Virtualization and Emulation
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 running time 33:56
Matt kicks off a series on Virtualization and invites us to see the 10 Gigabit beast at his office while Shannon and Darren wrap up their series on Wii Homebrew with the easiest way to backup and load Wii games and the Dolphin emulator.
Virtualization
So we've finally come to the point in which I've been worn down enough to begin highlighting some virtualization for you guys.
In this episode I kind of gave you a brief overview of a singular reason one would want to virtualize their infrastructure.
COST
Now more than ever I'm sure your CAPEX budgets are tightening or have vanished completely for this fiscal year.
Let's take a real down and dirty look at the primary benefit of virtualization.
Last year I purchased a Dell server with the following specs for about $22,000
4x Quad-Core Xeon X7350 processors at 2.93GHz 128GB RAM 5x 15,000RPM 450GB SAS Hard Drives
Now as you can see this is a beast.
VMWare licensing costs for this server are about another $10,000. OUCH! However there's more.
Right now I'm running 38 virtual machines on this server. With room for more.
Let's say the average 1U server costs $1500. Where am I at from a pure cost perspective?
A) Virtual Environment - $32,000
B) Separate Physical machines - $57,000
This doesn't take into account the virtual environment's savings on things such as power consumption, or cooling.
Plus with another server, and a SAN you now have a Highly Available system for about the same cost as individual machines.
I know this was a brief overview of the primary benefits of virtualization, but I wanted to give you guys an idea of just what is accomplishable when you begin thinking virtually.
I'll be bringing you a bunch more segments in the coming weeks ranging from SAN selection and implementation to building a cheap virtual environment at your house, so stay tuned for more!
Contests
The Monkey Wallpaper contest is still going on. Entries are due by Friday, April 24th. The winner will be announced on next weeks episode, 511. You can find all the art work and submission details at Hak5.org/MonkeyContest. The winner will receive a deluxe sock monkey kit from SockMonkey.net!
This week we have a new contest -- a code challenge. If you're into PHP, Imagemagick, and gmail you'll want to get involved. Entries are due by Friday, May 1st. The winner will be announced on episode 512. you can find all the details at Hak5.org/CodeChallenge. The winner will receive a copy of Mario Lurig's PHP Book PHP Reference: Beginner to Intermediate PHP5.
Wii Homebrew News
Team Twiizers focus on BootMii
On the 16th Team Twiizers, the folks that brought us the Homebrew Channel, announced that they have shifted their focus to the BootMii project.
BootMii is system boots before the Wii System Menu and allows for complete low level control of the Wii, including launching the homebrew channel.
Team Twiizers expects to have a beta released within the coming weeks. So far it has been successfully installed on about a dozen Wiis.
We'll have a hands on look when it becomes available.
USB Loader released
Earlier this month Waninkoko released USB Loader, an homebrew Wii app which allows you to backup game discs to USB Hard Drive or SD card run backed up games from said media without needing the original disc.
Obviously this tool has piracy potential written all over it but it's also the fastest and most convenient option we've found for backing up games.
Last week we demoed nitrotuxĂs Wii Disc Dumper, a similar backup tool that took 10 hours to download a Dual-Layer Wii Disc in 6 parts.
The newly released USB Loader does that in 1/10th the time directly to a single ISO file. We'll be using it today as part of our Wii 720p segment
Dolphin build 2962 released
On the 13th Dolphin build 2962 hit subversion. This latest build adds OpenAL audio support, the ability to frame dump to AVI, various bug fixes and a more powerful Xbox 360 controller rumble. Huzzah
Wii Homebrew Review
A lot has changed over the last four weeks since we started playing with Wii Homebrew so before we get into the latest -- backing up Wii Games and playing them in HD on your PC -- let's review how we got here.
Currently the best method for installing Homebrew on your Wii is through a technique known as the Twilight Hack. This involves loading a special save-game for Zelda: Twilight Princess that causes a buffer overflow and code execution.
This method was thwarted by Nintendo's recently released System Menu 4.0. If you haven't updated your Wii already we advise you steer clear until the homebrew scene can come up with a new hack.
If you already have homebrew installed, such as the Homebrew Channel or DVD-X, updating to 4.0 doesn't break those but we still advise against it.
