Extended Pandora's Boot Menu .8 Released

[ExcruciationX]

The Extended Pandora’s Boot Menu version .08 has been released. Here’s information from the read me:

“What is it?
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This adds a new bootmenu to a magic memory stick of the Pandora battery with some new functions and abilities.

Key features:

* Choose to boot firmware from memory stick, internal flash or the original Pandora mainmenu
* Fix flash1:/ (the one holding the settings and config) by formatting it and creating all directories
* Launch an additional application (PSPFiler or such) with working access to the real flash0:/
* Launch custom firmware installer (OE / M33) with working flash0:/ access, so it can install the CFW straight from a Pandora boot without the need to downgrade to 1.50 first, no matter of the current state (and version) of the internal flash.
* Access flash0:/, flash1:/ or memory stick via USB (straight from the menu)


Known issues/bugs
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* The boot from the internal flash doesn't work too well....
If you boot from the internal flash, using the option in the menu, the UMD drive errors out and does not work, programs may fail to load and you might get a lockup after the Sony intro.
However on recent CFWs there are workarounds: In the recovermenu configuration set "Skip Sony Logo" and "Hard reset on homebrew" to "ENABELED", that almost solves anything (UMD works again after first program launch).

Furthermore, due to the IPL, the PSP has been initialized from, this can only boot 1.50, CFWs and a few 2.xx FWs.
Higher (original Sony) firmwares will fail to boot.

There has to be a better way of rebooting the PSP, it just needs to be found.
I am currently using sceSysconResetDevice() to do it. scePower_0442D852() has been reported to be cool, but that's not available on 1.50 “

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[cal360]

Nice can this be installed straight away or on top of the last version.

[ICE]

nice this pandora gets better and better.

[burrito]

nice this pandora gets better and better.

are you ice man/halls guitar?

[steve520]

yeah thats ICEMAN he wanted to shorten his name and yeah im glad the pandora battery is improving.

[DarthPaul]

Woot,great to see this improving. I never used the 0.6 though,what is this good for?

[nielsss]

Wow this time it is worth downloading i like these 2 features
* Launch custom firmware installer (OE / M33) with working flash0:/ access, so it can install the CFW straight from a Pandora boot without the need to downgrade to 1.50 first, no matter of the current state (and version) of the internal flash.
* Access flash0:/, flash1:/ or memory stick via USB (straight from the menu)

[Safari Al]

nice good to know that we dont need to dg to 1.50 anymore

[ab88]

So I guess this will help those people that formatted flash1 in windows? according to the description it seems.

[nknave]

I find this app very cool and unique.

I'm currently struggling with running the CFW Installer, but i'll work on it more, might be my personal "user errors"

but hey, Ever think of making a Lite Version of it?

Like something that doesn't need you to have the 1.50 FW files.

Example of a menu.

USB Menu
Launch Pandora Menu
Launch CFW installer from (/psp/game/cfwupdate/eboot.pbp)
Launch APP with flash0 access from (x....xxxx)


This way, ppl like myself who prefer to have an extended menu for pandora without the need to A MUST have the 1.50 files in it.

Please, It would be very kind of you.
Note: this would also mean, no double boot with WLAN Switch, unless you make it boot pandora's menu with lan switch on directly.

:thumbup: Great stuff