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Run Linux (Fedora Core 5) on your PS3.....Read this to learn how
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DamonDash
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25. November 2006 @ 15:40 |
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Okay thxs Toxic im looking forward to them but im still working on the Fedora download im only at 58%
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25. November 2006 @ 20:54 |
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Okay guys but correct me if im wrong but you can put the ISO on your HD using this method but what good is it if there is no way to BOOT the game up.Did i read it right.
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25. November 2006 @ 22:45 |
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does the file need to be burned onto the cd with the os on it or onto a different cd? can i put the installer on a memory stick and then put an os in the drive?
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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26. November 2006 @ 04:15 |
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i thought blue-ray ps3 games can fit about 50gb worth of data on it, what is the point of backing up just 1 or 2 games on a hard drive, like a 60gb hard drive. i havent seen a hard drive bigger than 120GB for laptops,(whats the largest laptop hard drive size availabe now?) and assuming each game is 20GB then that fits about 6 games. on ps2 each game averages like 3GB and the HDD is worthwile. so i was wondering since the big harddrives are the ones for the ps2 how can i connect them to the ps3? do i need to only use a USB hdd and if so how do i connect it?
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26. November 2006 @ 08:52 |
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Welcome to my easy to follow guide to installing Linux on your PS3. I would like to thank my good friend Xenobiologista for lending me his expertise on the project as well as lending me his broadband connection ;) EVERYONE ENJOY!
Well I know you guys have been waiting a long time, but here it is...
Ok, first things that you will need:
1)Broadband Internet Connection(recommended)
2)USB Flash Drive(recommended) or other removable media
3)DVD Burner
4)Blank DVD-Rs(recommended)
5)Blank CDs
***Software***
6)OtherOS Installer by Sony 1.3MB<-----Off of Sony site
7)Fedora Core 5 PPC image (DVD) 3.4GB<---Please use torrent sites and seed
8)PS3 Linux Addon CD 41.77 MB<---------Search for it on your own
Step 1 Preparation
We need to begin by burning your files onto blank media. I recommend using DVD Decrypter even though it is no longer available... DVD Decrypter does a great job because it is simple to use and it allows for burning of image files to both CD and DVD media. Any app will work fine, for example Nero, just burn your images at the lowest speed possible. The slower the burn, the easier and faster your PS3 will be able to read your burns.
1.1) Preping OtherOS file //With your PC of course
___1.11) Get the "OtherOS Installer" by Sony and rename it otheros.self
Note: In Windows, the "Hide extensions for known file types" box must be unchecked in the "View" tab in "Folder Options". If you don't know how to do this... Man, ask somewhere else...
___1.12) Create folder in the root directory of USB Flash Drive and name it "PS3"
___1.13) Create folder in "PS3" folder and name it "otheros"
___1.14) Place otheros.self file renamed in step 1 into "otheros" folder from step 3
1.2) Burn Fedora Core 5 PPC image to DVD
1.3) Burn PS3 Linux Addon to CD
Step 2 Update PS3 firmware
Assuming that you already have these file, you now need to update your PS3. Before you can use Sony's OtherOS Installer, you need to update your PS3's firmware to the most current version available. This can be done in more than one way. Here are the methods available.
2.11) Download this file on your own and install via removable media
2.12) Connect to the internet via network cable
2.13) Connect to the internet via wi-fi
For those of which that do not know how to configure your internet settings for steps 2.12 and 2.13, RTFM... The PS3 firmware is easily found if you google "PS3 Firmware Update." As of the writing the most current available is v1.10. I found some that were not from the Sony site, these will work fine.
Step 3 Create a Linux partition.
Ok there are a lot of steps on this part of the install, but it is pretty straight forward. Use your common sence if all else fails.
