PS3 [Tutorial] (Read Warning) Installing Red Ribbon Linux on Rebug 4.81.2 - 4.84.2 D / REX
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Joonie
Developer
Yeah you're right, default.spp wasn't patched on 4.85 Lite by my mistake so it wouldn't boot to OOS, it's currently fixed on 4.86.1 Lite.
dazzaXx
Member
You could wipe your HDD in the ps3 with a pc, and then install the firmware i have provided. Maybe it is to do with the fact that you used ferrox and it could have left files from its previous installation.
EDIT: Provided you have backed up all the data you want to keep from your system. Since this tutorial also does state to do so.
How may I increase the size of the partition allocated to Red Ribbon?
According to previous posts in this thread, this can be achieved by patching emer_init.self. This seems to be explained in post #182.
Many thanks for your work!
According to previous posts in this thread, this can be achieved by patching emer_init.self. This seems to be explained in post #182.
- To begin with, where does one find this file?
- As for the instructions themselves, I admit that I found them difficult to follow. Would it be possible to simplify them?
- Also, is this method possible only on Windows?
Many thanks for your work!
dazzaXx
Member
The file is contained within the firmware itself, you would have to decrypt your firmware of choice and go from there. I assume it is possible to set a custom size partition to whatever you'd like, you try using the PS3MFW builder as it has scripts available that auto patch the file in question for you, you could edit said script to a custom size (i think).
As for the instructions, i could simplify them, i will have a look and see what i can do about that.
As for the programs, as far as i know, there are only versions for windows. I could be wrong on that tho.
How did you set the size of the partition to 22GB?
Thanks!
What about resizing the Red Ribbon partition post-installation? Could this work?
Hello,
After installing Red Ribbon on my PS3 I realized that this distro does no suit my needs completely so I decided to give a try to Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 whose installer (anaconda) is the same used in Fedora distros. However, I am facing the following issue: Every time I start the installation, when it comes to format HDD partitions, it only sees the GameOS partition ps3da, instead of the OtherOS++ partition ps3dd.
I came across a script called hdd_access.sh but is unusable in my current firmware (4.81 DEBUG CEX). This issue has already been brought up in this thread with no successful solution: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/xubuntu-10-04-lts-partition-detection-issue.23223/
Is there something to do with hdd_access.sh to make it work in more modern firmware? ACL checks need to be kept disabled in order to boot OtherOS++, if I am not mistaken?
dazzaXx, could you please provide some insight in whether were you able to install Xubuntu in the OtherOS++ partition or not?
Thanks.
After installing Red Ribbon on my PS3 I realized that this distro does no suit my needs completely so I decided to give a try to Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 whose installer (anaconda) is the same used in Fedora distros. However, I am facing the following issue: Every time I start the installation, when it comes to format HDD partitions, it only sees the GameOS partition ps3da, instead of the OtherOS++ partition ps3dd.
I came across a script called hdd_access.sh but is unusable in my current firmware (4.81 DEBUG CEX). This issue has already been brought up in this thread with no successful solution: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/xubuntu-10-04-lts-partition-detection-issue.23223/
Is there something to do with hdd_access.sh to make it work in more modern firmware? ACL checks need to be kept disabled in order to boot OtherOS++, if I am not mistaken?
dazzaXx, could you please provide some insight in whether were you able to install Xubuntu in the OtherOS++ partition or not?
Thanks.
dazzaXx
Member
By using the PS3MFW Builder script that was available with it.
Possibly, but as far as i know, the space is reserved beforehand at the "Restore PS3 System" step and is at a fixed size. I don't think any program is able to read the GameOS partition and take space from it to add onto the OtherOS++ partition.
dazzaXx
Member
This is because the other official distros that were available at the time were made back in 3.4x firmware days, before $ony took away OtherOS support. Nowadays, distros like Red Ribbon have to be specially patched to detect the OtherOS++ partition, as it is different than the official way OtherOS was handled and therefore is detected by official ps3 distros from back in the day.
Personally this is out of my skill range, but it could possibly be updated with modern firmware as i think it uses keys of some sort to do what it needs to do.
