Latest version of BootOS v2.1 is out, aka AsbestOS v2.01. The only real diffrence is that it works better than v2.0, so those having problems with previous version try this one. 
To quote:
“No, it’s not a new application. We just uploaded a new version of our asbestos installer and decided in the process to give it a new name.
You can grab it here: bootOS v2.01
Quick release notes:
- New name (duh!)
- Hosting problem is solved.
Installation:
- Delete asbestOS installer, install bootOS and run.
- Launch it from lv2 patcher.
I’ll update later, with more info.”
This seems to be working better than the 2.0 release. Installing Debian as I type this.
Also if you are unsure what you want to tinker with I keep ASbestOS 1.5 and 2.01 on my external drive. Use 1.5 if you wish to try Madshaun1984′s Ubuntu, and 2.01 for Debian. All you have to do is follow instructions for the way to install each and run whatever ASbestOS installer for the correct distro. I basically have a dual boot Linux box.
02-25-2011
03:37 PM
Thanks, Moved to front page.
02-25-2011
04:37 PM
This might be a noob question but is there any way to adjust the resolution. I have everything working but the resolution just appear really ****ty. Does it matter if it is on my 42 in Vizio
02-25-2011
05:05 PM
Edit the kboot.conf on the hdd0 ps3videomode or similar change the number 131 to 132 or 133(1080p fullscreen)
02-25-2011
07:32 PM
EVERY time i try this, and the previous asbestOS 2.0, i get an select and install software error, i choose desktop enviroment and base systems, but a little after halfway, it ALWAYS redscreens for me.
i dunno man, can't understand what i do wrong actually. could anyone be so very kind as to write a step by step, with the formatting part and all? i am at a loss here, i have tried some stuff that i googled out, but ****!!!!!
please, i implore you, help me!
02-25-2011
07:54 PM
if anyone needs the lvl2 patcher
http://www.multiupload.com/YNQYRATFUF
02-25-2011
08:43 PM
how do i put linux on my exturnal hard drive to boot
02-25-2011
09:18 PM
and no !! combination keys wont work neither
02-25-2011
09:52 PM
do i need to use ethernet as i keep getting
DHCP lease has failed.
sending discovery...
sending discovery...
sending discovery...
DHCP lease has failed
02-25-2011
09:58 PM
is there a step buy step for this, i have bootos on my ps3 but now what do i do someone please help can anyone make a step by step for us
02-25-2011
10:28 PM
I don't understand many of the problems people are having. It was simple, but I guess I am just lucky. All I did was run the ASbestOS installer then lv2 patcher. 2die4, yes you need ethernet.
02-25-2011
10:46 PM
02-25-2011
10:54 PM
ahh damn ethernet dont have the router in my room any more just wifi guess im still waiting then for a wifi release
02-25-2011
11:11 PM
it said cannot add a new patchset to lv2 patcher.....what dos that mean
02-25-2011
11:26 PM
I've never seen since a slow loading OS, man on man it may work but its almost too slow to do anything with...
Oh well, at lest I got it to work..
I've only been trying for 2 days straight..
ughh
02-25-2011
11:32 PM
wow this seems to be the best one yet, no internet trouble and runs great... Thank You...
02-25-2011
11:35 PM
can someone help me
02-25-2011
11:59 PM
tallzilla, what did you do to finally make it work?
02-26-2011
12:09 AM
Sorry for the noob question, but can this be used on ps3 slim?
02-26-2011
12:17 AM
what did people choose during the installation?
ext3? ext4?
how did you partition? with swap? without?
did you choose your own country, or did you just choose what was selected from the start? please please, i need some answers!
what USB port did you use? far left or far right?
those of you who have succeeded, please respond
im at my 16th try here...
02-26-2011
12:31 AM
ok i ran bootos and then the lv2 every thing seams to be good now what do i do
02-26-2011
01:12 AM
When browsing the web, it freezes and I have to force the web browser to stop but oh well.
What I think made it work is that fact that I changed the 'external hard drive partition' before I did anything.
I can watch movies and play music I'm about to test a mame emulator, in the process of copying my roms to the linux hdd right now.
But I have got to say, this is probably just as good, as yellow dog linux. I heard yellow dog was slow on things as well.
When I'm not on the WEB and I'm just running software, If I allow it to load which takes a few mins, it goes pretty fast (Once its loaded that is.)
Program boot time isn't that good nor is multi tasking, multi tasking will lock your system up or it'll just freeze and you'll have to force stop a few things.
