I know this has probably been asked but my search hasn't come up with good answers.
One of the things that has always annoyed my is having to pull out the internal HD on my fat PS2 to install an ISO. Yes, I could do it over the network but it is slow. My DVD laser is long gone, so throwing in the disc isn't possible.
Using Ulaunch file browsing I can see every storage device plugged into the system and the files on each. So what I am about to ask must be "possible". Has an app or method been created to dump an ISO image from a connected USB drive to the HD for use by HDLoader? Seems strange that I've never seen one.
I'd just like to accomplish the entire transfer at the PS2 instead of getting a PC involved. I have all of my games backed up on an external HD. It just makes sense to connect it to the PS2 and transfer.
1. create a "CD" directory inside your PS2SMB directory, put your ISO CD images there
2. create a "DVD" directory inside your PS2SMB directory, put your ISO DVD images there
3. copy (or use symbolic link in linux) your ISOs files in the corresponding folders
4. Now you must rename your iso to match the following requirement:
GAME_CODE.GAME_NAME.iso
GAME_CODE is the unique code identifying a game, ex: SCUS_587.46
GAME_NAME is the game name, you can put whatever you want, the name must be max 32 characters.
Example:
PS2SMB/DVD/
SLES_553.45.Quantum Of Solace.iso
SCES_507.60.Ico.iso
SCUS_973.99.God Of War.iso
Now if you want the ISO on hdd, you need to use uLe to create a partion on the hdd, using hdd manager
Say I created mine called OPL, because that is the name used to be able to use Cover ART etc for the OPL loader.
So now instead of PS2SMB as above, you would create the DVD and CD folders in your OPL partition on the hdd.
This also works for USB, but only ISO game images under 4GB
