Any SATA drive will do as long as it is 9mm thick.Ĭhanging the HD is very simple, there are lots of instructions out there such as this or this (even a video). Whether you've an 80Gb or 160Gb HD in your PS3, more space won't do any harm. These are quite similar to a Stage3 tarball, but include many pre-compiled packages such as Xorg, a Window Manager and so forth and therefore save you time as you don't have to compile these straight off. Some people make Stage4 tarballs available. If you want to use this grab it from here mkdir /mnt /usb /ps3 /gentoo Wget ftp: // /sites /gentoo /releases /ppc /autobuilds / 20090607 /stage3-ppc- 2Ĭp stage3-ppc- 2 /mnt /usb /ps3 /gentoo /.Ī recent version based on a 2008.0 release is available from Gentoo user anunakin. Stage1 and Stage2 installs on any architecture are generally deprecated, so you should be using a Stage3 from your local mirrors experimental tree. You should also grab an appropriate Stage tarball. Wget http: ///pub /linux /kernel /people /geoff /cell /ps3-petitboot /ps3-petitboot-experimental-08.08.15.bldĬp ps3-petitboot-experimental-08.08.15.bld otheros.bld Install CD You need to choose a kernel version to install (as of writing only ps3-petitboot-experimental-08.08.15.bld worked), download it, rename to otheros.bld and place it in PS3/otheros on a USB flash drive (which in the code below I've assumed is mounted at /mnt/usb and already has the PS3/otheros directory present). More recent versions are available from Official Kernel, and a fellow Gentoo user antonlacon kindly pointed me to his recent builds. Many different versions kernel versions are kicking around, and unfortunately the documentation for Gentoo points to a rather old version that is missing various features such as bluetooth and wireless. In all the instructions from Sony you will see reference to otheros this refers to the kernel and boot prompt which you will use to boot your Linux install on the PS3.

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