1 partition = 1 game – you can’t install several games into a single partition (unless it’s a multi-disc game).
Partition name prefix is of course PP.
It can be used if you have SONY Browser 2.00 (aka HDDOSD) installed on your HDD. POPStarter bundle includes a file named POPSTARTER.KELF ( KELF = Krypo- ELF = ELF embedded into a container).
Copy or leave the ELFs where you want to run them from.
ELF extension (example : for running a VCD named “Crash Bandicoot ( PAL).VCD”, the POPStarter ELF must be renamed as “Crash Bandicoot ( PAL).ELF”)
Rename the POPStarter ELF as the name of your VCDs, replace the.
Use AKuHAK’s uLaunchELF build or uLE_kHn build to create a partition without +.
Create a partition named “_.POPS” in your PS2 HDD, large enough so you can put all your VCDs inside.
VCD files using the latest stable version of CUE2POPS
Paste POPS.ELF and IOPRP252.IMG into the “ POPS” directory you’ve just created.
Create a directory named “ POPS” in the “_common” partition of your PS2 HDD.
Find and download the decrypted emulator files.
A PS2-formatted HDD that fits your network adapter/HDD interface.
A network adapter with/or a HDD interface.
A PS2 console which is able to run PS2 unsigned code.
A PS2 software that allows you to execute the POPStarter ELFs (such as uLaunchELF, or Free Harddisk Drive Boot) or a GUI to execute POPSTARTER.ELF by selecting the VCDs (such as uLE_kHn ).
A software that allows you to transfer the converted disc images to your PS2 HDD (such as PFSshell, or uLaunchELF and RadHostClient).
A software that allows you to copy the decrypted POPS files to the _common partition of your PS2 HDD (such as AKuHAK’s uLaunchELF build or uLE_kHn build).
A software that allows you to manage/create partitions in your PS2 HDD (such as AKuHAK’s uLaunchELF build or uLE_kHn build).
A software that allows you to convert your disc images to the POPS virtual CDROM format (such as CUE2POPS).
These files are named “ POPS.ELF” and “IOPRP252.IMG”… File nameĬan be found in some retail game discs and $CEI SDKs too. To use POPStarter with an internal HDD, you have to find and download the POPS decrypted files.