatted the drive in FAT32, connected to Wii, ran the USB program and it does not recognize the drive now. It did before so, i'll try a few different things.
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