not enough room for raw Nand-dump on 32gb SD

Kemwer

Noob Account
Nov 27, 2018
2
1
Hi there

I've been reading and googling before posting, but I basically just want to verify solutions and ask if i've missed something obvious.
I'm on 6.0.1 OFW without exfat support
I can boot into the first screen on SX Pro (havent activated license yet)
I have a new 32gb Kingston microsd (fat32) and it only contains SX 2.3 beta
I plan to use the guide* to update to 6.0.1 with exfat. so I use my 128gb SanDisk microsd
*https://team-xecuter.com/forums/threads/154987-How-to-Update-Firmware-on-a-Banned-Nintendo-Switch

The problem im running into is that when I try to dump the raw nand, it dumps boot1, boot2 and then says theres not enough room on the 32gb microsd.

From what I've read, my option is to use hekate to dump the nand in in parts and run a script on my pc to combine them to a single file.

Have I missed anything obvious?
 
Last edited:

imprezgc8

Bannnnnn-Kai!
Staff member
Troll Eating Dogs
Nov 26, 2007
2,424
138
The Cloud
You would as Game_Over said get a 64gb to do the backup. I have a separate SD that I use just to make my nand backups and then a bigger one for all my actual apps. SX bootloader can read Exfat so you can use exfat to do the back up so you have one file. Hekate will work also, but is a little more work since you would need to combine the files after. That way will also take a bit longer. Not sure on specific times haha, but it is def longer.
 
Last edited:

Kemwer

Noob Account
Nov 27, 2018
2
1
Got it working in a different way with the 128gb card:
I used EaseUS Partitionmanager to create a 64gb Fat32-partition.
I then exited EaseUS and used windows to format that partition to exfat.
Copied over boot.dat and presto! it went straight into TX/SX :)