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FIRST INSTALLATION
The O2 mod is basically divided in 2: the Bios (recovery) and the
OS (operative system).
After the installation when you first start the console, the chip
contains only the Bios, which is the program for the recovery mode,
version 1.0. The operative system isn’t there yet. Through the
recovery mode, it is possible to write the programs inside the flash
of the chip and/or into the memory card and to upgrade the bios
and the OS. The image file upgrade 1.1 which is on the site,
contains both the update for the Bios (recovery) and the installation
of the operative system 1.1(O2 OS).
All the future updates will be separated and contain or the Bios
(recovery) or the Operative System (O2 OS).
It will thus possible to upgrade one of the two or both, as the users
prefer.
To start the upgrading, please refer to the instructions which are
inside the upgrade file.
Bios Upgrade (RECOVERY)
To do this is necessary to download the update file and write it on a cd
It is advised to use nero to burn the file.
Once the cd is written (using Nero or any other burning program),
you need to start the PS2 in recovery mode (keeping pressed the
eject button) and select:
· Recovery->Recovery from CDROM(CDX format)
· The bar will reach 100% and once it appears "operation successful"
you can press the reset button
· The Ps2 will start opening a screen of "Autoflash utility".
In this mode, the chip AUTOMATICALLY, will execute the writing on its 2
memory banks "BANK1" e BANK2".
DO NOT PRESS RESET OR TURN OFF THE CONSOLE while the
writing on the two memory banks.
· Once the last writing on "BANK2" is done, the O2 will show ' "operation
successful", and thus you can turn off or reset the console.
At this point the O2 is inizialized and will contain the Bios 1.1 and the
Operative System (OS) v1.1