I was not able to no, i tried various distros with no luck, but again, that's because those distros haven't been patched or remade to work with OtherOS++
Devourer0f-G0DS
Member
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[Tutorial] Installing Red Ribbon Linux on Rebug 4.81.2 - 4.84.2 D/REX
Hey guys, since there isn't really a tutorial out there to do with Linux and new firmware, well i mean there are but there for 3.55 but i thought i'd make one to help people who want it on their PS3 system's that are on recent firmware.
What you will need:
- A Jailbroken PS3 (duh.. xD)
- This Special REBUG 4.81.2 Linux package >> DOWNLOAD.
- For CEX Users (Download this and the one above) >> DOWNLOAD.
- A USB Stick (FAT32)
- A spare USB keyboard and mouse
- Patience and a cup of coffee...
Step 1:
- Assuming you downloaded my package and extracted it all to a safe place, plug in your USB Stick to your PC and make sure it's blank and formatted to FAT32, create a folder called "PS3" and inside that "UPDATE".
Step 2:
- Get the REBUG_4.81.2_D-REX_EMER_INIT_PS3UPDAT.PUP and place it inside the "UPDATE" folder and rename it to just "PS3UPDAT.PUP"
Step 3:
- Take it out of your PC and update it as you usually would but press the "Update via Storage Media" option, go through the steps and install the update.
Step 4:
- Once its done, turn the PS3 off and boot it into safe mode.
- (If you don't know how to boot it into safe mode, there's a small tut here: www.playstation.com
Step 5:
- When in safe mode, you are gonna want to choose the "Restore PS3 System" option. It should do it's thing and reboot to a huge SONY logo like the PS3 is brand new, go through the screens until your back at the XMB. This is the step where it formats the HDD so make sure you've backed up your data!
Step 6:
- Take your USB and plug it back into your PC and erase everything off of it so that it's blank again and put the petitboot image that corresponds to your flash chip (NAND/NOR) on the root of the USB stick (Not the folder, the actual dtbImage file should go onto the root of the USB.)
Fat PS3's:
Slim PS3's:
- CECHAxx/Bxx/Cxx/Exx/Gxx are NAND.
- CECHHxx/Jxx/Kxx/Lxx/Mxx/Pxx/Qxx are NOR.
- CECH-20xx/21xx/25xx are NOR.
Step 7:
- Plug the USB back into the PS3 and install the Rebug Toolbox that comes packaged with the firmware, just go to install packages, Internal HDD and it should be there somewhere in there. Once installed, boot it.
Step 8:
- Navigate over to the "Utilities" column of the toolbox and scroll down until you see "Resize VFLASH/NAND Regions", go ahead and choose that option and proceed to do it, you should get a "Success" message or something like that, if it doesn't say to reboot, do it anyways and reboot the PS3.
Step 9:
- Once it has rebooted, go back into the Rebug Toolbox and to the "Utilities" column, make sure the USB is plugged into the very right USB port of the PS3 and select the "Install petitboot" option, this option will take a few minutes, the success message should say "Petitboot installed. Enjoy OtherOS." Give the PS3 another reboot.
Step 10:
- Take the USB and plug it into your PC once again, and erase everything off of it so that its blank again. Grab the red_ribbon_lxde_14.03.iso and extract its contents to the root of the USB, you should have 4 folders and a md5sum.txt file. Grab the create_hdd_region.sh and put that on the root of the USB also.
Step 11:
- Plug the USB back into the very right USB port of the PS3 and boot the toolbox once again, this time you are going to want to go to the "System" column and select the "Boot OtherOS" option and in that you choose the "Boot (LV1 patches: Use Current)" option and press yes. It will boot the main petitboot screen. At this point you are gonna need to plug a keyboard and mouse into the PS3 as the controller will no longer work.
Step 12:
- Press ESC, it should take you to the terminal, if not choose "Exit to Shell" and type cd /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sdd1/ (FOR PS3's with NAND) or type cd /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sda1/ (FOR PS3's with NOR)
Step 13:
- If you type "ls", there should be a green file that is the create_hdd_region.sh
- Type "./create_hdd_region.sh" and it should come up with some text and numbers, this is the script formatting the OtherOS partition. Once it's done, just type "petitboot" and it should bring the list back up.
