Run Linux (Fedora Core 5) on your PS3.....Read this to learn how

i wonder when a linux will support the rsx

 

OK i have yellow dog and fedora. But no idea how to install yellow dog.

 

Well my tv now is only 480i. But ill soon have an hdtv.

But what do u guys recommened to use fedora, or yellow dog?

 

From what I read about Yellow Dog it's Fedora with added features....A "Enhanced" Version. So if you have the TV to support it, then why not go with the better OS.

 

I am curious about yellow dog, but it's going to do me no good to have it if I don't even know how to use linux properly. I would suggest that if you already are running fedora to keep it. My friend at the kinko's just give me a print out of the linux bible last night and I'm going to study it all today.

I want to get proficiant and running apps through the command terminal and when I get the basics done, upgrade to yellow dog.

Hey Honda, I'm going to go through the guides off the Terra soft site and see if I can find an install guide. That and read through that pdf you linked for us. Try to do it on your own and if I can help you, I will.

 

I only have a 20gb so I think I'm going to wait for a bigger HDD. Cause after the partition it only leaves about 6.5gb to the PS3 side which ain't much so after the one game, one cd and 2 demos I'll only have ~3gb (13gb right now). Plus I only have a SDTV so I don't know if I only want text mode, if what I read about you haveing to have 720p or better. If some one gets the GUI working on a SDTV 480, then I'll try it....maybe I'll be the ginny pie?!? I burnt the ISO to a disc so it's ready.

 

I went on my friends TV and loaded Yellow Dog and it looks great and runs good. The install took about 1 1/2 hours from start to finish. I love the E17 Desktop. Everything is included ie..firefox, thunderbird, media player, IM...every thing.

BTW I'm typing this on my PS3

 

Congradulations on getting Yellow Dog to run man.

I had read about that E17 desktop stuff but I still hadn't seen any screen shots. I admit you rose my curiosity and actually I'm in the middle of my installation aswell

I've found so far that I did not need to reformat the hard drive for this upgrade which saved me a lot of time I think. Since we have already installed kboot, we can just continue from there. The only thing is that I had to do the installation in "installtext" mode (Note: see page 6 of terrasoft yellow dog installation manual.) Since yellow dog's installation program allows for formatting partitions on its own, I just used Yellow dog's utility.

I will be back online later on today when I wake up. I wonder how this new desktop will look...

 

Well I went thought the installation without a hitch but I guess even the command terminal is in 720p because I cannot see anything on my screen past when kboot is done. I can tell the PS3 is booting Yellow Dog because all the devices connected flash on and off during the booting sequence, so I know something is going on...

Good thing is that you can still set your PS3 back to the game os when the "kboot:" prompt first comes on the screen.

 

creaky pointed me here

has anyone had any problems with their wireless usb keyboards/mice being recognized on ps3 linux?

thanks
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im tired of getting this "no vrs found" when trying to install yellow dog or any linux. could somebody please help.

 

@dachno-i've got my wireless usb keyboard and mouse and so far they've been great; i've not yet encountered a problem. however, i did notice that the backspace has a teeny bit more lag than when u backspace with the controller. it isn't really important but i thought i would let u know

 

use the installtext option for sub-720p sets.

i figured out how to get past the no vrs thing. i burned a version of the disk in udf format so it would be seen, but when the install started it told me the yellow dgo cd was not in. i put in the old cdfs copy and it worked fine. its installing now.

 

"no vrs found" is fine, it came up twice for me...I'm guess your screen went blank after that? Between "no vrs found" and the screen going blank this should have come up <kboot> after that you need press "TAB" until you see installtext. You only have 10 seconds to press TAB after that time it do the default install. Is your TV a HDTV or SDTV? When you do the installtext it will do the full install but if your TV is not 720p or better you can not get to the GUI. when the install starts it will ask you if you want to do an "integrity check on the CD" or something like that. Press no, because you burnt the disc so it will fail the test. after that select "Remove all linux partitions", this will not do anything to the game side of PS3. After the install you will get the Kboot again TAB untill you get to "ydltext" unless you have a HDTV TAB to YDL.

I hope this helps. By the way my PS3 name is USMCEnglish, you can add me if you need more help

 

i have heard of ps3 blue ray movies burned in ... heres the info page http://digitalbattle.com/2006/12/03/blu-ray-hacked/

 

There is no doubt that the ripping of blu-ray disks is a sign of progress, but all they did was dump the data off of the disk. If you knew how to run Linux properly, this would not be very surprising.

The first instance that I saw of someone ripping games was news from joystiq about this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130883. Pretty much a member of neogaf.com named squatingyeti ripped Resistance: Fall of Man. The image was came out to 17.75GB. That is just one game. Before we can start to play backups with the data from the blu-ray rips, we need to first be able to save it somewhere.

There is already a decent mod in the works for the space shortage from Team Xecuter (most of you XBOX guys should know the name). The mod will let you upgrade the size of your HDD to the limit that SATA will allow; FYI, something like 700+GB. http://www.team-xecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43957

There is stuff in the works, so don't worry guys. The pros are working on their projects. All we can do is pretty much be ready for when it's out. In otherwords, practice on your Linux skills because you will probably need them. The OS these techs are most likely working with is with Linux.

Honda is right BTW... this is the wrong thread to discuss this. I just wanted to give you guys a quick answer.

EDIT: forgot to list sources
Joystiq.com http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/26/resistance-17-75gb-of-garbage/
PS2-Scene.org http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50798

 

hello

i have problem with Fedora install im trying to install to ps3 but i seen this error msg. setup-2.5.49-1.noarch.rpm:not an rpm package(or package manifest):Input/output error Fedora Core install failed, any1 can help me about that plz

 

thats what shames me about linux. everyone is goingto try to use it to hack the ps3, and if i need it to hack mine, im like many others and dont know linux well. if it takes more than what a simple document can explain its too tedious. someone needs to try the old fasioned way too.

 

ok so thiers fedra core yellow dog? and like a gazilion more linux ... does someone have a 101 thing or whats up with linux?