[question] Gold gamecube logo when no sd card is inserted.

[ktulu66]

I Flashed the Cubeboot firmware on the pico and now whenever i start the GameCube without an sd card inserted i get a gold GameCube logo and it wont recognize any discs.

[JohnShatto]

So I have been trying to figure this out. That is what happens without any sd card inserted into the gamecube. You need to use a sd2sp2 if you have the second serial port or gc2sd if you dont. Format an sd card to fat32. The root of your SD card should have the following files.

boot.dol - renamed latest swiss.dol file
ipl.dol - renamed cubeboot.dol
fallback.bin
logo.png -renamed picoboot.png or cubeboot.png or custom
cubeboot.ini - might have to edit the force progressive line to zero if using rca cables

Also if using GC2SD there is a bug where you need to use a smaller SD card around 16gb or so. Larger cards only boot in slot 1 which makes it where you can not save any games.

Once you boot to swiss you can launch games with disc drive like normal.

[ktulu66]

Thanks for your time to try to figure this out, but i already know its working with the sd card inserted.
I find it strange that is does not work without an sd card, with the picoboot firmware the GameCube act as a normal without the sd card, just how i want it.
I reverted back to the picoboot firmware and load cubeboot through the sd card now.