3.1) PS3 Format Utility
___3.11) Navigate in the GameOS menu to Settings -> System Settings
___3.12) Select "Format Utility" and within its submenu select "Format Hard Disk".
___3.13) Select "Yes" for Disk Format
___3.14) Select "Yes" again for the "are you sure you want to continue?"
Note: Be sure you have backed up your game saves before this step or else they will be lost. You should know how to do this on your own.
3.2) Create Linux Partition
___3.21) For partition setting select "Custom"
___3.22) In partition setting select "Allot 10GB to the Other OS" //format will begin on its own
___3.23) After partition has been created hit "X" to restart
Step 4 Install Kboot
4.1) Plug your USB Flash drive that you prepaired in step 1.1 if you have not already done so.
4.2) Install Other OS
___4.21) In the GameOS, Navigate back to Settings -> System Settings and select "Install Other OS"
___4.22) The PS3 will automatically find the otheros.self file. Select "OK" once detected
___4.23) Select "X" to start the installation
___4.24) Start Other OS Installation
___4.25) You will be asked to connect your USB cable to your wireless controller. Do so now.
___4.26) Accept Licence Agreement. After this step, the Other OS install is complete. Select "O" to go back to the "System Settings" menu.
4.3) Set new Default OS
___4.31) Open "Default System" menu
___4.32) Select "OtherOS" as default system
4.4) Restart PS3 :)
Note: If you have not already done so, now is a good time to connect your USB keyboard and mouse.
Step 5 Install Fedora Core 5 on your PS3
You may freak out in this part of the installation because the process is not as fast or fluidic as beforehand. Let the PS3 do its thing. Just like that old Campbells soup commercial says: "Good food takes time."
Once you restart the Linux boot loader will run. Type in all commands exactly as shown in quotes.
5.1) DVD install
___5.11) Wait till you see "kboot:" at the bottom of the screen. Type in "install-fc sda"
___5.12) You will be prompted to insert the Fedora Core 5 DVD. Do so and enter "y" to continue. Wait...
___5.13) You can choose between a minimum and full install. The choice is yours, but I chose full to be sure I would have a GUI.
___5.14) Select "y" for the all data removed question. Fedora will begin to install. Get ready to wait about 2 hours. For real...
5.2) Addon package install
___5.21) You will be prompted to insert the Linux Addon CD. Do so and enter "y" to continue.
___5.22) Enter your UNIX password. DO NOT FORGET THIS PASSWORD.
___5.23) You can choose to power down or start Linux from here. Type "reboot" to start Linux and "halt" to power down.
Step 6 Configure and run Linux
6.1) If you have interest in configuring the Setup Agent, do so, but it is not nessassary. The Setup Agent is pretty easy to navigate, so i won't even bother explaining it.
6.2) Login to Fedora
___6.21) When you are greated with "localhost login:" type in "root" as your login name. This can be changed later.
___6.22) Enter your UNIX password that I told you to remember.
Note: "[root@localhost ~]#" <--- this is what you worked hours for :)... You are now running Linux!!!
*************END OF GUIDE*************
I still have some brushing up to do with Linux, but here are some basic commands to get you guys started.
To start up the GUI: startx
To restart in GameOS: boot-game-os
To shutdown: halt
If anyone would has suggestions for other basic commands please let me know and I'll up date this guide with them. I will make a seperate guide for commands on mounting devices.
If there are any English majors in the house and you see a grammatical error or you thought of a way to ease in readablity, please PM me with your suggestions :)
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26. November 2006 @ 14:42 |
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Hey, anyone know how to make a "shortcut" on the desktop that will execute a command in bash? Basically what I am trying to do is have the bash command to boot-game-os from an Icon instead of having to open up terminal and type it out everytime. My Linux knowledge is minimal and I have tried a couple ways but can't seem to get it working. Also any links to Linux commands or Fedora tutorials would be helpful too. Thanx for any info.
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26. November 2006 @ 14:58 |
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You can drag and drop the Command prompt onto the desktop. You can find it in the Applications pulldown menu. I don't remember what it's called in fedora, but it's not called a command prompt.
