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title: "Homebrew Channel and BootMii Installation"
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---
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{% include toc title="Table of Contents" %}
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The Homebrew Channel is where you will go to launch homebrew applications.
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BootMii is a piece of software that can backup and restore your Wii's NAND storage, and if installed in boot2, provide brick protection.
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BootMii can be installed in two ways: directly to a part of the Wii bootloader called boot2, and via an IOS. BootMii under boot2 is preferred as it provides extended brick protection, but Wiis with a vulnerable boot1 that allows this installation are considerably rarer, having been manufactured before 2009. In most cases, installing BootMii as IOS should be fine, as long as you also install [Priiloader](priiloader).
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{: .notice--info}
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If you do not have an SD card, you cannot install nor use BootMii, regardless of whether you install it as IOS or boot2.
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You can always [install it later](hackmii).
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{: .notice--warning}
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### Instructions
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1. Your console should be powered on and showing the HackMii Installer from the previous part of the guide.
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+ You will see a scam warning screen.
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1. Wait 30 seconds for the text "Press 1 to continue" to appear, then press 1.
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1. Select `Continue`.
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1. Select `Install the Homebrew Channel`.
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1. Once it is completed, select `Continue`.
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1. Select `Back`, then select `BootMii`.
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1. Select `Install BootMii as IOS`.
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1. Once it is completed, select `Continue`.
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1. If you have the option to `Install BootMii as boot2`, please do so as well.
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1. Select `Exit`.
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1. Your console will have booted into the Homebrew Channel.
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### Required Reading
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You can now use the Homebrew Channel to launch homebrew apps, as well as BootMii for backing up and restoring your NAND if you were able to install it.
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Note: When installing homebrew applications on your SD Card or USB drive, your folder structure should look like this:
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```
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💾 SD Card or USB Drive
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| ╸📁 apps
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| ╸📁 AppName1
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| ╸📄 boot.dol
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| ╸📄 meta.xml
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| ╸📄 icon.png
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| ╸📁 AppName2
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| ╸📄 boot.dol
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| ╸📄 meta.xml
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| ╸📄 icon.png
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```
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`AppName1` and `AppName2` are placeholder names. Do not nest multiple `apps` folders inside the `apps` folder itself.
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[Continue to making a NAND Backup using BootMii](bootmii)<br>
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Making a NAND backup at this point is highly recommended, as they can be used to recover from bricks.
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{: .notice--info}
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Tip: If a Wii has BootMii installed as boot2, your disc drive will flash very briefly after the immediate flash that happens when you press the POWER Button.
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{: .notice--info}
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