02-26-2011
01:40 AM
ok i changed my fat to ex3 and now how do i run linux, iv done everything but get the os couse i dont know how to install it
02-26-2011
02:44 AM
Its pretty simple.
Note: DO NOT RUN ICEW browser its the reason why I kept freezing up use the one up top with the world on it. Its the icon above in the task bar right beside the System (Tab).
Everything seems fine now, I can't install the following though.
1) apt-get install sdlmame- doesn't work
2) apt-get install xmame- doesn't work
3) You can't install wine, which kinda blows dockeys.
4) The "emulator" we do have for this linux os does support ONE emulator but its trash it could NOT read any of my roms, its called "KamFu" I think. My advice don't waste your time trying it because it doesn't work at all.
I've tried sudo apt-get install sdlmame- and no - and it still doesn't allow me to install it or even get it to install it.
They should of made this with ubuntu 10.10 not Debian being Debian kinda sucks, its not really suitable for any software that I want to use.
Btw, I'm on linux ps3 right now typing this!
02-26-2011
05:24 AM
Can some one please tell me how to partition my USB disk? I formatted it as FAT32 and placed the Debian image in the root, but when i load lv2, and choose Linux, it starts something, then tells me DHCP lease failed. Sending discover... Sending Discover... Sending Discover... DHCP lease failed, and so on....
02-26-2011
05:32 AM
You need to setup dhcp on yr ps3 to do that make new wired connection and when it comes to dhcp just stick the name of yr router into the box ........and yr ext hdd needs to be ext3 format and you dont have anything on yr drive as it is a net install in other words it downloads it ....... if you dont know how to format to ext3 read the above posts.
Does anyone know if you can use Bluetooth keyboard yet or is it usb still ?
02-26-2011
08:47 AM
anyone succeeded in booting bootos without getting a blackscreen on sd tv (not hdmi) output ?combination keys wont display anything either
02-26-2011
10:31 AM
Some devs on xda are working on getting android ported
I would be ecstatic when & if that happens
Sent from Redemption rEVOlution modded Incredible via Tapatalk
02-26-2011
10:40 AM
Can BootOS2.01 load kernel from ext4 on /dev/usb00?
or does it still have to load linux kernel from mounted img on /dev/usb00 as FAT32?
Also I expected Tiger PPC to run eventually, what is netkas up to? Afraid of being chased by the lion and the lamb?
02-26-2011
10:42 AM
God daaaaammmmmmmmmnnnn it! I followed everything to the T ......it downloads installs then at the very end says can not boot there is no boot record type this blah blah blah ....errrr like where ya mother ****er .....my dogs anus ? ......... any help folks ?
02-26-2011
12:34 PM
This is just as s**t as the last one, dont bother people....
Errors>
Mount: mounting /dev/ps3db on/ mnt/disk failed: no such file or directory
setfont: can't open '/dev/tty: no such device or address
route: 0x890c failed: no such process
Failed to start bootloader
/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
Followed instructions to the letter,
02-26-2011
02:05 PM
mine always fails at around 80% of installing after select and install software. i choose desktop enviroment and base system software. any idea whats wrong here?
02-26-2011
02:25 PM
how do i get the linux image i have everything but the os need help
02-26-2011
02:45 PM
@hukfed
For me its working on a USB stick 8 gig but when trying to install on external usb HD 550gig i get the same error as u, dont know why...
Maby this works:
To be able to boot your debian installation, you need to check if a "kboot.conf" file is located at the / of your Debian partition.
It should be something like this:
root@ps3 # cat /kboot.conf
debian=/boot/vmlinux initrd=/boot/initrd.img vidmode=1 root=UUID=YOUR_PARTITION_UUID
To obtain your partition UUID, connect the disk to a linux machine, and use the " blkid -o udev /dev/device_and_partition_where_i_installed_debian".
source: http://ps3.khore.org
@surmiklo13
U dont need any image, just install the BootOS 2.1 make sure u have an ext3 formatted usb stick connected > 4 Gig, and run lv2 patch.Debian will install from net, also make sure u have a working internet connection(cable)
02-26-2011
03:04 PM
im getting flash remap failed what is that
02-26-2011
04:09 PM
Ubuntu 9.10 alternate powerpc+ps3
Ubuntu 10.04 alternate powerpc+ps3
Ubuntu 10.10 alternate powerpc+ps3
If I were you I’d debootstrap one of the above sources from a preinstalled debian in the available img.
