Hey cool thread!
I've never done any OpenGL/graphics programming. But I'm still very interested in your project. I run Gentoo & Fedora on my PS3 (CECHP-01) but mine is downgraded to Sony Firmware 3.15 (the last FW with native OtherOS). My main reason for running Linux on PS3 is so I can study...
Hey everyone... so I did a Gentoo on my PS3 the other day. Here is a video of the install...
Its long. I may edit it down and do a voice-over later
The way I did the install was by using Fedora 12 as the install environment.
I installed Gentoo onto a spare 20G partition.
Here's my friend...
Hey :-) Yeah it suxx that you're still having issues with the install... The only similar issue I've seen on my machine is that sometimes (with certain hard drives) the formatting procedure will fail if I try to use the ext4 file system. Then I have to shut down, re-start the install, and select...
Hello everyone, this is a pretty interesting thread.
So it sounds like the OP has been able to get his PS3 formatted/partitioned for OtherOS (via GameOS options), and has been able to successfully install petitboot thru the "Install OtherOS" option. Awesome!
Furthermore it sounds like he has...
Here is a video of me compiling SDL-1.2 on Playstation 3 for the Cell Broadband Engine in Linux (OtherOS) using IBM's Cell SDK 3.1:
Recorded from my laptop and compiled remotely (over ssh). My (phat) PS3 is downgraded to firmware 3.15 (DEX) and its running Fedora 12 ppc (heavily customized). It...
Here is what I know about Fedora on Playstation 3:
The last Fedora that was compatible (out of the box) with the petitboot/kboot bootloaders is Fedora 12. That is the distro I use on mine and I use it every day. But I believe all Fedoras going back to FC 5 or so are all compatible. After Fedora...