12-22-2012, 09:57 AM
Instructions for extracting bios give me a headache. Before I sit down and try to see if I can figure out these instructions, I would like to ask a question or two first, to see if I can even do it.
First my situation, I have a playstation 2 (I believe the thin version), I got from a friend as a hand me down (friend has moved on to playstation 3) I got some games for it too, and some playstation 1 games. But I only have playstation 1 memory cards, which makes my RPG playstation 2 games all but unplayable till I get a playstation 2 memory card.
If I decide to buy one, I got to face issues like fake or real(and how to tell the difference), and whether I can go with a offbrand like mad catz and be alright, whether its a good idea to get the memory cards bigger then 8mb when I have none already. The price difference among these issues is huge, and my internet reseach range of find from rather inconsequential for going offbrand (especially with the likes of mad catz and a 8mb) to very troubling. So if any of you can help in that regard, it would be appreciated.
Also the drive on this bugger is dodgy, any light pressure will cause it to disengage(like if one of my cats steps on it during operation), and sometimes it has even disengaged without that when playing dvd movies, I got to tip it back or something to get it to see the drive/disk again. So the idea of being able to play my playstation 2 games on my fast linux PC with a much more reliable drive on it and space to spare for saves is very appealing. (and of course being able to play my playstation 2 games while I figure out the memory card thing, and even having the option of not buying one at all, is nice too)
So, can one extract the bios with a playstation 1 memory card?
I have some CDrs, but I have yet to get them to burn on my DVD drive despite the drive able to handle such AFAIR. Maybe its the way I was trying to burn or perhaps the ages between the CD-rs(which are very old) and the drive (which is much newer) are too different and thus incompatible.(it was a cheap drive, perhaps not able to handle disks of what ever older ink type or whatever) But my DVD-Rs burn just fine.
So can I use a DVD-R for the purposes of extracting the bios, or does it have to be a CD-R? Could it be a CD-RW? Could it be a DVD-R?
First my situation, I have a playstation 2 (I believe the thin version), I got from a friend as a hand me down (friend has moved on to playstation 3) I got some games for it too, and some playstation 1 games. But I only have playstation 1 memory cards, which makes my RPG playstation 2 games all but unplayable till I get a playstation 2 memory card.
If I decide to buy one, I got to face issues like fake or real(and how to tell the difference), and whether I can go with a offbrand like mad catz and be alright, whether its a good idea to get the memory cards bigger then 8mb when I have none already. The price difference among these issues is huge, and my internet reseach range of find from rather inconsequential for going offbrand (especially with the likes of mad catz and a 8mb) to very troubling. So if any of you can help in that regard, it would be appreciated.
Also the drive on this bugger is dodgy, any light pressure will cause it to disengage(like if one of my cats steps on it during operation), and sometimes it has even disengaged without that when playing dvd movies, I got to tip it back or something to get it to see the drive/disk again. So the idea of being able to play my playstation 2 games on my fast linux PC with a much more reliable drive on it and space to spare for saves is very appealing. (and of course being able to play my playstation 2 games while I figure out the memory card thing, and even having the option of not buying one at all, is nice too)
So, can one extract the bios with a playstation 1 memory card?
I have some CDrs, but I have yet to get them to burn on my DVD drive despite the drive able to handle such AFAIR. Maybe its the way I was trying to burn or perhaps the ages between the CD-rs(which are very old) and the drive (which is much newer) are too different and thus incompatible.(it was a cheap drive, perhaps not able to handle disks of what ever older ink type or whatever) But my DVD-Rs burn just fine.
So can I use a DVD-R for the purposes of extracting the bios, or does it have to be a CD-R? Could it be a CD-RW? Could it be a DVD-R?