BootMii

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See also: WiiBrew page about BootMii

BootMii is a piece of software developed by fail0verflow, intended as a boot2 replacement.

It is often used by Wii-Linux users, as MINI is the only firmware that Linux will run under, and BootMii is the primary (but not only) way to load it.

Boot sequence

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The boot sequence for BootMii is as follows:

  • Initialize the hardware
  • Attempt to load MINI from bootmii/armboot.bin from a FAT partition on an SD Card
    • If this step fails (no SD Card connected, no FAT, file doesn't exist, read failure, etc), it will load Nintendo's boot2 and proceed to let the system boot normally