Technical Help

[Short-cut]

Hi, I was wandering if anyone knows how to install Linux on the PS3. Everything I try doesn't work and I would like to find some instructions please.
Thank You.

[NurbFurble]

Hi Short-cut,

For more information on how to install Linux on PS3, please download the installation guide from Terra Soft. Click here to download the guide.

This guide explains how to perform the installation and offers internet links to the required software.

However, please be aware that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) can only offer support up to the point where your PS3 Hard Disk Drive has been partitioned and you are ready to load the Linux operating system. Support after this point can be obtained from Terra Soft or the Linux community.

Thanks

Soap

[FredTheBaddie]

But you have to re-format your hard drive and lose everything on it to do it, yes ? Would have been nice if we were given the option to partition the hard drive on first start-up. :-s

[Short-cut]

Thanks for the instructions Soap

[kooIkid201]

Does it permanently change your PS3? Or can you still access the XMB after installation?

[[ardcorewalsh]]

dose any body know if i will have to pay for tekken after i format my hdd if all ready brought it if i install linxus or can i back it up ? thx hardcorewalsh

[Elll]

Does it permanently change your PS3? Or can you still access the XMB after installation?

You can set the PS3 to either boot up Linux or the XMB.

dose any body know if i will have to pay for tekken after i format my hdd if all ready brought it if i install linxus or can i back it up ? thx hardcorewalsh

If you sign in with the PSN account you bought it with, you should be able to dl it again for free.

[MacMan2001]

I hate Linux myself. I agree that you should have the option of partitioning the HDD in the initial setup, although if you're using it as a PC replacement - some people have - then i recommend a HDD upgrade. I use a 7200rpm 350GB one and demos + media load much quicker.

Some places sell PS3 with various Linux distros pre-installed. Yellow Dog is the standard as it was designed for Macs (in the good ol' PPC days), with the PS3 using a PPC processor that would have been similar to today's Macs if they didn't use Intel...

Thought I'd say that, answers some questions, gives advice and offers pub chat. What more could you want

[[dryden76]]

i must be one of the few here not to have a hdtv hooked upto my ps3. do you have to have hdtv to use linux on the ps3 or will it still work thru scart as it currently does ??? also what would be the best way of transfering the hard-drive contents to back them up? ? ?

[[flimbit]]

from what i can recall, yes you need a HD tv to install, linux on the PS3, at least with yellowdog you do.

however the output is not widescreen, so i have put using it as a media center until ydl have release some update. well at least not on my TV.

feel free to PM me with any particular questions you might have. i dont frequent here too often though.