Use Debian in your PlayStation3 device

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 be done by hand, testers may ask for latest netboot images in #debian-ps3 IRC.

Or try the ones linked here

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)

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

PS3 programming documentation

References

PlayStation3 previous work -- partial outdated

IRC

irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-ps3