Step 14:
- There should be a "live" option at the top of the list, your gonna want to boot that one so make sure it is highlighted and press Enter on it, it should proceed to boot Red Ribbon Linux.
Step 15:
- Once Linux is fully loaded up to the desktop screen, there should be one shortcut on the desktop called "Install Red Ribbon", choose your country/language etc. There will be a box talking about a "guide", press yes.
Step 16:
- It should then come up with a box telling you to name the linux system, go ahead and call it whatever you want and press Enter.
Step 17:
- Next is the workgroup box, i just left this as "workgroup" and pressed Enter as i didn't really know at the time what it was.
- If it doesn't come up saying that a partition was found and comes up with a "Automatic partitioning" option, thats fine, go ahead and press that option, follow the guide/installer and it should eventually say that its copying over system files, etc
- Go take a break for a bit as it installs to the Internal HDD and does it's thing.
Step 18:
- Once you know it is successfully installed go to the start menu located in the top-left corner and "Boot GameOS" it should shut down and reboot back to the PS3 XMB, take the USB out of the PS3 and go straight to the Rebug Toolbox and Boot OtherOS again with current LV1 patches.
- There should now be a Red-Ribbon-default option at the top of the list now instead of it saying "live" that indicates that it has indeed successfully installed onto the PS3's Internal HDD.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK >>> THIS TUTORIAL INVOLVES MODIFYING /DEV_FLASH FILES . Which means If Steps are not followed,a Console Brick can occur. Also Note, this will erase all of your data stored on your HDD , so don't say you were not warned, be sure to backup any contents before attempting. .
If you run into any problems, message down below and i'll try to help the best way i can.
NOTE 29-03-19: This Tutorial still works, for those wanting Linux on 4.84+ and are on 4.81 - 4.84, just follow this tut as normal, once Linux is installed and all steps have been followed, just update with normal unmodified Rebug firmware back to whatever version you desire and Linux will still work.Hey guys, since there isn't really a tutorial out there to do with Linux and new firmware, well i mean there are but there for 3.55 but i thought i'd make one to help people who want it on their PS3 system's that are on recent firmware.
NOTE: THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA STORED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE SO DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.
THIS TUTORIAL INVOLVES MODIFYING /DEV_FLASH FILES SO IF YOU MESS UP ONE OF THE STEPS I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR PS3 SYSTEM.
Rebug 4.81.2 Linux Package: https://mega.nz/#!tTBl3CxA!Zr4cqwmFUsfq_oZi89JZWKmJ1pJWXCV-o7WLH2IU09k
What you will need:
Step 1:
- A Jailbroken PS3 (duh.. xD)
- The Linux package i have linked below.
- A USB Stick (FAT32)
- A spare keyboard and mouse
- Patience and a cup of coffee...
Assuming you downloaded my package and extracted it all to a safe place, plug in your USB Stick to your PC and make sure it's blank and formatted to FAT32, create a folder called "PS3" and inside that "UPDATE".
Step 2:
Get the REBUG_4.81.2_D-REX_EMER_INIT_PS3UPDAT.PUP and place it inside the "UPDATE" folder and rename it to just "PS3UPDAT.PUP"
Step 3:
Take it out of your PC and update it as you usually would but press the "Update via Storage Media" option, go through the steps and install the update.
Step 4:
Once its done, turn the PS3 off and boot it into safe mode.
(If you don't know how to boot it into safe mode, there's a small tut here: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/g...-system-stability/safe-mode-on-playstation-3/)
Step 5:
When in safe mode, you are gonna want to choose the "Restore PS3 System" option. It should do it's thing and reboot to a huge SONY logo like the PS3 is brand new, go through the screens until your back at the XMB. This is the step where it formats the HDD so make sure you've backed up your data!
Step 6:
Take your USB and plug it back into your PC and erase everything off of it so that it's blank again and put the petitboot image that corresponds to your flash chip (NAND/NOR) on the root of the USB stick (Not the folder, the actual dtbImage file should go onto the root of the USB.)
Fat PS3's:
CECHAxx/Bxx/Cxx/Exx/Gxx are NAND.
