Release: PS2 Linux Live DVD Version 3

[Mega Man]

No, you don't have to copy anything more to the USB memory stick. The Live DVD will run from the USB memory stick with only 4 files. Installing to hard disc will be identical, i.e. as shown in the video.

[bigdaddie]

There is an error on the hard disc. You need to check the disc with fsck.ext2 or format it again and copy everything again.

Tried several things, used fsck.ext2 to check for errors, no errors where found, did the whole proces once more; same result:

EXT2-fs error (device ide0 (dev 3,2): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode block 

Tried another drive, just like the first drive it was initially partitioned for HDLoader (both are 200GB drives) and it gives me an error about GPT.
So i removed the GPT information first like this:

"sudo parted /dev/<devicename>"
"sudo mktable":
  -> Table type: msdos
  -> Destroy data: yes
  -> quit 

Then i start creating the partitions following your tutorial.
I use the latest Ubuntu.

Tried to run it from the PS2 but again like with the first drive it hangs with the same errors:

EXT2-fs error (device ide0 (dev 3,2): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode block 

So i guess i must be doin' something wrong? i don't think the harddrive is corrupted because it happens on both drives...

[xnamkcor]

No, you don't have to copy anything more to the USB memory stick. The Live DVD will run from the USB memory stick with only 4 files. Installing to hard disc will be identical, i.e. as shown in the video.

I think I may just use linux to format the disk. Thanks for the help.

[bigdaddie]

I think my problem has to do with the partitioning of the drive, it should be simple, but i gives me headaches

I just created 2 partitions in ubuntu and formatted the boot partition, below are the results, is this correct?

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkfs.ext2 -I 128 /dev/sdd2
mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
12443648 inodes, 49753305 blocks
2487665 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
1519 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

and this how the partitions show up in fdisk:

Disk /dev/sdd: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders, total 398297088 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00563228

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 63 257039 128488+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd2 257040 398283479 199013220 83 Linux

[Mega Man]

Linux 2.4 can only access the first 137GB. The partition needs to end before this border. HDLoader 48 bit can access the space behind it.

[bigdaddie]

Linux 2.4 can only access the first 137GB. The partition needs to end before this border. HDLoader 48 bit can access the space behind it.

That solved the problem. It's working, finally

2 questions:
The screen is not nicely centered and firefox is running a bit slow, is that normal behavior or can i fix it somehow?

[djole94hns]

Go to "Configuration Menu" menu and change kernel parameter.
Select " Set to initrd" and add the parameter after pressing space:
cdrom=/dev/sda1

Change kernel parameter to what? Or were you implying to the next step, Select " Set to initrd" and add the parameter after pressing space:
cdrom=/dev/sda1?

[Mega Man]

The screen position and size are defined by:
TV_MARGIN_DX
TV_MARGIN_DY
TV_MARGIN_DW
TV_MARGIN_DH

In the files:
/usr/local/bin/win2
/usr/local/bin/win3

You can change the files and then you need to restart the X-Server with:
CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE (not DEL)
CTRL + D (or exit)

Change kernel parameter to what? Or were you implying to the next step, Select " Set to initrd" and add the parameter after pressing space:
cdrom=/dev/sda1?

Yes, the kernel parameter is changed by the action in the next sentence.

[djole94hns]

Thanks a lot! By the way, it is very slow, if I defragment the files would it help?
And also, installing to the hard disk from your video also applies to USB hard disks, or it is only for fat ps2 with hard disk? Sorry for asking so much questions, I am just amazed by this thing, and also my laptop is broken so I need a temporary PC for music and internet

[Mega Man]

Ext2 has normally no problems with fragmentation. I don't think that it will be faster.

The video shows installation on internal hard disc. USB is different. fdisk needs to be used instead of ps2fdisk. The device nodes are sda1 and sda2 instead of hda1 and hda2. Also it can 't be started directly, initrd.usb2.gz needs to be used with newroot=/dev/sda2 as kernel parameter.
This is also slower because of USB 1.1 (12 MBit/s).