The most essential homebrew app is the Homebrew Channel. It's a breeze to install with the twilight hack and once installed you can use it to launch other homebrew apps from your SD card -- no need to pull off the twilight hack every time you want to play a different homebrew app.
The Homebrew Browser is another essential as it allows you to download homebrew apps, games, utilities and demos right from your Wii's Internet connection and onto your SD card.
A great list of homebrew apps can be found at the WiiBrew.org wiki. Details for pulling off these hacks can be found in our show notes and previous episodes.
USB SD Loader
The USB SD Loader from waninkoko is, IMHO, the easiest way to backup Wii games -- far superior to the disc dumper we showed off on 509. That said, it should be known that in order to use the USB SD Loader you must modify your Wii using a wad manager -- but you've already voided the warranty anyway right? It is also worth noting that as of writing it does not backup gamecube discs. For that you'll need to stick to the disc dumper mentioned on 509.
In order to use the USB Loader you'll need to install the USB Loader wad file using a wad manager. Once installed you'll need to run the cios36 rev10 installer. Then ensure that the IOS36-64-v1024.wad file is in the root of your SD card and start the USB Loader from the new channel item in system menu.
You'll have the option to format either an SD card or USB drive in WBFS. This will be the medium for storing and running backed up games. It's probably not a good idea to format your regular homebrew SD card for this ;). I took the USB route opting to format a portable 320GB HDD. Once formatted, installing games is as simple as inserting the disc, pressing (+) on the wii remote and following the prompts. Typical single-layer discs take about an hour to copy.
In order to get the game off your removable hard drive and onto your computer in ISO form you'll need to install the (windows only) WBFS Manager program. This program lets you select your removable drive and extract games as ISO images. You can also copy any ISOs you may have on your computer to the removable drive with this tool.
Dolphin Emulator
Once you have a legally copied ISO file on your computer you'll want to install and configure Dolphin in order to play it.
The important bits to note about getting Dolphin to run properly is that you'll need Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 (x86 or x64) installed. You'll also need the DirectX March 2009 Runtime. Use the Microsoft DirectX Updater. It's probably also a good idea to update your video drivers while you're at it.
Dolphin itself is pretty easy to use. Like most emulators it features a plethora of control configurations and convenient save state options.
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" It doesn't back this week I'm not bring and you hack this week but I'm bringing you some home brewed news and -- quick recap of what we've done so far as -- that as far as the Nintendo Wii goes. First off teen tweezers you guys remember them from the home -- channel they've been working on boot me. But I mean basically brings you this low level consul control over your entire week it boots up before the system menu so you have that control. They've done are ready on twelve different -- and they haven't -- any of them yet so they're bringing out the beta version in the next few weeks you can expect that. Also whining Coco key was the guy that did the US -- he just released this thing it's this home proved we app. That lets you back up your -- disk on TU SB hard drive or an SD card. It's pretty cool and lets you run came straight from your SD card instead of using in the game this for every single thing. You can just leave that in there and play -- against it from there so last week you remember right right you don't need this pampered by Patrick tax. It's basically the same thing at the US be letter except it takes a good ten hours -- six different part offers certain kind of keenness. -- Takes 110 of that time and only one I so file it's great everything's packed and one file and Darren is gonna be showing us how to use this. To get -- 720. And last stop for the new is that when it's tell you about dolphins on the thirteenth they released built in 96 Q. This is brand new it has opened AL audio support. Framed up for AB and they included. -- even powerful and more powerful rumble for your Xbox-360. Controller. Sounds good to mean. Right now for our quick recap. The first thing we talked about when we were talking -- instantly was that Zelda twilight hack it's awesome as the special seat gain that causes the buffer overflow in code execution. All this cool stuff. Basically just brings numbers on your on your machine that's the good part -- part Nintendo just really system menu four point now. This sucks because if you haven't updated are ready you can get the Zelda twilight hack. But if you have already updated and you don't have it yet you cannot use it -- hack to get hungry machine. Although if you haven't updated yet and you have it and you want to update you can't because it won't break Hungary's that you aren't happening your machine. Although I would recommend staying on the old. Old man just because. It's probably much better that way. Right the -- channel. This basically lets you alliance hundred apps from SD card and it makes it very easy it's there's no need for the twilight hack. For every single game night when a plane that's home -- on week one of the most recent things we talked about -- the home your browser and lets you download. All -- hunger at some gains everything you want it street from the Wii's Internet connections you don't have to meet your SD card from your computer and back again every single time. If you wanna know more about hungry apps you can find information and an app that you can download a Pratt and -- dot org Wiki. And if you want to check out everything that we've done step by step so far you can go back to the previous episodes and definitely check it out at them. Greed -- check out action and residency dot com and Hak5 port."
