Multiple USB drives in Wii I'm finally back (Xbox 360 does miracles for you if you have a Wii :) Anyway, yesterday I finally bought myself another USB stick (SanDisk Cruzer 2.0 8GB) to store more homebrew apps on. I was wondering if I can have both USB drives plugged into the Wii at the same time without frying my Wii or USBs. Also, does it have to be formatted to FAT32? I saw some other file systems I'd like to try like NTFS or WBFS.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69714#msg-69714Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:20:46 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73886#msg-73886 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73886#msg-73886
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UK777
I think sigil should be banned because 1. Talking about things against the rules 2. being extremely rude to a moderator. 3. ignoring warnings.
I don't see any warnings being ignored. Considering this is his only post, and he hasn't posted anything since, let alone anything breaking the rules, there is absolutely no cause for a ban, and it's really not up to you anyway.]]> SifJar Homebrew GeneralFri, 11 Oct 2013 15:18:01 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73882#msg-73882 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73882#msg-73882 UK777 Homebrew GeneralFri, 11 Oct 2013 13:54:50 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73849#msg-73849 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73849#msg-73849
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WBFS = crap. it is an outdated "file system" (not even a real file system really) used by outdated warez loaders and nothing else. don't talk about it here again.

I see here and there such dumb statements about WBFS that it's dead, etc. Young dorks not having real IT experience try to pretend wise and smart and say something they have no real knowledge of. The common idiom among dilettantes about WBFS' death is, in fact, a lie! WBFS is alive and sound and that's obvious because it is well designed for special use with Wii ISO dumps. And it *is* used in every USB loader (even when the outer filesystem is not WBFS). Obviously, having any extra layers in disk storage influences performance and reliability. Thus, FAT32 or NTFS filesystem is for misc use cases *and* for lamers, who have no skill to use WBFS correctly...
Regardless of any use of WBFS and how 'great' it is, this forum does not support or condone USB Loaders and as such, for the purposes of this forum, WBFS should never be used. Of course anyone can go research and set it up correctly if they want to but we will not advise it. I hope you understand that, thank you.]]> bg4545 Homebrew GeneralTue, 08 Oct 2013 17:45:52 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73848#msg-73848 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,73848#msg-73848
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WBFS = crap. it is an outdated "file system" (not even a real file system really) used by outdated warez loaders and nothing else. don't talk about it here again.

I see here and there such dumb statements about WBFS that it's dead, etc. Young dorks not having real IT experience try to pretend wise and smart and say something they have no real knowledge of. The common idiom among dilettantes about WBFS' death is, in fact, a lie! WBFS is alive and sound and that's obvious because it is well designed for special use with Wii ISO dumps. And it *is* used in every USB loader (even when the outer filesystem is not WBFS). Obviously, having any extra layers in disk storage influences performance and reliability. Thus, FAT32 or NTFS filesystem is for misc use cases *and* for lamers, who have no skill to use WBFS correctly...]]> sigil Homebrew GeneralTue, 08 Oct 2013 15:03:25 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69736#msg-69736 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69736#msg-69736
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tueidj
It won't work. The default usbstorage device driver only handles one device, same goes for libfat unless it is explicitly given a device and starting sector for a partition to mount.

*scratches head* Huh? I thought sectors were only for DVD and CDs and each USB drive counts as a partition?]]> technoman Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 21:11:13 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69735#msg-69735 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69735#msg-69735 tueidj Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 21:04:41 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69733#msg-69733 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69733#msg-69733 SifJar Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69729#msg-69729 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69729#msg-69729 technoman Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 16:03:26 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69727#msg-69727 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69727#msg-69727
If you want an app that can copy from one USB drive to another try wiixplorer.]]> tueidj Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 03:56:16 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69725#msg-69725 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69725#msg-69725 d3m0n1q_733rz Homebrew GeneralTue, 28 Feb 2012 01:01:09 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69722#msg-69722 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69722#msg-69722know how it works, I have never tried it. This is just speculation that (some) apps might only work with whichever drive they find first and ignore a second one.]]> SifJar Homebrew GeneralMon, 27 Feb 2012 21:17:27 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69720#msg-69720 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69720#msg-69720 technoman Homebrew GeneralMon, 27 Feb 2012 21:02:41 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69715#msg-69715 Re: Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69715#msg-69715
NTFS is supported in some apps, but not HBC.

You should have no problems with having 2 USB devices plugged in, but I'm not sure if apps will work with both at once or just the first one registered.]]> SifJar Homebrew GeneralMon, 27 Feb 2012 18:10:30 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69714#msg-69714 Multiple USB drives in Wiihttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,69714,69714#msg-69714
Anyway, yesterday I finally bought myself another USB stick (SanDisk Cruzer 2.0 8GB) to store more homebrew apps on. I was wondering if I can have both USB drives plugged into the Wii at the same time without frying my Wii or USBs. Also, does it have to be formatted to FAT32? I saw some other file systems I'd like to try like NTFS or WBFS.]]> technoman Homebrew GeneralMon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:50 +0100