Translation file 'bnupdate.tar.gz' - Testing via Network (No USB Flash Drive Method)

[Emertels]

This amazing method was discovered by the user BeLANzO666 (Hungarian). It allows you to send the translated texts from your PC directly to the PS2 over the local network, saving a lot of time and preventing wear and tear on the console's USB port!

1 - Preparation and Tool Downloads on PC
●Git for Windows (which includes Git Bash): Download the installable version at https://git-scm.com/download/win
●Python (to create the network server): Download at https://www.python.org/downloads/
WARNING: On the first Python installation screen, you must check the box: Add python.exe to PATH (or Add Python to PATH). If you skip this, the terminal will not recognize the command.
●PuTTY (to access the PS2 terminal): Download at https://www.putty.org/

2 - Setting Up the Windows
●Go to the root folder where your translation is located (the outer folder containing the opt0 folder inside).
●Right-click on an empty space in this folder and select: Open Git Bash here.
●Repeat the process to open a second Git Bash window in the same place. You will need two black screens open at the same time.

3 - Window 1: Starting the Server (PC)
●In the first Bash window, type the following command and press Enter:
python -m http.server 8000
●This turns your folder into a local web server. If the Windows Firewall opens a window asking for permission, click Allow access. Leave this window open and running in the background (do not close it).

4 - Window 2: Creating the Package (PC)
●In the second Bash window, you will generate the file whenever you translate something new in dnGrep. Type the following command and press Enter:
tar --format=ustar -czvf bnupdate.tar.gz opt0
●The file will be created instantly and will be available on the network for the PS2 to download.

5 - Finding Your PC's IP Address
●Open the Windows Start Menu, type cmd, and open the Command Prompt.
●Type ipconfig and press Enter.
●Look for the IPv4 Address line and write down this number (example: 192.168.1.15).

6 - Downloading the Translation on the PS2
●Open PuTTY, enter your PS2's IP address, select the Telnet option, and click Open to connect.
●In the PuTTY terminal, type the following command (replacing PC_IP_ADDRESS with the number you wrote down in step 5) and press Enter:
wget -P /tmp http://PC_IP_ADDRESS:8000/bnupdate.tar.gz -c
●This command will make the PS2 connect to your computer and download the update file directly to the temporary folder in a few seconds.

7 - Extracting on the PS2 and Testing
●Still in PuTTY, type the extraction command and press Enter:
tar -xvzf /tmp/bnupdate.tar.gz
●Finishing up: Now just use the controller shortcut configured with the RELOAD command (if you enabled this function in the navimenu.xml file) to reload the console screen and see the translated texts instantly!

NOTE: I haven't tested this tutorial; I've only redone it with more details based on our friend's tutorial @BeLANzO666

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[BeLANzO666]

I think we need to clean cache after the last step because this method rewrite the running OS files and after PSBBN restart I've got the black screen. So please use this only on testing environment.
Give me a couple of days for research/testing/trial and error...

[Emertels]

I think we need to clean cache after the last step because this method rewrite the running OS files and after PSBBN restart I've got the black screen. So please use this only on testing environment. Give me a couple of days for research/testing/trial and error...

Thanks for the tip! I made some tutorials because they will be useful for future translators.

Anyway, I won't be able to test anymore, my PSBBN doesn't work anymore. I think my adapter might have gone bad.

[Emertels]

I think we need to clean cache after the last step because this method rewrite the running OS files and after PSBBN restart I've got the black screen. So please use this only on testing environment.
Give me a couple of days for research/testing/trial and error...

I didn't ask. Where it clears the cache, would that be that option of the PSBBN powershell installer?