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" today we are in my office actually the conference room of my office here Williamsburg and after the mountains of you know I've gotten night finally decided that we're going to start our virtualization segment. And I've done a couple little things here and there with VMware server and you know workstation and in some other things but today we're actually gonna get into the enterprise. Virtualization segment -- whole big series. It's probably be consumed. At least a month maybe two no means that. But I've got Paul camera got who has graciously. Tagged along and is filming. My little white -- here now. You guys may be asking yourself okay I understand about virtualization. Put a couple things per box. That's all fine and dandy. Besides you know cost savings and in things like that what else is there that goes into virtualization. Well there's machine virtualization there's the actual physical. -- virtual. Putting multiple boxes on -- machine. There's also stored virtualization. Storage area networks things of that nature equal logic EMC. All of these big companies have what they call storage virtualization which logic to. While while -- get into that later. What -- show you today's kind of a brief overview of the system that I have set up now it's not the most. Awesome system in the world -- not even set up the best practices according to VMware or zen however that being said. It works for us when -- show you what we've got. In our server -- here we've got. 36 terabytes. In three cages. And -- sands space. And may be asking yourself. Why 36 Howard may end three cages while while while we're using. Twelve terabytes. Per cage. There's twelve disks per. Cage one terabyte drives each. There's data and -- 7200 -- is we wanted the maximum storage capacity that we possibly have because each of our virtual machines needs to be at least 200 gigabytes. We run SAP and it's a -- Beyond that we have a single. Dell. Our 900. This is the beast of the beast as far as -- concerns this machine. Is enormous it's got four processors. When I bought it you can only get Quad Core processors that night and its six core processors. You can load this beast up to up to 256. Gigs of ram. On this box alone we are running the equivalent. Of 45. Physical machines. So let's let's take a step back and think about that report. So 45 physical machines I've got 45 different installations of windows. On this single box this box cost my company. 23000 dollars. Go through your entire rack. Fill it with one U. Servers. How much is that gonna cost. You got -- about 1500 dollars per server. If you were gonna go with what the equivalent of -- 45 servers equals. You have to spend 1500 dollars. Her one you in a 42 U rack to equal we have in three years. The system itself we give each machine. For processing course we give each machine at least six gigs of ram. Here there. Or bouts and it runs like a champ. Now this our 900 here is directly connected. The ten Gigabit ethernet. -- So now we've got our sands which these -- cages are actually linked in this cage here. Both in rate fifty. And we get up -- put on the disc spindles and a bowel. 120 megabytes a second. And that's with all 45 physical machines on. So. This is kind of an introductory not really saying why or how or you know that kind of thing I just wanted to give you guys -- real world example of an implementation that is in a production environment. If this machine goes down. I'm so fired just put it that way so. Won't get into some of the more specifics of VMware and virtual center server. The -- motion and the disaster recovery and high availability systems a little bit later in this series but. I just want to let you guys know that. Not only the cost to purchase the 45 physical machines think about -- cost too cool. To power and to back up. These machines. I'm really guys -- that thought and check back next week we're actually gonna get into the nitty gritty of how we're actually going to go about our protecting. This solution if a lot cheaper than you guys actually think. So law right now gonna kick it over to trivia and take away."