CECHHxx/Jxx/Kxx/Lxx/Mxx/Pxx/Qxx are NOR.
Slim PS3's:
CECH-20xx/21xx/25xx are NOR.
Step 7:
Plug the USB back into the PS3 and install the Rebug Toolbox that comes packaged with the firmware, just go to install packages, Internal HDD and it should be there somewhere in there. Once installed, boot it.
Step 8:
Navigate over to the "Utilities" column of the toolbox and scroll down until you see "Resize VFLASH/NAND Regions", go ahead and choose that option and proceed to do it, you should get a "Success" message or something like that, if it doesn't say to reboot, do it anyways and reboot the PS3.
Step 9:
Once it has rebooted, go back into the Rebug Toolbox and to the "Utilities" column, make sure the USB is plugged into the very right USB port of the PS3 and select the "Install petitboot" option, this option will take a few minutes, the success message should say "Petitboot installed. Enjoy OtherOS." Give the PS3 another reboot.
Step 10:
Take the USB and plug it into your PC once again, and erase everything off of it so that its blank again. Grab the red_ribbon_lxde_14.03.iso and extract its contents to the root of the USB, you should have 4 folders and a md5sum.txt file. Grab the create_hdd_region.sh and put that on the root of the USB also.
Step 11:
Plug the USB back into the very right USB port of the PS3 and boot the toolbox once again, this time you are going to want to go to the "System" column and select the "Boot OtherOS" option and in that you choose the "Boot (LV1 patches: Use Current)" option and press yes. It will boot the main petitboot screen. At this point you are gonna need to plug a keyboard and mouse into the PS3 as the controller will no longer work.
Step 12:
Press ESC, it should take you to the terminal, if not choose "Exit to Shell" and type cd /tmp/petitboot/mnt/sdd1/
Step 13:
If you type "ls", there should be a green file that is the create_hdd_region.sh
Type "./create_hdd_region.sh" and it should come up with some text and numbers, this is the script formatting the OtherOS partition. Once it's done, just type "petitboot" and it should bring the list back up.
Step 14:
There should be a "live" option at the top of the list, your gonna want to boot that one so make sure it is highlighted and press Enter on it, it should proceed to boot Red Ribbon Linux.
Step 15:
Once Linux is fully loaded up to the desktop screen, there should be one shortcut on the desktop called "Install Red Ribbon", choose your country/language etc. There will be a box talking about a "guide", press yes.
Step 16:
It should then come up with a box telling you to name the linux system, go ahead and call it whatever you want and press Enter.
Step 17:
Next is the workgroup box, i just left this as "workgroup" and pressed Enter as i didn't really know at the time what it was.
If it doesn't come up saying that a partition was found and comes up with a "Automatic partitioning" option, thats fine, go ahead and press that option, follow the guide/installer and it should eventually say that its copying over system files, etc.
Go take a break for a bit as it installs to the Internal HDD and does it's thing.
Step 18:
Once you know it is successfully installed go to the start menu located in the top-left corner and "Boot GameOS" it should shut down and reboot back to the XMB, take the USB out of the PS3 and go straight to the Rebug Toolbox and Boot OtherOS again with current LV1 patches.
There should now be a Red-Ribbon-default option at the top of the list now instead of it saying "live" that indicates that it has indeed successfully installed onto the PS3's Internal HDD.
Congrats! Linux is now installed on your PS3 System! Now do whatever you want with it!
If you run into any problems, message down below and i'll try to help the best way i can.
You are a F&(CKING GOD!!!!! Thank you soooooo much i have beem looking everywhere for something like this. Thnks man gonna test it in a few
dazzaXx
Member
@Devourer0f-G0DS You didn't put any message with the repsonse, you just quoted the entire first page of the tutorial.
Devourer0f-G0DS
Member
Damn im such dip shit. What I said was. Your. F@$king god!!! Iv been looking everywhere for this i couldnt find jack shit till now!! Thank you!!
dazzaXx
Member
No problem mate, happy to help. If you run into any issues, just comment and i'll help the best i can.
cem
Member
i think i fixed it. i had to edit some settings to connect to my wifi and reboot a few times but now it works!
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