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26. November 2006 @ 17:05 |
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Can I use fedora core 6 because i cannot find core 5 anywhere well at least the ppc version.
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26. November 2006 @ 17:14 |
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try torrentspy.com thats where i found mine
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26. November 2006 @ 19:10 |
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yeah, i was wondering if you could use fedora 6 too. or could someone tell me what gentoo distro would work? i got a ppc64 version and that failed me. now im getting just ppc.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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26. November 2006 @ 20:05 |
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I think the PS3 runs off of PPC 64bit archetecture. Other OSs that support that archetecture should be able to run (such as OSX). I think the problem lies with Sony's OtherOS installer. The reason i think this is because the installer also installs kboot the Linux boot loader (I may be using the wrong termanology). If this were to be modified, I'm think that another OS could be installed.
The one I'm interested in running is Yellow Dog Linux since it kept coming up in my early research.
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26. November 2006 @ 23:46 |
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With a bit more digging into the bootloader you should be able to install almost anything compiled for the ppc64 arch.
A few things to notice on the CELL-Linux-CL_20061110-ADDON.iso "target" directory are these yummy little files.
kernel-2.6.16-20061108.ppc64.rpm
These pre-compiled RPMs are a great way to speed up the install.
There are quite a few binaries already distributed that make things so much faster.
Below is an image of the toxicfish-box running the best game ever emulated on a PS3.
http://www.ps3news.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=3547
While its here I can just poke at it more.
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Mikechez
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27. November 2006 @ 00:42 |
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Don't expect this link to solve all your problems but it should get you started on basic operations in Linux.
http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml
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Step 6 Configure and run Linux
6.1) If you have interest in configuring the Setup Agent, do so, but it is not necessary. The Setup Agent is pretty easy to navigate, so i won't even bother explaining it.
You can run this program from within the shell using a simple Quote:
[root@localhost ~]# setup
This setup agent can be enabled again if needed by changing the /etc/sysconfig/firstboot file
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[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/firstboot
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"/etc/sysconfig/firstboot" 1L, 17C
Hit the "insert" key on the keyboard and it should show "-- INSERT --" on the screen. Modify the file by changing Quote:
RUN_FIRSTBOOT=NO
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RUN_FIRSTBOOT=YES
hit the "Escape" key and "-- INSERT --" should vanish. Save the file by typing Quote:
:w
Escape and : are very important in this step you should get a nice
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"/etc/sysconfig/firstboot" 1L, 17C written
when the file is saved to exit use
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and if you want to force an exit because you didn't want to save the file or just want to get out of vi right NOW use a q!
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:q!
I'll just put some pictures of it as documentation isn't my strong point.
I disabled the firewall here just because its on my LAN and a firewall will just get in the way.
If you feel like turning the firewall on you should check these services off if you expect to use them.
network setup.
This is important to fill out if you want to connect it to a network. If you know what to enter on those lines then there is no need to explain more but most will probably want to use DHCP.
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27. November 2006 @ 08:07 |
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will someone please tell me what gentoo distro can be used? i've tried the ppc64 and it failed. the ppc one i dl'ed was just spare packages. gentoo said it was the first to run on the cell, but why wont it work? maybe the ppc 32bit-64bit userland distro?
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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27. November 2006 @ 08:56 |
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Kitty Kung Fu Hustle ! This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 27. November 2006 @ 10:17
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XP it must be running off of Linux because XP isn't built for PPC (Power PC) archetecture. For the people who don't know what Power PC is, is the processors that the MACs used to run off of until they switched over to Intel. Now I'm not saying that the PS3 is running off of MAC processors, but yeah, the same processor family.
PPC processors are made by IBM BTW
I read that XP was running extremely slow. I wouldn't doubt it because XP running in emulation would not be able to directly access the hardware as it would normaly. Hence it being so slow. If anyone is interested though, search for QEmu in Linux. I know people have used this method already.