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" guys just like Shannon said at the top that showed this we -- we -- changes so fast especially lately since system and you Portland island whole SD HC cards or whatnot but what I wanted to talk to guys about like we said last week is doing using -- an emulator to play your Wii games. At 720 Ph.D. Yeah see we can do it to you know not just PS3 and 360. Got tablet that no gaming rig -- wouldn't do it now here's the last week we showed you guys how to use technique ago I produced and what we tagged if we show you how to. Use a a downloaded that would like download the game disc in your -- To an SD card it immediately multiple times because that's -- big up lot about it but it's really cool new stuff come out. Just a few days ago that's a taping and that is the US be sliced ST. Loader on this thing is sweet it basically allows you to not only. You know copy your your games from your week. Discs over to something like you know -- removable hard drive or even you know you just you thumb drive. It allows you to even play it implements the could back up your entire Wii library too hard drive not have to change discs -- and -- really cool stuff we're not mean obviously there is you know. Potential for piracy there were not interest in that out all what -- city and is playing are only two games. That you know. We -- here. On. On our PC in much better graphics so how do we get it all setup how do we get the you SP loader installed so we can start backing up our games ice or files right. Well there's a couple requirements to be to get the US be -- take a look here I've got the is basically the package. That's you'll find links on a website and there's four steps of the process here first we need to get the US be loader want installed on are we. Pretty easy thing to do with talk -- and while the report and you've seen it's a breeze he had installed so once we. That installed we also need to go through this CI OS 36 -- an installer. And basically you know this is -- standard boot -- deal well if you're familiar with whom we channel. You know what we do is becoming here and -- I'm just gonna use I don't know that's any all use we 2600 as an example images popping up order. --"
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" This time on the show. Mac kicks off -- series on virtualization. Bulgaria Canada and the week home -- series. With backups and emulation."
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" Hak5 decades and I met last. I understand why in the disk and this is your weekly those. It. That excellence -- the guys -- a lot of Wii home -- stuffs them virtualization quietly and people coming. Yeah nobody knows about virtualization so finally -- you know what it is time to appease the masses. And now we're gonna do is go into. It's gonna be Ceres. Like. Start. And they do satellite or bring them so little brain dump and then we're also gonna do a little like. Home brew virtualization. So like buying mode and hello -- It's that I like. You pop up you -- this that the added that so it's -- at the director's cut. And of which there's gonna be a nickname on that goes. Liberty. You know behind the scene -- in keeping that -- Well one because some ideas about like. -- Think I'm looking out for you guys. Because this is a whole room you want this is home brew hates you you production. Relate less than one that single lens costs the bullets. It's hard big round pick this. Get real the Williamsburg yeah missing a thing that thing is is like if if if they -- the Revision 3 studio that isn't horrible. Now that's so and because box so what's gonna happen is a time they want to do like something remote. Like multi cam multi audio it's what they're gonna have to come across and be like hey we -- ready to -- thank. Don't we -- okay what can and months what's the big step for -- It's now uncle. -- So. Or else. I would gondola was we homegrown -- over Shannon. And."
" It doesn't back this week I'm not bring and you hack this week but I'm bringing you some home brewed news and -- quick recap of what we've done so far as -- that as far as the Nintendo Wii goes. First off teen tweezers you guys remember them from the home -- channel they've been working on boot me. But I mean basically brings you this low level consul control over your entire week it boots up before the system menu so you have that control. They've done are ready on twelve different -- and they haven't -- any of them yet so they're bringing out the beta version in the next few weeks you can expect that. Also whining Coco key was the guy that did the US -- he just released this thing it's this home proved we app. That lets you back up your -- disk on TU SB hard drive or an SD card. It's pretty cool and lets you run came straight from your SD card instead of using in the game this for every single thing. You can just leave that in there and play -- against it from there so last week you remember right right you don't need this pampered by Patrick tax. It's basically the same thing at the US be letter except it takes a good ten hours -- six different part offers certain kind of keenness. -- Takes 110 of that time and only one I so file it's great everything's packed and one file and Darren is gonna be showing us how to use this. To get -- 720. And last stop for the new is that when it's tell you about dolphins on the thirteenth they released built in 96 Q. This is brand new it has opened AL audio support. Framed up for AB and they included. -- even powerful and more powerful rumble for your Xbox-360. Controller. Sounds good to mean. Right now for our quick recap. The first thing we talked about when we were talking -- instantly was that Zelda twilight hack it's awesome as the special seat gain that causes the buffer overflow in code execution. All this cool stuff. Basically just brings numbers on your on your machine that's the good part -- part Nintendo just really system menu four point now. This sucks because if you haven't updated are ready you can get the Zelda twilight hack. But if you have already updated and you don't have it yet you cannot use it -- hack to get hungry machine. Although if you haven't updated yet and you have it and you want to update you can't because it won't break Hungary's that you aren't happening your machine. Although I would recommend staying on the old. Old man just because. It's probably much better that way. Right the -- channel. This basically lets you alliance hundred apps from SD card and it makes it very easy it's there's no need for the twilight hack. For every single game night when a plane that's home -- on week one of the most recent things we talked about -- the home your browser and lets you download. All -- hunger at some gains everything you want it street from the Wii's Internet connections you don't have to meet your SD card from your computer and back again every single time. If you wanna know more about hungry apps you can find information and an app that you can download a Pratt and -- dot org Wiki. And if you want to check out everything that we've done step by step so far you can go back to the previous episodes and definitely check it out at them. Greed -- check out action and residency dot com and Hak5 port."
