[Harryjoe]

I'm almost going nuts over this but somehow it's still fun ;>

First I tried to use the "original guide" here -> http://wiki.gitbrew.org/wikibrew/Metldrpwn
but when i want to boot linux-rnd via petitboot my tv gets disconnected

Then there was mentioned that you can also use Red Ribbon RC5 - so I booted this fine via usb disk and installed it to an external USB hdd. Then I wanted to use the install.sh script mentioned earlier but http://gitbrew.org/~rnd/linux-2.6.zip is offline. Okay so the alternative would be to use the debian-installer-2.sh script by nikitis but after executing Red Ribbon is unable to boot from petitboot because there is no option for it.

Then someone told me you can just go to "exit to shell" from petitboot and execute metldpwn from there. But I don't have "make" or "apt-get" there so how do i get the make essential?

Help would be really appreciated when there is a maybe linux noobfriendly and bulletproof way

[haz367]

....my bad..[10 characters]

[butnut]

Originally Posted by zecoxao you don't see a way to exit ? just do a tab and check the lower options

At the bottom of the screen I see

<select> <exit> <help>

Should I click on exit and continue following the script?

[Medox]

Also from the original leak thread from ps3 news:

Originally Posted by sguerrini97 Animus777: Call of Duty: Black Ops with the lastest patch (1.13). kofkofkof: 1. yes I ran it on CFW-OTHEROS++-SPECIAL with SS Patches with Ubuntu manual install. 2. metldrpwn generates a "dump" file and you need to open it in HEX editor, firsts 3 lines are the "eid_root_key.bin" required by c2d.exe. For games that haven't any update we can install them on a CEX PS3 and copy the game data folder (/dev_hdd0/game/GAMEID/), then with "psn_package_npdrm" we can make a PKG with the game data to install it on a DEX, I think that this will work.

Originally Posted by rikukh3 Just checked and can confirm - you can't correctly repack any update with EDAT files inside. It installs but fail on loading. Tried with psn_package_npdrm, force_package_npdrm, make_package_npdrm_retail, make_package_npdrm_debug... They all fail. Updates with EDAT installed before converting to DEX works fine, tested on 4.10 game 'meikyuu touro legasista', which works from usb just fine.

[HipHopStyler]

Originally Posted by zecoxao you don't see a way to exit ? just do a tab and check the lower options

Can I also use yellowdog Linux 6.0 to dump the nor or do I need Debian Ubuntu?

[luqi]

Originally Posted by rikukh3 Just checked and can confirm - you can't correctly repack any update with EDAT files inside. It installs but fail on loading. Tried with psn_package_npdrm, force_package_npdrm, make_package_npdrm_retail, make_package_npdrm_debug... They all fail. Updates with EDAT installed before converting to DEX works fine, tested on 4.10 game 'meikyuu touro legasista', which works from usb just fine.

very interessting, damned sound like tb style,the titles of which none have been published tb eboots are EDAT Updates ...

And the Devs with Dexes dont know about this things ..., LOL.

so we must convert EDAT Updates before ... and save it or no-way actuell with EDAT ones ?
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Originally Posted by henterson I believe that this part is just for the users of Jaicrab's preloader.

Yeahh i think youre right ...

But we need a good tutorial or better a app automaticly for converting, most tutorials at the moment sucks without any help from a trustfull dev its not easy to convert C2D.

Thx to @zecoxao for help users !

[Pingoo]

Originally Posted by zecoxao the way to do it would be to unpack the rc5.iso contents on the root of a fat 32 formatted pen, boot the stuff, install red ribbon where you want it, and follow the script rnd so kindly provided in ps3devwiki, and previously on gitbrew. i said follow, not execute, since it won't work. also you need third party software from red ribbon disabled from software sources disabled, since it won't apt-get update because the site is broken. After all that and after the script is executed, compile metldrpwn on 2.6.39 (the compiled kernel resulted from the script), for that you need to set it to boot by altering /etc/kboot.conf with the last line you add being test=/boot/vmlinux root=dev/ps3dd1 change the name of the vmlinux-2.6.39 kernel on /boot to vmlinux, and boot it on petitboot. after booting, you can finally compile the metldrpwn. don't forget, you need your own metldr for this. finally execute run.sh, and after that if the problem status is 0x00000089 on output, that means you'll have a clean dump. after copying that dump to windows, copy the first 48 HEX bytes into an empty bin file . and you'll have your key.

After compiling the kernel, I got vmlinux-2.6.38, not vmlinux-2.6.39. Anyway, renamed it to vmlinux, edited kboot like you said. Then when i boot it from petitboot I get a black screen. Can you please tell me what Im doing wrong?

BTW loving linux on PS3. Didnt think it would be this smooth :D

[Asure]

Time for some more advanced questions before i jump on this bandwagon. I guess this is directed mostly at those who converted already.

- Any protips for NAND users? (cechg04 here)
- So we can't sign up for sp-int. Too bad..
- But we could change environment to prod-qa?
- ..and sign in with a prod-q account online (on 4.x firmwares)
- Can we access prod-qa shop?
- If we're on 4.x dex fw, can we say, run an original 3.70 game (from disc), download updates, go online in prod-qa and play with normal users?
- Anybody try ReactPSN to generate edats for demos yet? (not hook into system/vsh, just generate edat on dex..)
- Does stuff like ftp server work?

[zecoxao]

Originally Posted by Pingoo After compiling the kernel, I got vmlinux-2.6.38, not vmlinux-2.6.39. Anyway, renamed it to vmlinux, edited kboot like you said. Then when i boot it from petitboot I get a black screen. Can you please tell me what Im doing wrong? BTW loving linux on PS3. Didnt think it would be this smooth :D

oops, i need to edit my post, it's /dev/ps3dd1 not dev/ps3dd1 sorry

edit: missed the /

[BobbyBlunt]

Originally Posted by playerkp420 Whoa there. Lol. Didn't mean to offend you. I was just saying the e3 nor clip is better than the 360 nand clip. Nowhere in my post did I say it was pointless. I would not of bought it if I thought that. What I meant was I thought it was stupid you should have to hack the hell out of it, and maybe it would be more reliable to just solder the Progskeet. I was able to get some nand dumps with it. After severely modifying it and using spring clamps to hold it onto the nand. I just haven't used it enough yet to get the hang of it, I guess. Sure I had to modify my e3 nor clip a little. But with just a few scrapes off one side, I am able to tape the clip on any nor model ps3, and get a good dump first try.

Oh I didnt mean to come off as offensive. To each his own and what ever works for you is all that matters. I was just pointing out that the 360 nand clip isn't useless.