PS3 linux kernal question

[djc89]

Hi
I followed the guide at gitbrew for installing ubuntu. I got almost everything except the kernel. My internet kinda sucks, so the git download keeps failing.

Can I just download the git repo from another computer and transfer it to the ps3. I know nothing about git so I just want to be cautious.

Thanks for any help

[puddin10]

I'm not sure about transferring it from another computer, maybe if you can mount you usb or external drive you could but i'm new to linux and still learning and dont know how to mount things before you get into a desktop manager but i'm sure someone can help

edit
not sure but mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive could do it
from this post Mounting an External USB Drive in Linux | JarrodGoddard.com

[djc89]

I know how to transfer the file over once I have them(the usb usually auto-mounts for me at /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda*) Thanks for replying.

I just dont know how git works, does it download anything specific to the computer that is downloading it. And if so how do I get everything that the ps3 needs.
This is probably a stupid question. I just don't have enough money to buy a new console, and I don't want to end up with a brick.

[puddin10]

Just do it like in the instructions git clone git blah blah on you pc or other computer put it on your external plug it in your ps3 and then cd to your external where the linux kernel you just dld'ed then just carry on following the instructions

The git is a folder where you download with git clone it downloads everything you need then follow the instructions to the T

edit you might need git bash foy your pc if your doing it that way but if it keeps failing on you ps3 i dont think it will make much difference on ya pc

[djc89]

I downloading from a remote pc with better internet connection. Copied everything over but now I'm stuck.
The guide says to make a symbolic link from 'linux-2.6' to 'linux', but there is no 'linux-2.6'
based on the commands after that I figured 'linux-2.6' was the whole git download, so I moved everything into the newly created 'linux-2.6', made the sym link and continued.
but after 'make menuconfig' i get a lot of errors (unexpected EOF, syntax error, 'idflags()) so something went wrong, retried everything with same results.
any ideas?

Thanks

[Mistawes]

I tried using a kernel from this forum instead of compiling.. I messes up somewhere, I think in the kboot.conf and it froze as it booted (after I saw penguins) and then I couldn't get it to boot anything after. I'm now starting over, but getting a DNS error so it's slowing me down.. Might be worth trying though!

[puddin10]

I downloading from a remote pc with better internet connection. Copied everything over but now I'm stuck.
The guide says to make a symbolic link from 'linux-2.6' to 'linux', but there is no 'linux-2.6'
based on the commands after that I figured 'linux-2.6' was the whole git download, so I moved everything into the newly created 'linux-2.6', made the sym link and continued.
but after 'make menuconfig' i get a lot of errors (unexpected EOF, syntax error, 'idflags()) so something went wrong, retried everything with same results.
any ideas?

Thanks

Sorry im not quite with you
the linux 2.6 is your new kernel what youv'e just downloaded (unmade) you should copy what you have to a folder, (it gives you)
usr/src/ so the linux 2.6 downloads to there, your creating a symbolic link (or another folder the same as that as far as i can tell) called linux so you would end up with linux2.6 and your newly created linux folder which you then cd into so it would be (following their instructions) /usr/src/linux which is where you make menuconfig and so on

im new to linux myself so im just going on based on what i did, but i dont remember any errors like that

[djc89]

I copied everything that the git downloaded (about 900 mb) into /usr/src, then the next command says 'ln -sf linux-2.6 linux'. meaning I have to create a link from a file or folder named 'linux-2.6' to a newly created 'linux'
then I have to cd into 'linux' (before running the ln command I am in /usr/src, am I supposed to be somewhere else?)
problem is there is no 'linux-2.6' file or folder for the link to start (although I dont get any errors), it creates a file named 'linux' but i cant cd into it.
If I make my own 'linux-2.6' folder then move everything from git over (every file for the kernel), make a new folder named 'linux' and make a link, I can get into it fine and see all the files, but running 'make menuconfig' gives me all the errors

puddin10, when your ran the ln command what was your current working directory (if you can remember) Thanks for all your help

[puddin10]

I followed the debian install,
1. cd /usr/src
2. git clone git://git.gitbrew.org/ps3/ps3linux/linux-2.6.git
3. ln -sf linux-2.6 linux
4. cd linux

i didn't think the file was 900mb im sure it was only 400mb or something

[djc89]

when i downloaded the git from the computer it gave me a directory with 900mb, twice (for ubuntu)
maybe i should try the debian install instead.

I think I may have found the problem searching google. Downloading from windows somehow messed up the download, will try again from a linux comp and post results.