2.1.  Requirements

To install SMS on your Playstation 2 you will need the following:

Important

To use SMS on your Playstation, you will need to already have a working method to run arbitrary ELF files from your PS2 memory card. Normal PS2s can't do this. SMS is not an exploit to run ELF files, it needs an exploit or modchip to run. You can't just burn the SMS.ELF file to CD as the PS2 copy protection system will stop you from running it. Please also note that the CDXplorer CD-R method is not a method of starting SMS either. Rather it is a way of supplying media files to SMS once SMS is already running.

You will need one of the following (some of which are free):

If you do not have any of the the above three items, you will not be able to run SMS. You need to get one of them before going any further with this installation guide.

Assuming you do, please read on to the next section for how to install SMS onto your PS2 memory card.