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How to install Fedora 8 on PS3
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confuzion
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10. July 2008 @ 04:12 |
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Originally posted by MckinneR:
Ok I am also stuck at numbe 8.....and I wan to go back to the ps3 XMB how do you get back....?
hold down the sensitive power button for a few seconds when u turn it on and u hear it beep weird then itll boot from the xmb instead of the otheros. i gave up on fedora im trying yellow dog now but this dialup taking forever i was using a old version of get right and it has a error that freezes at 2gb sheesh ive wasted months on this crap
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10. July 2008 @ 05:03 |
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Thanks "confuzion" I appreaciate the quick answer because I was losing my mind for a second, I had just installed a 250 GB drive and wanted to install linux to try and get the most out of the system, but it kept looping but I am also downloading the Yellow Dog, I am at 15% and it says 2 hours and 45 minutes but it has been saying that for about an hour now.....Go Figure
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confuzion
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10. July 2008 @ 05:14 |
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Originally posted by MckinneR:
Thanks "confuzion" I appreaciate the quick answer because I was losing my mind for a second, I had just installed a 250 GB drive and wanted to install linux to try and get the most out of the system, but it kept looping but I am also downloading the Yellow Dog, I am at 15% and it says 2 hours and 45 minutes but it has been saying that for about an hour now.....Go Figure
no problem i finally got my yellow dog to resume with the new getright, it finally got unstuck from 2 gigs, now 2 more gigs to go haha. these urls might help u if u use mirrors
http://ydl.oregonstate.edu/iso/yellowdog-6.0-DVD_20080207.iso
http://mirror.anl.gov/yellowdog/iso/yell...VD_20080207.iso
ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/yellowdog/yellowdog-6.0-DVD_20080207.iso
by the way when u put that 250 in and u partitioned your ps3 for otheros how many gb's did it let u assign to it, mine only let me use 10 and i was wondering if they let u use more if u have a 250 installed
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confuzion
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10. July 2008 @ 05:18 |
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also sidenote* a few times my urls wouldnt resume from any of the locations and i thought i lost my download but a few days later it started up again.
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10. July 2008 @ 05:26 |
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Thanks again for the link and about the partitions as did mine (only allow 10 gig's) Now this is not something offical but I would guess that one would only need apppox 10 or so gigs to install an OS, I mean on my desktop I have a 20 Gig primary drive and I keep everything on my D:\ (80 GB appox) & E:\ (500 GB) drives. With it being secondary tp the main purpose of the system I guess it enough.....?
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confuzion
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10. July 2008 @ 05:33 |
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i would think it would be enough but i read somewhere that after u install everything it takes up like 9 gigs or something, i guess we'll find out lol.
im really looking forward to putting firefox in my yellowdog as well as emulators for my nintendo games(just to show off to my friends) and also using flash files.
i also built my own them for my ps3 if u wanna check it www.melodicmizeryrecords.com click on confuzion then the ps3 tab
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ps3fedora
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29. August 2008 @ 17:05 |
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Hey hows it goin everybody? Recently i downloaded Fedora Linux to install onto my ps3. What happend is, after it was done downloading it asked me to enter in a password and username at the time when i enter into the account..so...i was doing this and for some odd reason my keyboard was acting funny...i tried hard formatting the hard drive and the stupid linux is still on there...i dunno if there is any way i can take it out..or someway get into a code and change errything...im just kinda lost :(..help...thanks
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confuzion
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29. August 2008 @ 20:54 |
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Originally posted by ps3fedora:
Hey hows it goin everybody? Recently i downloaded Fedora Linux to install onto my ps3. What happend is, after it was done downloading it asked me to enter in a password and username at the time when i enter into the account..so...i was doing this and for some odd reason my keyboard was acting funny...i tried hard formatting the hard drive and the stupid linux is still on there...i dunno if there is any way i can take it out..or someway get into a code and change errything...im just kinda lost :(..help...thanks
look for the cd disc that came with your computer, i think its called a restore disk itll turn your computer back to how it was the first day you bought it and wipe everything out.