" And now one thing about this month's Lan party it's going to be on one planned. Doomed to school -- in the -- Oregon 25 a few weeks you geysers in the a lot of classic fun. Double barreled shotguns -- the win so anyway you see all the details about that. Hak5 Lan thought Squarespace dot com this week on blogs where he suggested he -- press the play works. It'll just finally gets cold I just to -- best. Hey -- let me direct your attention over to the Squarespace is because they are fine sponsors this particular segment and and I want to show you what -- PG and you hear someone -- Squarespace page analogue and and it's disease is clicking over here to modify my navigation on at a -- page. And initially nifty feature here where can actually create a map. So -- complete human -- in college the big. Lan party. Bring that down here and I have a Google map CPI is really is the gag. And I'm gonna give an address this issue through an -- that there's -- podcast -- revision there we go awesome. I'm gonna call this you know he Hak5 epic Lan party. -- actually sounds good. Privilege. And I go over here epic Lan party now and there we go I have a Google map. And you know advice if I actually had like a street address click this and be like. You know find directions good so you're doing like an event or something. This would be excellent. Save for instance if Hak5 have -- which gardens in the old summer I understand now becomes cool and we would have maps -- like hotels and then this theme park and all sorts of stuff. Again Google maps. And it's worthless plans start at just eight dollars a month and you can get 10% off the light from your service of their way you check out at Squarespace dot com with coupon code. Five. At this point I'm gonna go ahead and take it over to Mac. Who is Canada's office he's just a little bit about virtualization."
" today we are in my office actually the conference room of my office here Williamsburg and after the mountains of you know I've gotten night finally decided that we're going to start our virtualization segment. And I've done a couple little things here and there with VMware server and you know workstation and in some other things but today we're actually gonna get into the enterprise. Virtualization segment -- whole big series. It's probably be consumed. At least a month maybe two no means that. But I've got Paul camera got who has graciously. Tagged along and is filming. My little white -- here now. You guys may be asking yourself okay I understand about virtualization. Put a couple things per box. That's all fine and dandy. Besides you know cost savings and in things like that what else is there that goes into virtualization. Well there's machine virtualization there's the actual physical. -- virtual. Putting multiple boxes on -- machine. There's also stored virtualization. Storage area networks things of that nature equal logic EMC. All of these big companies have what they call storage virtualization which logic to. While while -- get into that later. What -- show you today's kind of a brief overview of the system that I have set up now it's not the most. Awesome system in the world -- not even set up the best practices according to VMware or zen however that being said. It works for us when -- show you what we've got. In our server -- here we've got. 36 terabytes. In three cages. And -- sands space. And may be asking yourself. Why 36 Howard may end three cages while while while we're using. Twelve terabytes. Per cage. There's twelve disks per. Cage one terabyte drives each. There's data and -- 7200 -- is we wanted the maximum storage capacity that we possibly have because each of our virtual machines needs to be at least 200 gigabytes. We run SAP and it's a -- Beyond that we have a single. Dell. Our 900. This is the beast of the beast as far as -- concerns this machine. Is enormous it's got four processors. When I bought it you can only get Quad Core processors that night and its six core processors. You can load this beast up to up to 256. Gigs of ram. On this box alone we are running the equivalent. Of 45. Physical machines. So let's let's take a step back and think about that report. So 45 physical machines I've got 45 different installations of windows. On this single box this box cost my company. 23000 dollars. Go through your entire rack. Fill it with one U. Servers. How much is that gonna cost. You got -- about 1500 dollars per server. If you were gonna go with what the equivalent of -- 45 servers equals. You have to spend 1500 dollars. Her one you in a 42 U rack to equal we have in three years. The system itself we give each machine. For processing course we give each machine at least six gigs of ram. Here there. Or bouts and it runs like a champ. Now this our 900 here is directly connected. The ten Gigabit ethernet. -- So now we've got our sands which these -- cages are actually linked in this cage here. Both in rate fifty. And we get up -- put on the disc spindles and a bowel. 120 megabytes a second. And that's with all 45 physical machines on. So. This is kind of an introductory not really saying why or how or you know that kind of thing I just wanted to give you guys -- real world example of an implementation that is in a production environment. If this machine goes down. I'm so fired just put it that way so. Won't get into some of the more specifics of VMware and virtual center server. The -- motion and the disaster recovery and high availability systems a little bit later in this series but. I just want to let you guys know that. Not only the cost to purchase the 45 physical machines think about -- cost too cool. To power and to back up. These machines. I'm really guys -- that thought and check back next week we're actually gonna get into the nitty gritty of how we're actually going to go about our protecting. This solution if a lot cheaper than you guys actually think. So law right now gonna kick it over to trivia and take away."
