Originally Posted by rip14

I just ordered a 2.5" 3.5" IDE adapter. It does not look like there is any kind of label to which way the HDD should connect. How do I know which way to put it. An old one I had was labeled with a "1" so I knew which way to do it, but its been years and my memory is a little hazy.

I have a 32 hours car trip coming up, and don't want to fry my HDD before it.

Originally Posted by nokia_fun

Yes normal ATA.

Originally Posted by wishmaker

greetings to all and congratulations for your "discoveries"

i am new to this forum and i could rally need some help..
i own a new pajero with mmcs (loader BLD-NR-261EM V1.09)
i red all posts very carefully and followed step by step the instructions given by rcostin at the very first post :

i removed the hdd and i made a bootable cd containing xboxhdm. Then i connected the hdd to my laptop (single drive) and booted from the cd with option 3. with linux. so far so good ...

i run the unlockhd command -p (including each and every password i found in this forum)... but....zip, niente nothing ! everytime the result is the same :

HDD serial number : "something"
HDD firmware revision : "something"
HDD model : TOSHIBA MK3029GAC
Security supported : Yes
Security enabled : Yes
Security locked : Yes
Security frozen : No
Security count expired : Yes

then i also rub the fdisk -l command and....of course nothing happend!!

any help and advise will be much appreciated!!

thank u for your time and i will be waiting for an answer (if any)

Originally Posted by rip14

Are you sure you have the hard drive hooked up as Primary Master

Originally Posted by esawicki

Originally Posted by rcostin
As you may know, Mitsubishi released a map update DVD available for Europe. Unfortunately, the update works only with a hardware key. Fortunately, there is a method to bypass this if you are willing to take the hdd out of MMCS. You will need:

Procedure (long version):
1. unlock the MMCS' hdd as described here (https://mitsubishiforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=25583)
2. copy the files hd1.xxx from DVD to disk
3. rename all hd1.xxx as hd1.xxx.gz
4. decompress all gz files
5. join all resulted files in a single large file (~20G)
6. mount it in linux on a folder (in /mnt for example)
7. attach MMCS' disk to the linux box and copy all files from /mnt to the partition containing the maps (you may overwrite the existing files)
8. turn off the computer and moutn the disk back in MMCS

The short version:
1. download the archive from ftp://194.88.148.1/ (username: maps pass: mitsubishi)
2. extract all files to the MMCS' disk partition containing the maps (overwrite)

I was trying to make a backup of a DVD nav disk and found that it is possible MMCS to do the update with the maps without hardware key.
All the above are not tested.
-Make an iso image of the one you download from ftp://194.88.148.1/ (username: maps pass: mitsubishi) and then burn using Nero with the booktype set to DVDROM to a DVD+R disk.
Your burner must be able to set the DVD bookmark to DVDROM. (LG)
You can't do it on a DVD+RW disk on any burner for some reason, only DVD+R disks and in our case DVD+R DL because of the size.
To tell Nero to set it to DVDROM, you select RECORDER from the toolbar and then select CHOOSE RECORDER from the pull down menu.
When the window comes up and you select your drive, at the bottom left hand corner of the dialog window you will see OPTIONS>>. select this and it expands the window.
If your drive can set the booktype, you will see a selection box on the lower left, where you can choose DVDROM as the booktype. Select it and choose OK to close the dialog window. If it is not there your drive does not support setting booktype.
Then all you need to do is burn your ISO image to the DVD.
During the burn Nero sets the booktype.
Try it and lets hope that it will load without hardware key.

Originally Posted by wiseowl

I wanted to give the above ago also.
However the map files i downloaded are 11.5GB.
I converted this to an iso image which was still over 10GB.
How can an image of this size be burned to a DVD (even dual layer will only take 8.5GB).
Any ideas gratefully received.
I have also seen that someone is selling update nav discs (for the UK) on ebay:
DVD PART NUMBER T1000-10659/10660/10661
EUROPE 0613
PART NO. MZ313150
PACK NUMBER T1000-10657.
Does anyone know if this different to the files we are downloading from the links on this forum.
Also if I were to buy this disc from ebay (which the seller says does not need a hardware key), would I be able to use it to update more than one MMCS unit?

Originally Posted by wiseowl

I think the ebay item may be just UK.Priced at £59.
Do you think it is usable on more than one MMCS?