Keen to further expand the capabilities of your PS3? What better way than to install Linux! Installing Linux onto your Sony PS3. - USB keyboard and mouse. How to: install Linux on your PlayStation 3 By Linux Format 2008-06-27T15:48:00.178Z Who needs all that games stuff when there's hacking fun to be had instead? Installing Ubuntu Linux on PS3 Fat Model. Link to installing PS3 Linux 'How-to' guide. How to make Linux Bootable off a USB Stick. Dec 20, 2014  Home Forums > PlayStation 3 Forums > PS3 Homebrew > Other OS (Linux) > [GUIDE - USB Installation] - How to Install Red Ribbon Linux on your PS3 running REBUG REX CFW's Discussion in ' Other OS (Linux) '.

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Tips & Warnings The “Other OS” option is only available on PS3’s running system software version 3.20 or earlier, released April 1, 2010. Use a “Live CD” to run Linux on your PS3 without having to install it–Resource four has more details. Most Live CDs include the option to install Linux as well. The Linux operating system on your PS3.

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The native firmware also has accelerated graphics support. The native firmware has media playback. The native firmware doesn't do Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, or WebM. The list of supported media formats is pathetically low, and the playlist capabilities rival those of a Sega Saturn, but adding in extra multimedia capabilities just isn't worth the lousy desktop experience, one that is so bad that quite frankly, it made Ubuntu seem like a good experience. Now, I shouldn't leave this without noting there is some hope for the Playstation3 faithful. The Nouveau project has succeeded in some of the basic implementation of G80 support compiled under PowerPC.

The PS3 will search for a suitable bootloader and find otheros.bld on the CD. Select Start and the PS3 will install the bootloader. • When the installation finishes, eject the CD and insert the Linux DVD. Go back to the main menu and select Settings->System Settings->Default System.

Linux is becoming much more pervasive: it's powering far more laptops and desktops than ever before, delivering music and movies to the living room on digital media adapters, and becoming ubiquitous as a development platform at high-end video effects studios such as Industrial Light & Magic, which used to rely on Windows and Mac. Yet, many gadgets do not run Linux and rely on a proprietary OS instead. For the industrious Linux user, there is no mountain that cannot be climbed and conquered.

Background and preparation You will need:- - PS3 - TV/Monitor hooked up with HDMI or Component (min. 720p resolution) - Computer with internet and DVD burner - USB keyboard and mouse - USB pen-drive/thumb-drive - Patience (and lots of it!) Linux on Sony hardware has been done before, but not to any great success. Some of you may remember that the PS2 could run a strange version of the open source OS with a bought package that gave you a 40GB HDD, a keyboard and a mouse.

Now it's time to make some space on your PS3! - Plug in your USB keyboard and mouse and make sure they work by using both of them to navigate around the XMB menu system. Feels weird, doesn't it? - Now, before we begin with the formatting and re-partitioning, back up all your save games to the USB thumb drive; I don't want to be e-mailed complaints that you lost your progress on Guitar Hero 3 because you didn't read that you need to back your stuff up on a pen-drive before formatting the hard disk!

The rest of this article explains these steps in detail. Part I: Obtain the Linux ISO for the PowerPC The PPU's architecture is based on IBM's PowerPC specification, so you'll need the distribution of Fedora Core 9 that targets the PowerPC. The following steps show how to obtain it. • Open a Web browser and go. • Find a mirror site for your location. In the column labeled Content, click on one of the transfer protocols ( http, ftp, or rsync). • In the mirror's directory hierarchy, open the releases folder, then 9, then Fedora, then ppc, then iso.

Step 1: Back Up. Sony hardly walks people through the conversion process—you've got to know where to look in the PS3's menus, and many of the steps can be a bit tricky.

3.Create a folder named “PS3” on the CD or Flash drive. Create another folder named “otheros” inside the “PS3” folder. These folder titles are case-sensitive–enter them exactly as they appear here.

However, IBM's Cell Software Development Kit (SDK) is only supported on Fedora Core 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2. For this reason, this discussion focuses on installing Fedora Core 9 on the PS3. The process consists of four main steps: • Obtain the Fedora Core 9 ISO for the PowerPC and burn it to a DVD. • Download the PS3 Add-on Tools ISO and burn it to a CD.

No problem man I'm glad my guide helped you out. Although Rebug Lite has OtherOS Support it will not work with this method. You must be on Rebug 4.46 Rex. I tested it myself on Rebug Lite 4.46 before and all i got was a black screen. But to answer your question it is mandatory that you be on REX CFW for this to work. Also just FYI REX CFW can be installed just like any other CFW you don't have to convert like you have to for DEX. *If you have any more questions feel free to ask and i'll help you out the best i can*.

