Use Debian in your PlayStation3 device
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Debian installer
I build and tested debian installer netboot images (from svn dated 27.02.2010), and they now install the squeeze kernel (2.6.32-trunk-powerpc64) too, only kboot.conf have to done by hand, testers may ask for images in #debian-ps3 IRC.
Live CD/DVD/USB ISO image
If you want to quickly have a run into your PS3, download PS3 Debian/sid live ISOmirror and unpack the iso contents into a CD/DVD/USB. (Eugen Paiuc 'adb' has been kind enough to prepare this iso image)
First you need to flash otheros.bld (distributed within the ISO file) into your PS3, for better reference check bootloader howto
- Set PS3 to boot from Other OS
Tell petitboot loader which image to load, it will appear with a live: entry. A worth reading document about petitboot and Debian.
Once you get to the shell, can try to format /dev/ps3da with cfdisk or similar tool and install Debian in your hard disk using debootstrap howto.
Live+Installer CD/DVD/USB ISO image
Currently we are investigating this issues.
Live+Installer daily/weekly builds
Under discussion
Building otheros.bld (petitboot) from source
(untested -- please someone review it)
git clone git://nbd.name/openwrt.git base=59008615d8b31946d5845e0c146ec6d80d05caf5 (cd openwrt; git archive --format=tar --prefix=openwrt-petitboot/ $base) | tar xf - cd openwrt-petitboot ./scripts/feeds update ./scripts/feeds install -a wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/ps3-petitboot-09.11.30-owrt-patches.tar.bz2 tar xfv ps3-petitboot-09.11.30-owrt-patches.tar.bz2 mv ps3-petitboot-09.11.30-owrt-patches patches quilt push -a cp target/linux/ps3/petitboot/defconfig-ps3-petitboot .config make defconfig make cp bin/otheros.bld /media/disk/PS3/otheros/ ## use 'quilt pop' to remove the patch ps3-fb-rotate.diff if enabled, otherwise expect a 90ยบ rotation on your screen
Documentation
References
PlayStation3 previous work -- outdated
IRC
irc.debian.org, channel #debian-ps3