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Fullmetal5/bluebomb#16 Bluebomb is incompatible with GPT-partitioned drives. This should be mentioned in the guide because if you try to use a GPT drive, you will receive an error message stating that the USB drive failed to mount.

* If you do not have one, make sure to get one compatible with Linux.
* A USB flash drive formatted as FAT32.
* This cannot be the same flash drive used for your Linux Machine.
* The flash drive must use the MBR partitioning scheme.
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can just remove this line.

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the key information page is also missing needing MBR/MS-DOS

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QEngel commented Oct 10, 2025

the key information page is also missing needing MBR/MS-DOS

Are you referring to the Storage Compatibility section? That section seems to be about USB drives for use with backup loaders which are typically compatible with GPT-partitioned drives.

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the key information page is also missing needing MBR/MS-DOS

Are you referring to the Storage Compatibility section? That section seems to be about USB drives for use with backup loaders which are typically compatible with GPT-partitioned drives.

I am referring to https://wii.hacks.guide/key-information and no that is not correct, the Wii does not support GPT in any capacity.

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QEngel commented Oct 11, 2025

I am referring to https://wii.hacks.guide/key-information and no that is not correct, the Wii does not support GPT in any capacity.

I know you're referring to that page, but which part of that page are you referring to? The only part which mentions USB is the Storage Compatibility section. The Wii might not support GPT but individual homebrew programs can.

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I know you're referring to that page, but which part of that page are you referring to? The only part which mentions USB is the Storage Compatibility section. The Wii might not support GPT but individual homebrew programs can.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think libfat supports GPT which is what all the ancient homebrew is written with.
Any newer homebrew probably supports it since dkP switched to FatFs but who knows someone is probably running a homebrew app written back in 2008...

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Aeplet commented Oct 11, 2025

I know you're referring to that page, but which part of that page are you referring to? The only part which mentions USB is the Storage Compatibility section. The Wii might not support GPT but individual homebrew programs can.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think libfat supports GPT which is what all the ancient homebrew is written with.
Any newer homebrew probably supports it since dkP switched to FatFs but who knows someone is probably running a homebrew app written back in 2008...

Libogc still uses libfat.
https://github.com/devkitPro/libogc/blob/fb5d0f527f5f1d92f060dce7c7018a4374e63b79/libogc/usbstorage.c#L809

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I know you're referring to that page, but which part of that page are you referring to? The only part which mentions USB is the Storage Compatibility section. The Wii might not support GPT but individual homebrew programs can.

Yes I am referring to the storage compatibility section. This goes for both SD card and USB.

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