Help Wanted. How to install XUBUNTU or YDL to proper HDD-Partition on ps3--namely ps3dd ? Please help me to try Xubuntu on ps3....

**r04drunner** · 11-23-2012,02:30 PM

Originally Posted by SkyNet

Strange enough. looks like liblzma helped.

But still If I write tar-----it can not see file.....

Try with:

Code:

tar -xJf linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz

I have updated the post.

**SkyNet** · 11-23-2012,02:35 PM

With this command

tar -xJf linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz

It extracted....

But wait a second. Are not we supposed at first copy files, (I mean copy Kernel to mnt/ubuntu/boot ) and only then do depmod -a 3.6.4 ?????

It should be like this;
tar -xJf linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz
cp linux-3.6.4-build/boot/vmlinux-3.6.4 /boot/
cp linux-3.6.4-build/boot/System.map-3.6.4 /boot/
cp -r linux-3.6.4-build/lib/modules/3.6.4 /lib/modules/
depmod -a 3.6.4
cd /

Should I do like this ?????

**r04drunner** · 11-23-2012,02:47 PM

Originally Posted by SkyNet

With this command

tar -xJf linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz

It extracted....

But wait a second. Are not we supposed at first copy files, (I mean copy Kernel to mnt/ubuntu/boot ) and only then do depmod -a 3.6.4 ?????

Now It's not necessary to copy. We are unpacking it directly over the filesystem and overwriting the previous copy.

We only need to run depmod.

**SkyNet** · 11-23-2012,02:52 PM

Are you sure that tar copied Kernel where it supposed to be?
Because I pressed command ls and there is on disk folder linux-3.6.4-build
So looks that it only extracted it...

**r04drunner** · 11-23-2012,02:57 PM

Originally Posted by SkyNet

Are you sure that tar copied Kernel where it supposed to be?
Because I pressed command ls and there is on disk folder linux-3.6.4-build
So looks that it only extracted it...

Ouch! You're right. I no longer think clearly

You must run the copy commands. I'll update the post.

Please, download the packages xz-utils_4.999.8beta-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb, the package liblzma0_4.999.8beta-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb and copy them on your USB stick. Also, copy the linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz on the USB stick.

Plug the USB stick on the PS3 and execute using Petitboot:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/ubuntu
mount /dev/ps3dd1 /mnt/ubuntu/
cp /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda1/linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz /mnt/ubuntu/
cp /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda1/xz-utils_4.999.8beta-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb /mnt/ubuntu/
cp /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda1/liblzma0_4.999.8beta-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb /mnt/ubuntu/
chroot /mnt/ubuntu
dpkg -i *.deb
tar -xJf linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz
cp linux-3.6.4-build/boot/vmlinux-3.6.4 /boot/
cp linux-3.6.4-build/boot/System.map-3.6.4 /boot/
cp -r linux-3.6.4-build/lib/modules/3.6.4 /lib/modules/
depmod -a 3.6.4
rm -Rf linux-3.6.4-build
rm *.deb
rm linux-3.6.4-build.tar.xz
exit
umount /mnt/ubuntu

The dpkg command installs the xz-utils package. We need this package to uncompress the kernel.

**SkyNet** · 11-23-2012,03:17 PM

Well I did all the instructions....

But now I again started Ubuntu and it behaves in the same way. I press M and S, but no effect ....

**r04drunner** · 11-23-2012,03:51 PM

Originally Posted by SkyNet

Well I did all the instructions....

But now I again started Ubuntu and it behaves in the same way. I press M and S, but no effect ....

Ummm We'll try configuring kboot to use the partition UUID.

With Petitboot, you must execute:

Code:

ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid | grep ps3dd1

This will show a partition UUID like XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Then you replace /dev/ps3dd1 with UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX on the fstab file:

Code:

UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX          /               ext3            defaults,relatime,errors=remount-ro     0       1

Also, include the new parameters.

**SkyNet** · 11-23-2012,04:12 PM

I tried to execute from Petitboot itself :
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid | grep ps3dd1

and from chroot /mnt/ubuntu

It says No such file or directory..

**r04drunner** · 11-23-2012,04:38 PM

Originally Posted by SkyNet

I tried to execute from Petitboot itself :
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid | grep ps3dd1

and from chroot /mnt/ubuntu

It says No such file or directory..

Your Petitboot version doesn't support this feature

.

You can boot with the Red Ribbon LiveCD or USB and execute this commands using the lxterminal.

**SkyNet** · 11-23-2012,04:51 PM

I have got it.
Now will edit /etc/fstab

Ok fstab is done. What about /etc/kboot.conf Should there anything to be changed ?

Is this the latest version of Petitboot? My ps3 is slim----does this Petitboot ok?

My Petitboot is 9,3 MB, but yours have 18MB size... Probably it is the latest if bigger in size?

I launched Ubuntu and the same problem.......

What about this Petitboot:
http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/petitboot/
Does anyone use it ?

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