Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 03:09AM
I'm trying to find the Homebrew Channel. I have downloaded "the_homebrew_channel-1.0.1.tar.gz" and extracted it using 7zip, but all that is inside that file is another file called "the_homebrew_channel-1.0.1.tar". I tried renaming it on the SD card to "boot.dol", but once inside Twilight Princess, I got an Error 0300. So can somebody please tell me where or how I can find the Homebrew Channel file?!
As mentioned, I already have the Twilight Hack installed, and am using the correct version.
Thanks!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2008 03:11AM by drbone.
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 03:17AM
Extract the .tar with winrar or something
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 03:35AM
yeah, it is compressed a lot to make downloading faster...
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 03:52AM
Thanks! Using WinRAR worked.

Now I have the HBC installed, but all I can do is pop the bubbles. I click on the two icons in the bottom right corner, but nothing happens. Do I have to have the Homebrew channel folder on my SD card in the apps folder or something? All I really want to do is play region free games on this thing!
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 03:59AM
You need apps in the apps folder:
/apps/[app name]/boot.dol (or boot.elf)

So for region free, you could use Gecko OS:
/apps/Gecko OS/boot.dol
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 05:20AM
Great, that worked, too!

...unfortunately, this is turning into a huge headache! now when I try to run Gecko OS, it tells me it's not a valid Wii application. Is this because the current Gecko OS is an ELF file and not a DOL file?
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 05:44AM
AHHH! I figured it out!
I deleted the Gecko OS boot.elf file on my SD card and then went back to the unzipped archive folder and went to the DOL folder. I took the file called "main.dol" and changed it to "boot.dol" and moved it into the Gecko OS 1.7 folder on my SD card.
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 28, 2008 08:57AM
By the way, with 7zip and .tar.(gz/bz2/etc) files, you have to double click on the tar.gz, then double click on the .tar to get at the files.
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 29, 2008 09:20PM
ok I am have a problem with the same thing. I was able to extract the file with 7zip but I am not sure how to do the next part for the .tar. Can someone walk me through it. PLEASE!
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 29, 2008 09:45PM
okay I got the tar part extracted no I copy it to my sd card. I have been seeing things about a data.bin file. I am not sure how to do the sd card part. My card has nothing on it. I am using a card I had for something else. When I formatted it to FAT I deleted everything so it is empty
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
December 29, 2008 10:02PM
ok. you need to change it's name to boot.dol...

here is the whole FREE guide



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/29/2008 10:02PM by DrLucky.
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
February 01, 2009 12:01PM
is it possable if someone can post the extracted file on here? i can't get the winrar to extrct the file :s Many thanks
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel?
February 01, 2009 03:11PM
If you've properly installed winrar, then all you need to do is right click the file and then click extract here.
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