Linux with jailbroken PS3

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Originally Posted by [C*]

That was in the back of my mind. Why would he not release it though if he'd done it? He's reputable enough no the **** the scene around (I think?).

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I know what you mean, he claimed it could be done but then just vanished with no release. Its all i could think of regarding being able to keep other OS in relation to the previous post.

oh there was also PS3.ProxyServer.GUI but i never used otherOS

So has anyone come across anybody working on this? P3nguin D3v team ?

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Originally Posted by coolboy

i have a question
what is so important about Linux?
i mean we have jailbreak method now if we ever wanted to exploit PS3 and run homebrews
the only thing i could see Linux usful is running PC games that have 256 for a min. of memory. other then that what is the point to it?

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you sir, are an idiot. with nothing but games on his mind.

with linux you can turn ps3 into a box that would do a lot of things - a media center, or a fileserver for your local network. or a torrent downloader, whatever you can think up.

with an opportunity for a full rsx access it would be even more interesting.

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Originally Posted by yoshi314

you sir, are an idiot.

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Really funny!

:D

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Originally Posted by yoshi314

with an opportunity for a full rsx access it would be even more interesting.

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Sadly, we lost that opportunity the same time we lost hypervisor access.

now that we can analyze the system, we can attempt to restore other os loader, and maybe even patch it to run linux under different rules.

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Originally Posted by coolboy

i have a question
what is so important about Linux?
i mean we have jailbreak method now if we ever wanted to exploit PS3 and run homebrews
the only thing i could see Linux usful is running PC games that have 256 for a min. of memory. other then that what is the point to it?

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I'll 2nd Yoshi's earlier sentiment.. I use Linux to play my Windows PC games,
Crysis, Halo etc. They look a hell of a lot nicer than the PS3 games to.
I use it for MS Word.. tons of programs and games :)

Heres a tip:
Google "stream my game"

do you have a ps jailbreak? well, how much is it? And, where did you buy it? i want to buy one there days, but i am afraid of it.

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i believe otheros is still there for ps3s that had it (not sure about slims) but it is just hidden from the menu.

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What makes you say this? Because of the unreleased GeoHOT firmware or do we have someone who can show/prove this?

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how would we be able to get it back?
i mean if it is just a hidden menu then yeah, but what if SONY removed it completly? downgrading a FW shouldn't work since other OS has been in the console since day one, so having it in a FW is pointless, unless you make a CFW and someone with an old PS3 with other OS could somehow extract the whole PS3 layout (idk) or something

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Is there any option to reset back to the original factory (out of the box) settings for the ps3?

If not, it would be interesting to know how Sony mark files on the hard disk for deletion/overwrite (ie. If during the 3.21 update, the OtherOS was flagged for deletion, or simply flagged to be hidden). If it was flagged only to be hidden, we are talking a few bytes of data probably.

What is the filesystem anyway? I'm guessing the disk is FAT32 but can we recover/get a filestructure from this if its plugged into a PC?


The reason I ask and I don't know if it helps or not, but I still have the original hard disk in my ps3 with which I have installed game updates and each new firmware that has been released but never ever deleted a single file, reformatted or anything of the sort since buying the unit.

Its quite possible that there may still be files there somewhere among the filesystem that could help *unless* the firmware updates overwrite each other every time a new one is released?

If on the other hand firmware updates each install to a separate file/folder keeping the file system intact, we may be on to something...

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Originally Posted by unidentified

What makes you say this? Because of the unreleased GeoHOT firmware or do we have someone who can show/prove this?



Is there any option to reset back to the original factory (out of the box) settings for the ps3?

If not, it would be interesting to know how Sony mark files on the hard disk for deletion/overwrite (ie. If during the 3.21 update, the OtherOS was flagged for deletion, or simply flagged to be hidden). If it was flagged only to be hidden, we are talking a few bytes of data probably.

What is the filesystem anyway? I'm guessing the disk is FAT32 but can we recover/get a filestructure from this if its plugged into a PC?


The reason I ask and I don't know if it helps or not, but I still have the original hard disk in my ps3 with which I have installed game updates and each new firmware that has been released but never ever deleted a single file, reformatted or anything of the sort since buying the unit.

Its quite possible that there may still be files there somewhere among the filesystem that could help *unless* the firmware updates overwrite each other every time a new one is released?

If on the other hand firmware updates each install to a separate file/folder keeping the file system intact, we may be on to something...

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No, it's not FAT32, it's a proprietary Sony file system, probably evolved from EXT2/EXT3 file system. It certainly wouldn't be anything like FAT32 or NTFS, as the PS3 is a Linux/Unix based system.