[FREEMAN]

Is there an application/iso that is capable of installing WADs on a chipped 4.0U wii?

Anybody have any information or project in the works for something like this?

The reason I ask is because I would like to install WADs and the idea of installing homebrew is unappealing. I would like to have no trace of homebrew on the console.

Is it possible to do this with the USBGecko?

EDIT:
By WADs I mean VC games, such as N64 and SNES games.

[OptimaX]

In order to be able to install WADs on your Wii you need to use a little program that actually 'installs' the wads. This program is only executable from within a 'homebrew' enviroment. So in theory the answer would be NO. But what you could do is:
1. install homebrew (channel)
2. install WAD installer
3. install WADs
4. Remove homebrew.

This will result in WiiWare & VC games on your Wii only. However, you would need to install homebrew again to add new WADs and/or Remove them.

I'm not sure, but there might be a possibility that you can run (the) Homebrew (channel) via a USB stick/Hard drive and/or SD Card. In that case you can Physically 'remove' the Homebrew Channel after installing your WADs. But in ANYWAY you will need to enable some sort of 'homebrew' enviroment to run the WAD installer!

[weswii]

I would think you could use bannerbomb to run the boot.dol file of a wadmanager program and install your wads. That way you wouldn't have to load HBC first. However, depending on the versions of IOSes you have you may be blocked from installing wads and may have to downgrade/replace certain IOSes.

[FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by OptimaX

In order to be able to install WADs on your Wii you need to use a little program that actually 'installs' the wads. This program is only executable from within a 'homebrew' enviroment. So in theory the answer would be NO. But what you could do is...

There's a program called USB Gecko DVD Ripper 1.2 that boots from a chipped wii into a homebrew environment. However, it requires the Gecko to rip anything. Because of this, though, would it be possible to apply this to the WAD Installer or even the HBC in order to boot and run them live from a DVD without having to actually install them onto the wii system?

[OptimaX]

Originally Posted by FREEMAN

There's a program called USB Gecko DVD Ripper 1.2 that boots from a chipped wii into a homebrew environment. However, it requires the Gecko to rip anything. Because of this, though, would it be possible to apply this to the WAD Installer or even the HBC in order to boot and run them live from a DVD without having to actually install them onto the wii system?

I don't think it will be possible to run WADS from a DVD as they need to be booted from the internal memory (NAND) of the Wii.

May i ask what the reason is why you don't want homebrew on your Wii??

[FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by OptimaX

I don't think it will be possible to run WADS from a DVD as they need to be booted from the internal memory (NAND) of the Wii.

May i ask what the reason is why you don't want homebrew on your Wii??

I'm not interested in running the WADs from the DVD. I'm interested running the WAD Manager from DVD and installing the WADs (N64, SNES, VC stuff) only onto the Wii system. I only want games to be installed onto the system.

I have a family console and would not only like to prevent it from being bricked from improper use from whoever decides to run it, but at the same time I'd like to leave no trace of homebrew for updating purposes.

I've seen the DVD Ripper perform great. I just don't understand why someone doesn't adapt the WAD Manager or the HBC to run off a live disc.

[OptimaX]

Originally Posted by FREEMAN

I have a family console and would not only like to prevent it from being bricked from improper use from whoever decides to run it, but at the same time I'd like to leave no trace of homebrew for updating purposes.

In that case i can say that installing the Homebrew Channel will not be of any risc, no matter what person of what age will be operating the wii. The homebrew Channel lets you run homebrew programs (like the WAD installer) but those programs NEED to be on the SD card that you put in the front of the Wii. This provides the solution for you. As long as you make sure that the SD card is not in the Wii, then the homebrew channel becomes 'pointless'. Children might want to be curious and try the homebrew channel, but will find nothing interesting to do with it since the homebrew applications are not available.

Installing homebrew won't be any threat for future updates of the Wii... In fact, it is the other way around! Nintendo is always trying to find ways to get Homebrew not working.

Then last but not least. If you install BootMii on your Wii, then you can make a back up of how the wii currently is configured. If the Wii gets Bricked after that, then with BootMii you can 'repair' the Wii and bring it back to the state of your last back-up.

I really suggest you look into the homebrew channel and how it all works, because i have the feeling that with a little more knowledge you can have exactly what you want.

Good luck!

[FREEMAN]

I understand what your saying, however, I'm still not satisfied with the current state of these specific programs. For instance, Bootmii is uninstallable. I have no interest for HBC except to run WAD Manager. I don't want to install anything but VC content. So I guess I'm just going to have to wait and see what people come up with for those of us with chipped 4.0U consoles.