I want to try and install YDL onto my PS3, but I'm worried that something will go wrong, and screw up my PS3...
Lets say I do what is said in the installation guide. and at the point where I set the main OS to use to the "Other OS" I try to but up YDL and install it.. but lets say that doesn't work... for some reason
Is there any other way to go back to the PS3 OS without having to type in the command into YDL?
hey chup, you are fine if you botch your install. First of all, all you have to do is re-install to fix the bad install, which shouldn't happen anyways unless you have an oddball TV or your keyboard and mouse are not recognized properly by LInux install procedure.
NOW, if you want to get back to Game OS, with or without a working Linux installation, all you have to do is power on the PS3 and then hold down the power on button for 5 seconds, and the Game OS will boot no matter what the default OS is set as in XMB Game OS.
Of course you can re partition the drive to clean out a bad install as well from within Game OS so $ony has done a nice job of protecting the Game OS no matter what we do with the Linux.
no probs, any questions don't hesitate to ask in the Installing Yellow Dog Linux board. Make sure you download the Guide to Installing YDL 5.0 in the Downloads section and then follow the How To in the board. good luck
? Sent to: haxen on: January 15, 2007, 10:37:42 PM ?
Hey haxen, I've run into a small problem upon trying to load up ydl, I get to the part where I see the 2 penquins. etc, then it begins saying things like leasefail, then it says cleanup and some thing about no vrs or vsr or something similar, upon which it then tosses me to a black screen full of nothing... If you could instruct me on how to fix this itd be real helpful...
Leasefail refers to the negotiation with the DHCP server, however I suspect that you did not get a fully burned DVD correctly.
Remember, this is not a copy, this is an image burn, ie. the entire single iso file has to be burned to the DVD, read my instructions on how to burn this below, do it again on a clean DVD at 1.0x speed, take your time, its worth it, the burn has to be perfect.
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Also, make sure you got a good copy of the iso file. Again, check the sources in the Forum, they were updated at the bottom of this post:
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We had another member nmc75 failing the install because his source iso file was not perfect and I ended up shipping him my DVD and he installed perfectly after that.
Well I typed in installtext and I am currently installing it through the text setup, I dont know if I put in the partion information correctly or not but hopefully I did..., I will tell you how it goes after I get back from my shower
Ok, new problem, I am doing the text install trick to get the gui I to work, If I were to put the Xautoupdate file on my usb flash drive, what would I type in the command line to mount it
Take OUT the USB drive and type dmesg and hit enter.
Read the last line of the screen output and remeber it.
Plug in the USB and type dmesg and hit enter. It should read something like
sdf: sdf1
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdf
The USB drive is sdf and has one partition, sdf1. So now you can make a directory to mount it to,
mkdir -v /mnt/usb-drive and Enter
Then mount the USB to the directory
mount -v /dev/sdf1 /mnt/usb-drive
If you type ls -l /mnt/usb-drive this should give you a listing of files on the USB. (The USB should formatted as FAT32 not NFTS.)
To install the rpm type, rpm -ivh /mnt/usb-drive/Xautoconfig-0.23-2.ydl.2.ppc.rpm. That should install that rpm. Now type Xautoconfig to setup the xorg.conf file so you can access the graphical system. Type, startx to start it up.
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