Editing FreeMCBoot/FreeHDBoot

= Description =

Most of what is written below is taken directly from the SP192 personal website.

== Preface ==

This is an Free Memory Card Boot (FMCB) installer. It was previously known as the "Unofficial FMCB v1.8C" installer.<br>
No part of it was directly re-used from FMCB v1.7 itself, but parts of it were based or referenced from the code of FMCB v1.7.<br>
The files in the fmcb-install folder are from Jimmikaelkael's PS3MCA project. Of course, I didn't include the questionable files which Sony claimed as a breach of their copyright.<br>
Since FMCB v1.9 was born, the FMCB installer has been used for installing FMCB.<br>

== How To Use ==

# Download the archive linked to in the downloads section
# Extract the contents into a USB Mass Storage device (e.g. USB thumb drive, HDD).
# Launch the installer with your PlayStation 2 console

{| class="wikitable"
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! Option!! Description
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| Install || Performs a normal installation of FMCB
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| Multi-Install || Performs a "multi" installation of FMCB. A multi-installation can boot on all consoles of any region, and not only on the console it was installed with.
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| Uninstall FMCB || Removes a normal installation of FMCB from a memory card.
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| Uninstall MI || Uninstalls a multi-installation, turning it back into a normal FMCB installation.
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| Format MC || Formats a Memory Card.
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| Dump MC || Dumps a Memory Card to an image installer's directory.
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| Restore MC || Restores a Memory Card from an image located in the installer's directory.
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| Shutdown || Switches off the Playstation 2 console.
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| Exit || Exits the installer and returns back to the OSDSYS menu.
|}

== Known Bugs ==
Known bugs:<br>
* None
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Known limitations:<br>
* Some USB devices (i.e. Kingston) are known to be incompatible with PlayStation 2 homebrew software. To avoid a loss of data, please do not use them to store dumps from your memory cards.
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== Additional Notes ==
I've spent slightly over a hundred hours working on this, and I hope that it works well.... but of course, anything could go wrong - so I have provided a memory card dumping and restoration facility within the installer.<br>

A dump of a memory card in slot 1 will get saved as mc0.bin, and a dump of a card in slot 1 will get saved as mc1.bin. 
The file will be saved to the directory where the main executable of this installer resides in. 
Caution! You can only make one dump of a card from each port. Making additional dumps will overwrite the previous dump.<br>

Supported installation media:<br>
* USB devices only

== Warnings Against Potential Pitfalls ==<br>
!!! WARNING !!! If you make a multi-install, do not delete any of the B*EXEC-SYSTEM folders or any of the OSD*.elf files inside them! 
Doing so might result in SEVERE data loss. 
Do not delete uninstall.dat from the SYS-CONF folder either, or you will probably be stuck with the multi-install files forever.<br>

Lastly, read the included README file for more details.<br>

== Notes Regarding The Sources ==
The sources have been released. :) Check out the downloads section below.<br>

Within the sources, I have created:<br>
* SECRMAN, a clone of the Sony Security Manager (SECRMAN) module that has card-binding functions (SecrDownload*).
* SECRSIF, a clone of the Sony Security Manager SIF RPC server.
* MCTOOLS, a RPC server module that provided misceallenous functions for the memory cards like dumping and restoration, and filesystem manipulation.
* UDNL, the Updater module. Used for updating the IOP with newer modules (Which is only SECRMAN for this installer).<br>
Hopefully, they will be useful for the homebrew community after their release.
== Supported Languages ==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Language !! Status
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| Japanese || Unassigned
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| English || Completed and built-in.
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| French || Translated by ShaolinAssassin.
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| Spanish || Translated by ElPatas.
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| German || Translated by Delta_force.
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| Italian || Translated by Davidreamer.
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| Dutch || Translated by port187
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| Portuguese || Translated by gledson999.
|}

== Updates ==

* Update 2019/01/14: v0.986 (FMCB v1.966) re-released. 
* Update 2019/01/11: v0.986 (FMCB v1.966) released. 
* Update 2019/01/07: v0.985 (FMCB v1.966) released. 
* Update 2018/12/08: v0.985 (FMCB v1.965) released. 
* Update 2018/11/03: v0.984 (FMCB v1.965) re-released. 
* Update 2018/10/27: v0.984 (FMCB v1.965) re-released. 
* Update 2018/10/21: v0.984 (FMCB v1.965) released. 
* Update 2018/10/21: v0.984 (FMCB v1.965) released. 
* Update 2018/07/22: v0.983 (FMCB v1.964) released. 
* Update 2018/07/04: v0.983 (FMCB v1.963) re-released. 
* Update 2018/06/28: v0.983 (FMCB v1.962) re-released. 
* Update 2018/06/20: v0.983 (FMCB v1.962) released. 
* Update 2018/06/19: v0.983 (FMCB v1.961) released. 
* Update 2018/06/14: v0.982 (FMCB v1.96) released (minor update to installer). 
* Update 2018/06/12: v0.981 (FMCB v1.96) released. 
* Update 2016/12/16: v0.973 (FMCB v1.953) re-released. 
* Update 2016/12/15: v0.973 (FMCB v1.953) released. 
* Update 2016/06/18: v0.972 (FMCB v1.952) released. 
* Update 2016/06/09: v0.972 (FMCB v1.951) released. 
* Update 2016/05/21: v0.971 (FMCB v1.951) released. 
* Update 2016/01/04: v0.97 (FMCB v1.95) released. 
* Update 2013/10/13: v0.96 (FMCB v1.94) released. 
* Update 2013/10/13: v0.95 (FMCB v1.93) released. 
* Update 2013/08/22: v0.94H (FMCB v1.92) released. 
* Update 2013/08/19: v0.94H (FMCB v1.91) released. 
* Update 2013/08/17: Beta v0.94D & H released. 
* Update 2013/07/20: Beta v0.94C released, minor bugfix and translation update. 
* Update 2013/07/16: Beta v0.94B1 released, minor bugfix. 
* Update 2013/07/14: Beta v0.94B released, minor bugfix. 
* Update 2013/07/12: Beta v0.94A released, minor bugfix and features update. 
* Update 2013/07/11 03:21: Added a translation template. 
* Update 2013/07/10: Beta v0.94 released! 
* Update 2012/11/04: Beta v0.93B1 released! 
* Update 2012/04/07: Beta v0.93B released! 
* Update 2011/11/14: Beta v0.93A released! (Late update) 
* Update 2011/10/03: Beta v0.93 released! 
* Update 2011/09/20: Beta v0.92 released! 
* Update 2011/09/16: Beta v0.91 released! 
* Update 2011/09/14: Beta v0.90 released!

= Forum Articles =

* [http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/%5Bobsolete%5D-official-free-mc-boot-releases-58292/]
* [http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/official-fmcb-v1-8c-installer-96372/]
* [http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/fmcb-v1-9-series-release-thread-116247/]

= Official Site/Download =

[https://web.archive.org/web/20190320154606/http://ichiba.geocities.jp:80/ysai187/PS2/FMCB/index.htm Official sp193's website (backup)]

= Developers =

[[jimmikaelkael]]
[[neme]]
[[sp193]]