Alternate boot setups¶
If you need to troubleshoot something, or need to try a different boot setup, read on.
Do I need any of these?
Unless you are experiencing problems with booting or Atmosphère itself, it's strongly recommended to use the main guide instead of these. They are provided for the sake of completeness.
Chainloading Fusee from Hekate¶
- The latest release of Hekate
- The latest release of Atmosphère
- You will need to download both the release zip and the
fusee.bin
- You will need to download both the release zip and the
Instructions:¶
- Insert your Switch's microSD card into your PC.
- Copy the contents of the Atmosphere
.zip
file to the root of your microSD card. - Copy the
bootloader
folder from the Hekate.zip
file to the root of your microSD card. - Copy
fusee.bin
to thesd:/bootloader/payloads
folder on your microSD card. - The setup is complete, you can inject the Hekate payload (Unpatched Switch users) or place the Hekate payload on the root of your microSD card and rename it to
payload.bin
(Modchipped Switch users). - Navigate to and select
Payloads
>fusee.bin
.- Note:
fusee
uses a set boot order that is not as easily configurable as Hekate. Its boot order isemuMMC
>sysCFW
>stock
. If an emuMMC isn't present, it will boot into sysCFW for example. Make sure you have a method of blocking Nintendo's servers set up (such as DNS-MITM) if you do usefusee
and have anemuMMC
.
- Note:
Using Fusee without Hekate¶
This method will not work for Modchipped Switch users.
- The latest release of Atmosphère
- You will need to download both the release zip and the
fusee.bin
- You will need to download both the release zip and the
Instructions:¶
- Insert your Switch's microSD card into your PC.
- Copy the contents of the Atmosphere
.zip
file to the root of your microSD card. - The setup is complete, you can inject the
fusee.bin
payload.- Note:
fusee
uses a set boot order that is not as easily configurable as Hekate. Its boot order isemuMMC
>sysCFW
>stock
. If an emuMMC isn't present, it will boot into sysCFW for example. Make sure you have a method of blocking Nintendo's servers set up (such as DNS-MITM) if you do usefusee
and have anemuMMC
.
- Note: