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Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD

Posted Mar 27, 2011 at 11:45AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: Hacks and Exploits Tags: graf_chokolo, Linux, otheros, ps3 hacks, ps3 homebrew updates, Sony

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PS3 hacker and developer graf_chokolo has some great news for those who want to put Linux on their PS3 Slims. PS3Hax reports that the dev has made further inroads into bringing OtherOS back to the Sony home video game console.

Here's an in-depth explanation of how it was done straight from graf_chokolo's blog:

Great news, guys I was very busy in the last days and i managed to install Gentoo on the internal HDD of PS3 Slim

I created a new VFLASH region of size 40GB and installing my Linux kernel there right now And GameOS doesn’t touch this region when i boot it So you can reformat your HDD (but not VFLASH) and Linux will be still there I resized VFLASH from 256MB to about 40GB

Next steps:

Compiling petitboot for PS3

Installing petitboot on VFLASH

Creating HV CFW which is capable of booting GameOS or petitboot. petitboot can boot Linux (or other OS) from HDD, FLASH, USB, CDROM or NFS (just like 3.15 did it or me on my PS3 3.41)

Creating a more user-friendly approach for installing Linux on internal HDD

BTW, check out my new ps3stor-utils and Linux device driver ps3stormgr. It allows you to create/delete storage regions on PS3 Linux I used it to create a new VFLASH region for Linux.

Here are my Linux partitions on VFLASH:

brw-rw—- 1 root disk 253, 112 Mar 25 19:19 /dev/ps3vflashh

brw-rw—- 1 root disk 253, 113 Mar 25 19:19 /dev/ps3vflashh1

brw-rw—- 1 root disk 253, 114 Mar 25 19:21 /dev/ps3vflashh2

brw-rw—- 1 root disk 253, 115 Mar 25 19:23 /dev/ps3vflashh3

OtherOS++ will be back and even better than my 3.41 version

HV rules !!!

You can discuss this and more in our PS3 forums here.

Via [PS3Hax]

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Yeah, ok. So when 1st post crap isn't there and someone puts in 2nd. The meaning behind the 1st post is lost. Do you actually see many 2nd posts? NO! Why? Maybe cause 2nd post with out the 1st post being there is nothing more then FAIL.

Besides, Who cares. We're dealing with a bunch of kids that think cluttering up threads with 1st post crap is fun. That's the whole thing. Were you 1st? NO you weren't! YOU FAIL! If you aint first then you aint nothing but A 2nd grade garbage trying to live of the other guys coat tails.

Enough said,

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# RE: 0 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — papajag 2011-03-27 19:43

Quoting kon_e3:

y must u always comment

It wouldn't professional for a journalist to leave their opinion in the article or their questions. It would kinda make the article look bias and start flame-wars.

# ... — FreePlay 2011-03-28 08:05

It's also not professional to comment on your own story.

# RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — Hatsos 2011-03-27 13:27

hahahahaahahahh a

+3 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — PS360 Owner1 2011-03-27 13:38

Great.

But for now it's better to wait for Sony to cool off, and let them figure a civilized way to work out things (banhammer).

-1 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — ctjk1982 2011-03-27 14:11

But for now it's better to wait for Sony to cool off, and let them figure a civilized way to work out things (banhammer).

or wait for something better like i don't know sue the guys pants off sounds like something sony would do to him because he hack the system.

+2 # RE: RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — PS360 Owner1 2011-03-27 14:14

Sue? Really?

Suing people isn't going to change anything on PS3 at all because homebrew and piracy will still be ongoing.

Sony fanboys always think suing is the way to go, wrong!

+3 # RE: RE: RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — animebuster 2011-03-27 23:09

Quoting PS360 Owner1:

Sue? Really?

Suing people isn't going to change anything on PS3 at all because homebrew and piracy will still be ongoing.

Sony fanboys always think suing is the way to go, wrong!

You sir are an idiot. Re read his comment Genius. Hes saying what Sony is most likely to do not what he wants them to do.

-1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — PS360 Owner1 2011-03-28 18:45

I read it, douchebag.

He's just one more of those who wants every hacker to be sued.

+5 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — ETR2k3 2011-03-27 14:38

Great news. Once he's got the process down and streamlined, I'll be one of the first in line to install Linux on my PS3. That's why I bought the darn thing, so I could mod it and put Linux on it. Contrary to popular belief, there are plenty of us who mod stuff so we can run Linux and Homebrew, not so we can pirate games.

-1 # RE: RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — Musev 2011-03-28 10:23

Lmao

+5 # ... — Mickle 2011-03-27 14:54

you really don't need to read Ps3 news anymore, just measure the steam emitting from the Sony execs ears and how fast they can run crying to their lawyers and you know how serious the news is.

-1 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — Dave 2011-03-27 15:25

Now sony is going to sue graf_chokolo (if they find him.) Yes they would sue somebody for restoring removed advertised features.

+5 # ... — FreePlay 2011-03-28 08:06

They already _are _suing him.

+4 # Go Graf Go!! — Kreationz 2011-03-27 15:43

Unlike other hackers even his legal battle isn't stopping him... at least in private.

-3 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — csc@.com 2011-03-27 20:27

people are still pretending like they used that?

+3 # RE: RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — UltimaXIX 2011-03-27 22:53

PS3 + Linux = a really cheap, reliable, compact and low power consumption web server solution. My main computer (which I left on 24/7) died, and hosting on my laptop was proving to be a bitch so Linux coming back is a real boon. I just need to figure out how to get XAMPP working on it properly when I have the time, because I was so used to just installing WAMP. I barely use my PS3 for games these days, so it's perfect by me.

-1 # RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — SuperAids 2011-03-30 05:10

23rd Post!

# RE: Gentoo Linux successfully installed in internal PS3 Slim HDD — vitralizer 2011-03-30 22:46

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