02-26-2011
04:49 PM
every time I try to reboot or shutdown linux it always hangs at will now restart. Is this normal? I have tried debianv2, khaos, ubuntu and improved-ubuntu. All of them do the same thing. The only way out is unplug the ps3.
I can't find anything on this matter anywhere on the net. I have tried google for days hoping someone is having the same issue.
Thanks
02-26-2011
05:13 PM
dos anyone know of a tutorial video on how to do this
02-26-2011
05:34 PM
Mine does not, so how do I edit, everytime I try it refuses to let me saying I do not have permission, I cant change it's properties to give me permission.....
I can change it in windows but it wont let me write the edited file back because it wont write over the old Kboot file....
Think I'll just give up
02-26-2011
05:34 PM
ok i got as far as im at a blue sreen and it says install debion GNU/linux and i cant do anything,,also i cant see on the left side of the screen when i run lv2pacher how can i fix that
02-26-2011
05:55 PM
Installing this is like getting p***ed, you want to do it but you know it's gonna give you a headache....
02-26-2011
06:48 PM
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02-26-2011
06:57 PM
My advice:
DO NOT INSTALL ASBEST OS!!!!!!!
Your question: Why?
My answer: BECAUSE IT WILL BE FREAKING SLOW AS HELL!
Even my freaking netbook (SINGLE CORE: 2.4 GHZ)
YES NETBOOOK!! is faster than this crap..
They shouldn't even release this crap, if i would be developing this i would only release it when it has decent speed lol..
02-26-2011
07:49 PM
Quick Question, When I get to the install Debian screen, where does it install at? Does it anyway effect GameOS?
02-27-2011
02:43 AM
im at 52 percent of select and install soft ware has taken 16 hrs to get here
02-27-2011
03:50 AM
I might actually make a debootstrapped image for you guys of ubuntu 10.10 alternate. I just have to prepare to make the move from 3.15 to 3.55 first, unless it’s possible for me to make you the image from 3.15?
02-27-2011
07:59 AM
Does anyone knows if it works with Ubuntu 11.04 natty-alternate-powerpc+ps3?
I only see people using Ubuntu 10.
02-27-2011
09:59 AM
I don’t see why not.
02-27-2011
10:14 AM
But in that case, why aren't anyone using the newer ubuntu 11? o_O
02-27-2011
10:30 AM
Installed MintPPC 9.2 with BootOs 2.01
Followed guide from here http://mintppc.org/content/installation-mintppc-92#3
Video
02-27-2011
03:57 PM
Quick Question, When I get to the install Debian screen, where does it install at? Does it anyway effect GameOS?
02-27-2011
05:16 PM
Why? Because you sound spoilt.
02-28-2011
05:52 AM
after couple of hours of work ( waist of time) i followed all the steps , everything went well. at the end i get this message " no boot loader has been installed. you need to boot manually with: / boot/vmlinux kernel on partition/dev/sda1 and root=/dev/sda1 passed as a kernel argument.
continue
i hit enter then i get a black screen "requesting system to reboot.
i didn't know what to do. i turn the ps3 off.
turn it back on. then what next. where is all the work.
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now that i have my external hard drive with 6.88g EXT3 used. how will i boot linux to my ps3?
02-28-2011
01:57 PM
@ssin
Same problem as me exactly ....... i havent a clue what i do next !
02-28-2011
10:22 PM
This guys are doing great job and putting a lot of efforts and I hope we will have Linux installed soon, but if they are willing to help up answering our questions.
03-01-2011
03:22 AM
after couple of hours of work ( waist of time) i followed all the steps , everything went well. at the end i get this message " no boot loader has been installed. you need to boot manually with: / boot/vmlinux kernel on partition/dev/sda1 and root=/dev/sda1 passed as a kernel argument.
continue
i hit enter then i get a black screen "requesting system to reboot.
i didnt know what to do. i turn the ps3 off.
turn it back on. then what next. where is all the work.
But beware linux will be freaking SLOW AS HELL.
Please stop *****ing.
Why? Because you sound spoilt.
please shut the f*ck up allright?
i bet u don't know **** about linux and that it is light.
and the comparison i made is already enough that this linux isn't usable for the public, maybe only for tards...