" Right guys so this week we are bringing you any trivia but we are bringing you the Hak5 monkey wallpaper contest basically you can go over to Hak5 our. Slash monkey contest. And you can -- source files are image files PNC's. Of the creation that -- made monkey that you remember from a couple of episodes -- of the intercept from the wind."
" Ahead and post them up on the plus we've already been seen some excellent submissions on the forms to encourage the beauty and just break up again straight up Photoshop whatever disease even task the stomach actually. -- Yeah so anyway. But it get involved and you can win an excellent sock monkey kids. Courtesy of sock -- dot net or -- that's what I. Europe and yes they are -- they are actual and an even comes with it -- and -- included. And then what we we've got -- here so when you win this do you get together all sock monkey. Stuff."
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" Others -- it -- six months case yet. Rock on what's -- on what I am gonna go process that and go tell you guys how you can back up your Wii games to a hard drive. Those over to your computer as their plan them in HD. Get the U card -- is breaking my computer area on the you're gonna do that and you have here take this from an appointment."
" guys just like Shannon said at the top that showed this we -- we -- changes so fast especially lately since system and you Portland island whole SD HC cards or whatnot but what I wanted to talk to guys about like we said last week is doing using -- an emulator to play your Wii games. At 720 Ph.D. Yeah see we can do it to you know not just PS3 and 360. Got tablet that no gaming rig -- wouldn't do it now here's the last week we showed you guys how to use technique ago I produced and what we tagged if we show you how to. Use a a downloaded that would like download the game disc in your -- To an SD card it immediately multiple times because that's -- big up lot about it but it's really cool new stuff come out. Just a few days ago that's a taping and that is the US be sliced ST. Loader on this thing is sweet it basically allows you to not only. You know copy your your games from your week. Discs over to something like you know -- removable hard drive or even you know you just you thumb drive. It allows you to even play it implements the could back up your entire Wii library too hard drive not have to change discs -- and -- really cool stuff we're not mean obviously there is you know. Potential for piracy there were not interest in that out all what -- city and is playing are only two games. That you know. We -- here. On. On our PC in much better graphics so how do we get it all setup how do we get the you SP loader installed so we can start backing up our games ice or files right. Well there's a couple requirements to be to get the US be -- take a look here I've got the is basically the package. That's you'll find links on a website and there's four steps of the process here first we need to get the US be loader want installed on are we. Pretty easy thing to do with talk -- and while the report and you've seen it's a breeze he had installed so once we. That installed we also need to go through this CI OS 36 -- an installer. And basically you know this is -- standard boot -- deal well if you're familiar with whom we channel. You know what we do is becoming here and -- I'm just gonna use I don't know that's any all use we 2600 as an example images popping up order. --"
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" Are now on and -- and a reunion that so like CIO us 36. And yes he puts stuff in here we don't needs ideal thing that we -- keep here is than that -- and now and the about the icon PNG so that'll show up in our home brew. Channel copy over that -- DO well and then we edit this. XML file here and when it changes have instead of saying we 2600 will say this he. I know last 36. Fill those out basically so it'll show up in your home -- channel and then go ahead through this installer to really easy install it modifies your -- so that we can -- plug the USB hard drive into it. And start having lots of fun so now that we have those first two steps and we need to make sure that we have this particular. One file here in the root. Our SD card that -- or home grew up and that is DC at the idealist 3664. The 1024 -- just pop it in your root. You'd be -- is what you end up here you get this nice the channel called you just be letters you know we're gonna go head start that here and I have a AT USB. Thumb drive plugged into the back that we there you to put in a much bigger drive and then we select -- storage