[hewman]

Originally Posted by Twinkeltoe I had a similar problem when I tried: • Plug USB Pen into PS3. • mount /dev/sda1 /mnt It kept saying that sda1 was already mounted or that /mnt was busy. To fix this I typed umount /sda1 After this I could mount it to /dev/sda1 and I could continue the tutorial. Hopefully this helps you as well. However, I got another problem a few steps later... I did the following: After running the installer, I got the message "can't run debian-installer-2.sh" (or something like that). I tried the following: chmod 755 PS3-Debian-Installer/debian-installer-2.sh And after that: ./PS3-Debian-Installer/debian-installer-2.sh after running debian-installer-2.sh it started downloading (with only 200 Kb/s ) and everything looked okay till it reached 92% (on the first file (dunno if more would follow). It then gave the message that is was killed.... Retrying didn't help one bit... Anyone know where the problem might lay? Personally I think there's something wrong with my partition and it's a space problem but I'm a total n00b when it comes to Linux. (my main reason to even try a CEX - DEX conversion is to see if I can do it and learn something along the way ) During running the Nikitis script it asks if you made an extra partition. What are the right answers for those questions? Wether I say yes or no, it asks about making it ext2/3/4 but I notice no difference no matter what I choose. I tried a few complete restarts (went back to the beginning of the tut, including a new "Restore PS3 System"). Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance. @hewman Thanks for the tutorial Hopefully I'll manage to finish it soonish Edit: I'm a non-linuxer like you and I have to say, it's fun to try it I don't really care if I kill my PS3 with it or not (don't hardly use my PS3 anyway) so the risk is minimal for me :D

Hey sorry for your troubles mate, but your so close to installing linux, im sure the below will help.

Taken from Gitbrew.org

Instructions for SLIM PS3's:
# git clone git://github.com/nikitis/PS3-Debian-Installer
# sh PS3-Debian-Installer/debian-installer.sh

And follow instructions.
Partition the PS3 Drive
NOTE: If you plan on installing Debian or Ubuntu using a gitbrew installer. Skip this step. It will handle it for you. Otherwise proceed... The Nikitis script will do all the partitioning for you, It will be the Ext2 option in the Nkitis Script.

The script will then start downloading linux in single packs, 3/4 hundred of them approx. leave the PS3 on and dont interrupt the process,

The process is;

• Downloads the packs.
• Checks the packs.
• Installs the packs.
• Configures the packs.

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The only big file to download configure is the kernel and that can take 15/20 minutes to download but it all depends on your internet connection. (but the Nikitis script does this all for you - just follow my guide)

The whole install process from the Nikitis script can take an hour or so - youre see the screen(TV) going mental and showing you what its doing - some process's take longer than others to complete - if it pauses dont panic.

If I were you, I would start from petitboot again (option 3) exit to shell and download the script again.

**Ive updated post #1 with the above info.