Meaning you are tard, then i say: I DID NOT SAY THAT THE DEVS DID CRAP, I MEANED ASBESTOS IN THE CURRENT STATE IS CRAP
So for the tards again my opinon is that the dev's shouldnt have released this TILL it has a normal speed, because a freaking single core beats a 8 core machine? AsbestOs says that the ps3 got 2 cores.. so which means the speed MUST have been way more better..
im not spoiled.. when someone released something i just trust it wouldnt be crap
03-01-2011
05:04 AM
I have used linux on a daily basis since 1998... I guess I don’t know about linux.
But you are right AsbestOS in the current state is not for entertainment, but for those who would like to do further development.
03-01-2011
05:43 AM
Asbestos or Bootos as it is now known allows you to install Debian Squeeze this is a basic operating system utilising the generic linux kernel, in this case it's the PPC kernel, what you do with that installation is up to you, if you go ahead and install a HUGE gui like GNOME then I imagine it would be slow, the issue isn't anything to do with the fact that the ps3 has 8 cores, it's to do with RAM, the ps3 only has 256mb of RAM onboard it, this means when you try to run something like GNOME on it and you'll very quickly run out causing the ps3 to use swap which is SLOW...
The other factor at the moment is compatibility, a PS3 and your crappy netbook have two totally different processor architectures, you're comparing apples to orange really, so a Debian install on an intel processor has better compatibility to a PPC Cell processor such as you'd find in the PS3, this means that the PS3 version of Debian needs tweaking to allow access to the more advanced features of the system it's running on, stuff that isn't really that easy to figure out. This isn't helped by the fact that the stock PS3 debian kernel that asbestos uses has a bug in it restricting the ram to 108mb
Now the way I see it, I'm pleased that the devs released this even with a few bugs as it let me use my ps3 as a low power newsgroup/torrent downloader, I wouldn't criticise any of their work seeing as I couldn't replicate any of it myself.
I'm sorry I can't dumb it down anymore but if linux is a bit scary then perhaps you'd be better off doing something else with your time rather than complaining about the things that you get for free.
I await your badly spelled and illiterate response. :-P
03-01-2011
07:36 AM
Ok I get it running but it is not something we can use for now. I hope they will get it running faster.
03-01-2011
07:55 AM
What can not be used? What running faster? It copies a full feature m2ts in 20-40 mins.
03-01-2011
11:47 AM
Maybe we/they can do something with this :D
http://git.dukio.com/gitweb.cgi?p=li...d0c1d2c5f7d7d0
Thank you Graf ^^
03-02-2011
12:31 AM
I don't know about yours and what copied in 20m. I am just saying that this version of Linux is slow and hope they could do better in future I can't even get my cursor to move. Well that just me may be.
03-02-2011
03:30 AM
It lacks some drivers for graphics and RAM handling, you should download the latest kernel and compile it.
03-06-2011
06:07 PM
installed debian, ran it, got to login....
NUTHING I ENTER WORKS WHAT IS THE DEFUALT LOGIN FOR DEBIAN V1?
03-06-2011
09:55 PM
Pass = ps3
03-09-2011
04:42 AM
i hope some can answer this.
how to compile kernel?
when i go to sudo to add new stought it ask for password, the pasword is ps3 when i login, but when i enter ps3 it says" ps3 is not in the sudoer file"
how to fix that
03-09-2011
08:03 AM
anybody who wants to run debian a little bit faster , try fluxbox , it's light & nice for a change if you get board of the default desktop and saves a few mb in ram.. you can also set it to go into fluxbox from login..
or sudo apt-get install fluxbox
sudo aptitude fluxbox
there's also a nice ps3 skin..
http://customize.org/fluxbox/themes/60094
03-22-2011
04:16 PM
Found this solution to make a very small Debian Install, maybe it will save some Mb's to?
install the base system, that means when it comes to the package selection uncheck all the packages(standard and desktop)
after the reboot, there won't be a gui yet
login as root
apt-get install xorg gdm synaptic fluxbox emelfm leafpad dillo
reboot
select fluxbox from the session menu <important
login
open synaptic and get what ever else you want,
emelfm is a filemanager
leafpad is a text editor
dillo is a small web browser
Haven't tested this, found it while looking around if there is a Puppy Linux PPC distro and remembered your post about fluxbox
Someone is trying to port Puppy Linux to PPC/Mac but no real progress besides an early beta from a while back if someone wants to know. Looks like that person has quit his project. Too bad, Arcade Puppy would be fun to run
03-24-2011
12:27 PM
können wir das Internet unter der Linux für neueste abestor?