device. Either mass storage or weak but SD HC card in there I'm just gonna go with B it's mass storage. And you can see here not a whole lot -- only six gigs free but there are already at backed up Mario party eight. And I can go ahead like launch it from here or can. -- plus with a -- disk in the drive and start downloading that too and I still file on our USB stick here so it takes about an hour for a single layer we gets to download TU SB drive. And I keep in mind you USB drive is going to be formatted in what's known as the -- as we -- file system I'm not rooster TXT three or what. But the thing is you need this program on your windows computer called the media -- manager and you go ahead and grab that and what it allows you do here is selected drive. It loaded up. And and -- all of the ice -- we've downloaded. To you war. Here -- B hard drive there and you can even extracted clip who extract button down here. And -- to see that -- it has the ability to down. Scoured the net. And download the cover art for your games which is excellent so. Once we've extracted her -- so here you can see I've got the gulf and 64 bit edition of the emulator up here I got a couple of games I have legitimately downloaded here. Like might Zelda wind weaker super smash Brothers brawl. And a Mario party eight and I can show you right here I actually. Legitimately. On -- that's okay so. So let's go ahead and dive right into the emulator so you -- and really easy to configure it for example if I wanted to change my controller options they've got a sweet little. Check box here I just plugged in the USB version of the Xbox-360. Game pad. And I just check this box it says enable X 360. And that's it war on applicant polls whatever else I can even do we note which is pretty nifty lots of options in there have fun -- Anyway. All you really need to do is go ahead and open just gonna go ahead show you. Say Mario party here. And I'm going to load save because that's it states right -- save state here already gallon. -- our sincerity of Mario party here and as you can tell not every game worked perfectly. Two graphical glitches here. But you know it it's still playable but -- that the best choice really I actually went ahead and stand all the time to download the dual layer disk here at the Super Mario Brothers are super smash Brothers brawl. Lot of fun game except I the end yes -- version because I live -- in the United States. And that the emulator really support the pal version right now. So I and look -- plays -- somewhere and actually by the Albert in geek is you know I'm not downloading so I'm TPB. -- rightly so. What I have here is -- to -- it had so you wouldn't weaker now actually playable it is. So fire ripped off and then open and and Zelda wind weaker. As nice because you get -- save -- here select -- compressed now F one F two to cycle through massive spots. And there you go with my Xbox-360 controller here I am chopping. And shopping. And you and all that fun stuff that element does so I mean that's pretty much it's. Aside from you know some want to keep this with the emulator it's still it's pretty still there are pretty early in the game. But it's a lot of fun I mean you know the most of the gamecube games run excellently and you know the Wii games are only getting better and better with every build. So definitely check that out and find all of the details of how to pull this off no one really fast but all of that is in our show notes Hak5. Dot org I think at this point I am gonna go ahead and that Solomon at the rest of the Hak5 -- so we can --"
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Started discussion: April 22, 2009 @ 12:23pm GMT
Episode 510 - Virtualization and Emulation [Discussion]
Matt kicks off a series on Virtualization and invites us to see the 10 Gigabit beast at his office while Shannon and Darren wrap up their series on Wii Homebrew with the easiest way to backup and load Wii games and the Dolphin emulator.
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xfuuey
7 months ago
@ gus- Agreed. I especially like this show because they don't assume most of their viewers are complete morons. :rolleyes:
Anyway, another kick ass episode. It'll be great to see where/what Matt does with the future VM segments.
Anyway, another kick ass episode. It'll be great to see where/what Matt does with the future VM segments.













I like porting to my PMP to watch to and from work, however, with Hak I really want to see it on a bigger screen. So why the limited embedded player on Rev3?
I want the ability to expand to full screen like fox.com,hulu.com NBC etc, etc.