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will someone please tell me what gentoo distro can be used? i've tried the ppc64 and it failed. the ppc one i dl'ed was just spare packages. gentoo said it was the first to run on the cell, but why wont it work? maybe the ppc 32bit-64bit userland distro?
I've already answered your question. The OtherOS Installer needs to be modified. Even Mikechez gave more information about the bootloader "target" files...
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With a bit more digging into the bootloader you should be able to install almost anything compiled for the ppc64 arch.
A few things to notice on the CELL-Linux-CL_20061110-ADDON.iso "target" directory are these yummy little files.
kernel-2.6.16-20061108.ppc64.rpm
These pre-compiled RPMs are a great way to speed up the install.
There are quite a few binaries already distributed that make things so much faster.
It is easy to skip information that has already been answered. Since this thread is going to be building so quickly, I'd be best not to miss a word on this thread. There will not be a guide available till we figure out how to run other OSs, so try to keep up everyone.
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27. November 2006 @ 11:24 |
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@sukhvail
Ok I found a bunch of fedora's to get from torrentspy. But I don't know which one to get. What is the name of the torrent file you got that works? Thanks.
In fact I think we would be fooling our selves if we have a community this large, and did not realize that there are some enemies present.
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27. November 2006 @ 12:03 |
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I searched for "fedora ppc" in torrentspy and pulled up 4 torrents. They were all pretty much the same. I would go for the one that has the most seeders and leechers. If it says "Bordeaux DVD ISO" that is definitely the one.
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27. November 2006 @ 12:37 |
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i'm tired of people getting fame over having windows xp on the ps3 thru emulation. they are idiots using a basic known technique. yet they get so much positive press. some people need to be shot.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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27. November 2006 @ 12:44 |
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i wonder if the ps3 can be worked as a working computer like a complete os xp or someting..... it might be possible once its hacked?
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27. November 2006 @ 13:54 |
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Another question, how do you add/make another user? I am using root as my login and want to have a Oner login..also a nice clear explanation of how to make "icon shortcuts" to execute commands like halt, boot-game-os, reboot etc.
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27. November 2006 @ 16:31 |
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@oner
Thanks man for the info. I found it. I have been seeing that one all along.
In fact I think we would be fooling our selves if we have a community this large, and did not realize that there are some enemies present.
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27. November 2006 @ 18:28 |
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i have the installer and bootloader on a memory stick pro but whenever i select "install other os" and click ok to the card the screen goes blank and stays blank forever, i then have to hard reset or powerdown which i dont like doing.. i've tried redownload each file in case of corruption to no avail. anyone else have this?
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
PS3 Username: Anubis66
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27. November 2006 @ 22:36 |
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Originally posted by Oner:
Another question, how do you add/make another user? I am using root as my login and want to have a Oner login..also a nice clear explanation of how to make "icon shortcuts" to execute commands like halt, boot-game-os, reboot etc.
as to the first question
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap4/#N1006B
on the second...
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=664146&seqNum=5&rl=1
A GUI isn't needed for operating a Linux system and in many cases I find it slower than just using the shell/command line. The down and dirty parts of the OS were made when a command line was the only real interface. This is one of the reasons Windows was such a big deal compared to the older DOS for home or new computer users.
If you have a home network and would like to manage your PS3 by a
remote connection a program like PuTTY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY can be used.
homepage http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
By default SSHD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell should be running on a FC5 install. Enter the IP address of your PS3 on the putty configuration window and connect.
If your using DHCP and don't know your IP address try this.
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ifconfig eth0
The only time any of my Linux systems (file server/webserver, wireless router, and firewall.) ever has a monitor hooked to it is when I'm unable to connect over the network.
I don't like or care about the game console part of the PS3 and thats probably why I never consider getting one.
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27. November 2006 @ 22:53 |
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what is the code for the kboot console to access the memory stick? i want to try to install linux that way.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
PS3 Username: Anubis66
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