Tried with 2 USB flash drives (8gb Sandisk and 4gb Kingston). I don´t know why, but I can format them, create all partition and copy all files.

Use a “Live CD” to run Linux on your PS3 without having to install it–Resource four has more details. Most Live CDs include the option to install Linux as well.

I used unetbootin to create a bootable usb pen drive and when i plug it into the ps3 i get a graphical menu with the option to boot back to the sony os or install opensuse, recover, and something else I cant remember. Once I hit install a text based menu comes up (instead of the graphical menu that comes on disc) it asks me several questions and when i get up to choose the source medium I have 3 options which are dvd/cd rom, network and hard disk. I choose hard disk and then choose the hard disk partition comes up with 4 options ps3da1, ps3da3, ps3da4, sda1 (the usb stick)I choose sda1 then it says Enter the source directory. From there im lost I dont know what to type to get it to install.

Your bootloader is either named “kboot” or “petitboot” followed by a version number. 3.Create a folder named “PS3” on the CD or Flash drive. Create another folder named “otheros” inside the “PS3” folder.

• Reformat the PS3 hard drive to support Linux. • Install Linux using the add-on tools.

We will be going with just one of these, the one that Sony itself recommends to install; Yellow Dog Linux (or YDL for short). This distribution is a mutated child of Fedora with a lot of tweaks and patches to make it play nice with the PS3s hardware. Revit 2017 crack file. The Version of YDL we will install here is 5.0.1, and it is freely available from. Version 6.0 is out already, however you have to pay for it or wait until March 8th for it to be released on their public download mirrors. Follow the link and download the 5.0.1 image from a mirror server that is closest to you; click the link and then open the directory that says 'ISO'.

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I recommend the quick version, which only takes seconds. Select Yes to delete all data on the formatted memory. Press Enter to restart the PS3. Part IV: Install Linux Using the Add-on Tools At this point, you should have a Linux DVD, an Add-on Tools CD, and a PlayStation with memory set aside for Linux. If everything's in order, you're ready to start installing Linux.

However, it did not allow for any functionality of the DVD-ROM because Sony thought you might start using your PS2 to rip off all their games. There was a lot of noise in the beginning of the PS3's marketing-hype-launch that the console would have Linux pre-loaded, but Sony came to their senses when they realized how much more work that was going to be for them. So we are left to figure this one out for ourselves. But don't cry; Sony has not left us completely in the dark!

The other way to boot a PS3 from a CD or Flash drive is part of the process of installing the Linux operating system on your PS3. Instructions 1 Select and download a Linux distribution to download. Your options are Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Yellow Dog. Ubuntu and Yellow Dog have better support for PS3 than OpenSUSE and Fedora. Links are provided in the first Resource. 2 Locate the boot loader included with your Linux distribution of choice and rename it to “otheros.bld” so the PS3 recognizes it.

​ 11 • Once it starts up go over to the Install Red Ribbon Icon 12 • Select your Country and your language etc etc. 13 • When it gets to the install this is how you should do it select Use Current Partitions ----> Mount Point Specification finished----> Then hit agree or Ok. 14 • Now Red Ribbon will format your USB Drive and will install itself on to it. 15 • This usually take a good 30 mins so sit back relax and grab a cold beer or a lemonade and chill. 16 • Once thats done your all set Enjoy Linux on your PS3.

In the column labeled Content, click on one of the transfer protocols ( http, ftp, or rsync). • In the mirror's directory hierarchy, open the releases folder, then 9, then Fedora, then ppc, then iso. • Save Fedora-9-ppc-DVD.iso to your computer and burn it to a DVD. Part II: Download the PS3 Bootloader To boot an alternative OS on the PS3, you need a PS3-compatible bootloader. The following steps explain how to acquire this.

The Flash drive goes into one of the PS3’s USB ports, located on the front face, in the bottom right-hand corner. If you insert a CD, the PS3 automatically turns on. 11 Turn on the PS3, if it hasn’t turned itself on already. Select your Linux distribution from the boot loader menu to boot the PS3 from the Flash drive or CD.

**Note: This video has been re-uploaded to my new channel. Check the following link below.** Here's an old video that I found on my Facebook page (link to my page is on my channel) the other day. This was recorded on August 4th, 2008 on a VCR. Link to a video of me responding to some of your comments on this video: Link to installing PS3 Linux 'How-to' guide: Help keep this great content alive! Bitcoin address: 1MDbckug94P9gvuimjEV5ijddkk4wN8KQj **Important Note: This was back when Sony allowed partitioning on its PS3 HDDs. Thanks to a firmware update from Sony, the partitioning/installing 'otheros' feature is NO LONGER AVAILABLE unless you are able to bypass your console's firmware.**.