otheros++
 

how to install pre complied linux kernal please :)

Do you already have petitboot working? It's very easy with if you use one of the net installers gitbrew provides. The hardest part for me was partitioning the hdd. Specifically I didn't know what value to enter when I got to step 5 of partitioning. It took me two tries to figure it out. I think the auto-installers actually do this for you now so you don't have to worry about that. I was thinking of putting freebsd on my machine but I don't have a way to burn the image to disc (Does anyone know if you can save freebsd image to a usb stick and boot from petitboot?). If you don't want any of the net installed versions I don't think I can help as I'm very new to linux myself.

Edit: Being new to linux I didn't know the difference between a kernel and a distro lol... are you meaning to say you already have the linux kernel provided by gitbrew and want to install another?

Other OS install - petitboot problem
 

hi

had a problem come up in petitboot just after typing in the second command line in lightyear guide, all the pkgs installed fine beforehand with the bleep, im on 256mb nand flash renamed... dtbimage.minimal as it says turned into a vlc file, it says nowhere to install this file by the way .bin file

got stuck on this part off the guide,

you will see a terminal prompt on your screen now.
- Enter the following text, exactly as I have written it:

Quote:
cd /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda1

click enter

Quote:
sh create_hdd_region.sh

i pressed enter after the second one, which it didnt say to to do, it will go back to ps3 homescreen if i boot otheros from petitboot, but im getting this when i do above

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...111101313.jpg/

i tried rebooting ps3 and it goes back to petitboot again

any ideas ppl on what my problem is, i thght i was doing well till this lol

I think carl is trying something different wookie. You can't cd into a directory that doesn't exist! I'm wondering what guide you are referring to. You should be using gitbrew.org instructions by the way. The only guide I see posted by lightyear is an installation of fedora 12. Now that you can get into petitboot you don't need to worry about dtbImage.minimal. You have to download createhddregion.sh from the internet.
1.First type " cd /tmp ".
2. Then download the script. Do this by typing " wget http://gitbrew.org/~glevand/ps3/scri..._hdd_region.sh " in the shell.
3. When it is downloaded change the permissions of the file by typing " chmod a+x createhddregion.sh "
4. Then run the script by typing " ./createhddregion.sh "
5. Reboot and then install a GUI. This is the easy part pm me if you need help with this. I don't think we should be in this thread. Like I said I think carl is trying something different.

Ok sorry ive sent you a pm, thx for helping, sorry carl for jacking ya thread =)

whatever i type in the shell thing returns withan error i cant even type cd/tmp,then press enter and it works. Wish i hadnt even started doing this now. What do u mean by downloadthe script? i cant connect to thenet since putting gitbrews other os on, my hd is now split, but its the shell command stuff tht doesnt work, i have every file needed on ext hd plugged into ports, ive tried all ports

1. Setup an Internet Connection in GameOS
2. Run Boot Other OS , then Reboot
3. Petitboot loads -> Exit to Shell
4. Type cd /tmp
5. Type wget tinyurl.com/createhdd
6. Type chmod 755 create_hdd_region.sh
7. Type ./create_hdd_region.sh

@wookieboy76

you said you followed lightyear tut . did you download the tools he gave a link to eg boot os , create hdd region etc or did u download the tools direct from gitbrew website

Now tht looks much easier to do, hope it works, when you mean exit to shell, ive been pressing enter on keyboard from the 3rd option down at top left off petitboot, then u can type in bottom left is tht correct?

yes thats correct