Ubuntu on the PS3

Zatharus said:
No problem, upgrading the HD on a PS3 can be done with the following simple steps.
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Thanks for taking the time to write that up. I had no idea it was so easy! Looks easy anyway. :P I'll prolly go with the 320GB drive. I'm gonna shop around and see if I can find a better deal than newegg and work on this next week. I'll post pics of the project. Unlike my numerous other projects, I'm gonna follow through on this one. Should be fun. :D

Thanks guys. ;)
 
My friend and I spent all weekend about a year ago trying to do this, but could never get it to work. We should try again though, it would be awesome.
 
Okay... I'm gettin a 500GB WD Scorpio for 85 shipped. Hopefully it'll get here by this saturday.
 
Received the HD yesterday, so I'm going to install now. I've printed out Zatharus' instructions in post #18. :P
 
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I've completed the swap and I'm now restoring the system with my new drive. I'll post pics in a minute...my media card reader isn't working so I gotta find my wife's USB camera cable to upload. :rolleyes:
 
So now you can rip all that blu ray porn to your hard drive on the PS3....

Wife doesn't ever play the PS3 does she? Sounds like your secret stash spot!
 
tlarkin said:
So now you can rip all that blu ray porn to your hard drive on the PS3....

Wife doesn't ever play the PS3 does she? Sounds like your secret stash spot!
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hahaha. Actually, she does use it for blu ray and standard DVDs (when she can figure it out :P), but I have my methods. ;)

Here's some pics...

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Unscrew that blue screw to dismount the drive tray... move it to the right with the little metal handle and pull it out.

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Old drive...

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New drive...

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It's hella easy.

EDIT: Downloading Yellowdog atm. Thanks for all the help everyone. Much appreciated.
 
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Bah, i tried to install both ubuntu and yellowdog and I'm getting a "no applicable installer was found" message. I'll go ahead and search google. In the meantime, anyone have any ideas? I'm sure I formatted correctly.
 
I know this sounds dumb, but you stuck the disk in the drive, right?

Did you ever reach the linux bootloader or did it boot right back into the PS3 bootloader? If it never booted off linux bootloader then you probably didn't set the drive as bootable.
 
bomberboysk said:
That video is hilarious, everyone i showed it to thought it was funny too.
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Yep I downloaded it on to my iPod and took it to work to show everybody. My boss was rolling on the floor I even showed it to a couple of customers that came into the shop they loved it.
 
Fatback said:
Yep I downloaded it on to my iPod and took it to work to show everybody. My boss was rolling on the floor I even showed it to a couple of customers that came into the shop they loved it.
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That video got a bunch of friends of one of my friends interested in ubuntu.
 
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