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ps3fedora
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29. August 2008 @ 21:42 |
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lol....dude...its easy on a computer...im talking about on a ps3 system "PlayStation 3"
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rvinkebob
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29. August 2008 @ 22:05 |
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Originally posted by ps3fedora:
Hey hows it goin everybody? Recently i downloaded Fedora Linux to install onto my ps3. What happend is, after it was done downloading it asked me to enter in a password and username at the time when i enter into the account..so...i was doing this and for some odd reason my keyboard was acting funny...i tried hard formatting the hard drive and the stupid linux is still on there...i dunno if there is any way i can take it out..or someway get into a code and change errything...im just kinda lost :(..help...thanks
I'm trying to understand what you mean. Do you want to get rid of the Linux partition on the drive to make more room for the PS3?
Just format and allocate all of the space to the PS3.
Or are you trying to install another OS?
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ps3fedora
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29. August 2008 @ 22:10 |
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im just trying to reinstall fedora again to give it another shot.
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rvinkebob
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30. August 2008 @ 00:18 |
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Originally posted by ps3fedora:
im just trying to reinstall fedora again to give it another shot.
Oh, very easy. Though if you care, try installing another Linux distro, preferably Yellow Dog Linux (6.0). I've tried many distros on my PS3, but YDL stuck out as more supported for obvious reasons.
But if you really want Fedora 8, just start the install as you normally would. There's really no need to pre-format your Other OS partition since it will tend to format before it installs.
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ps3fedora
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30. August 2008 @ 00:24 |
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i've already tried doing that...it still is stuck at the previous download that i did for fedora....i cant even create another partition.
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KajNrig
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30. August 2008 @ 01:39 |
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Well, I'm now very interested in this whole scheme... but I have absolutely no idea what I should or would use another OS for, so...
I dunno, what's the point of putting another OS on my PS3? What do you all use them for?
And what are some of the differences between these Linux OSes? (Like Fedora vs. Yellow Dog, etc.)
Anyway, thanks for indulging a PS3 noob. (Seriously, I got the sweet thing a month ago or so, and I've been mind-gasming over all the media features it's got. Sure plays DVDs better than my Xbox 360...)
Speaking of which, another random question (no need to answer if it's a BS question): Is there a reason why my 360 only shows DVDs in 4:3 aspect? It does it even with my widescreen DVDs.
EDIT: Potty mouth, my bad.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. August 2008 @ 01:40
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mattward
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21. January 2009 @ 12:16 |
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HELP !
When I enter in the first part without quotes it is saying linux64: not found
I am not very familiar with this sort of process so I am guessing I did something wrong.
I put the otheros.bld file properly in the otheros folder within the PS3 folder on my USB drive, and plugged it into my PS3.
I then backed up my PS3 data, formatted the hard disk to allot 10GB to Other OS, and installed the Fedora kboot.
Following this I downloaded the Fedora 8 off the first link and burned it at 6x speed on a blank DVD. I inserted this into my PS3 while kboot: was flashing, and restarted my console.
However when I typed in 'linux64 text xdriver=fbdev' (w/o quotes!), I ran into this problem.
Someone please let me know what's going on ASAP!
MATT WARD
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torgamer
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24. July 2009 @ 19:28 |
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Hey rvinkebob
Do you have DVI connection on ur monitor if you do just buy a adapter for HDMI and go high Def with your monitor
Torgamer
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rvinkebob
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24. July 2009 @ 19:46 |
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Originally posted by torgamer:
Hey rvinkebob
Do you have DVI connection on ur monitor if you do just buy a adapter for HDMI and go high Def with your monitor
Pretty old post, but I did upgrade to a widescreen monitor a while back. I wanted to use a monitor for both my PC and my PS3 so I chose a 22" widescreen from LG and have everything set up perfectly. Thanks anyways.
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