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| Posted by Mark Salmela on 03.11.2008 |
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Since my guide to installing a new hard drive on the PS3 went so well 2 weeks ago, I thought I’d do one more for everyone. While most of the internet savvy people such as most of my readers *hopefully* know, the PS3 is capable of running a full fledged operation system such as Linux. While I don’t think anything as user friendly as Windows XP runs on a PS3 yet Linux works like a dream. So this week I’m going to show everyone how to install my favorite Linux, Yellow Dog Linux version 6.0 onto their PS3’s.
As I did with my last guide I’m not actually going to write out a long step-by-step, since other people have already done it before *and did a better job then I could ever do* so I’m going to cover the tips they don’t usually cover while linking to the guides.
The first thing you need to do is actually find where to download Linux. Terra Soft *makers of Yellow Dog Linux* has a selection of sites to download YDL from, but navigating those sites can be confusing. Since most of my users are probably from the US you’ll want to click one of the “mirrors” under the US *I recommend using the primary mirrors*. Once you are in one of the “mirrors” you’ll want to navigate to “iso” as that’s what you’ll want to burn to a DVD. Once you are in “iso” ignore everything else and just scroll to “Yellow Dog 6.0 DVD.iso” or a YDL 6.0 iso equivalent and download it. The download should be around 3.7GB so it might take a little while depending on your download speed *took me a little more than an hour downloading in the background*. If you’re still not sure if you have the right download be aware most of the “dates” will read that they were uploaded on or around March 3, 2008 *that’s when YDL 6.0 became a free download*.
Where to download Yellow Dog Linux 6.0
The actual step-by-step guide to installing YDL 6.0 on your PS3 from Terra Soft
How to get Wi-Fi working on the PS3 version of YDL 6.0
General Troubleshooting for YDL 6.0
The first thing to note is that the hardest part of the whole process is burning the iso to a DVD. Honestly, if you can get the iso burned to a DVD *which isn’t too hard now days* then the rest of the process is basically just following a bunch of steps and letting Linux install itself. Most programs like Nero let you burn .iso’s by going through “burn an image to a DVD” and selecting a .iso file.
Once you have your iso DVD burned you will need to go to the PS3. In previous versions you also needed some separate .self bootable files but with YDL 6.0 all you need is the .iso DVD. On your PS3 you will need to first “format utility” under “system settings” which means formatting the hard drive using “custom format” to allow 10 GB for “other os” which means Linux. Hopefully if you saw my guide for installing a separate hard drive that you should have done this process as soon as you got your PS3 or when you changed your hard drive since formatting the PS3 hard drive will delete your save files and downloads *they can all be downloaded back or backed up*. Once you have allowed space on the hard drive for Linux you need to go to “install other os” under “system settings” and put in the DVD you burned with YDL 6.0 on it and let the installer do its thing. Sadly I couldn’t find a decent install video for YDL 6.0 but keep checking youtube hopefully something will pop up eventually. After going through a stupidly easy install process where Linux does most of the work you’re set to go. There is also the option to boot the “game os” *the normal PS3 menu system* back up when you turn off Linux, and you’ll have to choose whether you want Linux or the PS3 hub to start up normally when you turn on the PS3 via the settings menu.
While some people want Linux to be installed on PS3’s right off the bat even I must admit I don’t have a whole lot of use for it. There’s always potential for the future and the fact that it is an actual running computer for those who only have one computer in their house, but for most having Linux is just bragging rights. I’ve had Linux on my PS3 for over a year now and to be honest I haven’t used it for more than a few hours, mostly just tinkering around seeing what I can get to work *sadly I’ve had trouble getting things like emulators to run on the PS3 Linux*. So hopefully those who were curious about how to get Linux on their PS3’s have had their questions answered for the most part. Obviously I accept no responsibility in the extremely rare chance that something goes wrong, but feel free to ask me questions in case you’re still not sure how to get Linux to run on the PS3.
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