[BeLANzO666]

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Here is the final cheap trick solution:

In the part 1. Preparation and Tool Downloads on PC you need to create the "translatorinit.sh" script with the following code:

# Stop PSBBN Menu and BackEnd Services
kill -9 $(pidof bn) 2>/dev/null
killall pfsd 2>/dev/null

sleep 1

# Copy the archived translation from your computer into PS2
# You need to change YOUR_MACHINE_IP to the real IPV4 address, example: 192.168.1.15
wget -O /tmp/bnupdate.tar.gz http://YOUR_MACHINE_IP:8000/bnupdate.tar.gz

# Clean current PSBBN cache
rm -rf /opt0/bn/cache/default/*

# Extract and overwrite the current filesystem from the downloded newer one
tar -xvzf /tmp/bnupdate.tar.gz -C /

# The PSBBN binary menu file attribute change to executable because the Windows don't know
# this attribute and removed it sometime and cause the black screen after boot.
chmod +x /opt0/bn/bn

# Start BackEnd Services
/opt0/bn/pfsd/pfsd &

sleep 1

#Start PSBBN Menu
cd /opt0/bn
./bn &

Of course you need to change YOUR_MACHINE_IP line to your current IPV4 address wich is on the same network as the PS2. This is possibly Wired or WiFi.

IMPORTANT!
If you editing this script file please check the EOL (End Of Line) conversion because it must be UNIX type LF only.
In Notepad++ go to Edit->EOL Conversion->Unix (LF)

Then copy the translatorinit.sh file the root folder where your translation is located (the outer folder containing the opt0 folder inside).

The 2-3-4-5 steps are the same.

The step 6 is put the following line into the opened/connected PS2 PUTTY console:

wget -O /tmp/translatorinit.sh http://YOUR_MACHINE_IP:8000/translatorinit.sh && sh /tmp/translatorinit.sh

Again you need to change YOUR_MACHINE_IP line to your current IPV4 address.

The result:

• the PS2 download translatorinit.sh script into the /tmp directory
• start it immediately and stop PSBBN menu and backend services
• clear cache
• extract and overwrite your translation
• start backend services
• start PSBBN menu

On the console when the services are stopped the picture will freeze and when everythings finished you will see the PSBBN boot part only from the graphic screen.
So you don't need to the RELOAD option anymore...

Another advantage, for the next upload just push the ↑ button in GIT BASH to run tar --format=ustar -czvf bnupdate.tar.gz opt0 again and in the PS2 PUTTY window just go the the /tmp directory and run the translatorinit.sh script:

cd /tmp
./translatorinit.sh

Of course if you reboot the console the /tmp directory is deleted so then you need to run the wget -O /tmp/translatorinit.sh... command again.

|,,|, BeLANzO ,|,,|

[BeLANzO666]

I think we need to clean cache after the last step because this method rewrite the running OS files and after PSBBN restart I've got the black screen. So please use this only on testing environment.
Give me a couple of days for research/testing/trial and error...

I didn't ask. Where it clears the cache, would that be that option of the PSBBN powershell installer?

The BNUPDATE script contains it but it's developed for mounting USB and exctract files from there. From network we need to do our own because when the PSBBN menu starts it's need to regenerate everythings because of empty cache and on this way will be everythigs consistent. Whithout clear cache some new translated sentences couldn't wisible because the system get it form existing cache. This is similar when you need to empty Chrome/Firefox/Edge browser chache to force reconnect for the latest informations.

[Emertels]

I think we need to clean cache after the last step because this method rewrite the running OS files and after PSBBN restart I've got the black screen. So please use this only on testing environment.
Give me a couple of days for research/testing/trial and error...

I didn't ask. Where it clears the cache, would that be that option of the PSBBN powershell installer?

The BNUPDATE script contains it but it's developed for mounting USB and exctract files from there. From network we need to do our own because when the PSBBN menu starts it's need to regenerate everythings because of empty cache and on this way will be everythigs consistent. Whithout clear cache some new translated sentences couldn't wisible because the system get it form existing cache. This is similar when you need to empty Chrome/Firefox/Edge browser chache to force reconnect for the latest informations.

Thank you so much for your great work, my friend! This will be useful for other people in the future too. I won't be able to test it for now because I sold my PS2 FAT today. :(

Your tutorial was amazing.

[BeLANzO666]

Your're welcome.

I will continue the Hungarian translation on this method and give feedback what happend.

[BeLANzO666]

I made a little video about how is it fast/working:

https://youtu.be/aQs1QbInyzQ

[Emertels]

I made a little video about how is it fast/working:

https://youtu.be/aQs1QbInyzQ

Wow! It was amazing! Very well done. When I buy another PS2 I'll test it. You basically need PUTTY and Python, right?

It would be good if you left the codes in the video description, it is bad to type everything. Haha.