pierolinux
May 29th, 2009, 10:56 AM
Dear all,
I recently bought a new Playstation 3 (PS3). My goal was (and still is) to create an all-in-one set top box for using linux and playing games and the PS3 looked to be the right console for me.
I upgraded the internal HDD to 320Gb and used the PS3 OS to create a partition for my Ubuntu installation but... SURPRISE! I can only use 10Gb for Linux!
I have visited many forums to understand if I can get rid of that limit, but I did not find any solution. Reading here and there I discovered the PS3 partition is encrypted and cannot be expanded/shrinked using parted or similar software.
Now, an idea is crossing my mind, but before starting I was wondering if anybody tried it and if in your opinion it is feasible. Here it what I'd do:
- Plug the original 80Gb HDD into the PS3
- Use PS3 to format it and create a 10Gb partition for linux
- Extract the HDD, plug into a HDD usb case
- Dump the 80Gb HDD onto my 320Gb HDD
- Manipulate the 320 HDD and expand the 10Gb partition till the end of the disk
Expected result: 70Gb partition for the PS3 and 250Gb for linux.
Do you think it would work? Please do not post answers like: "Why you want to do that?" or "Buy yourself a real PC". I already have a PC :p but I am a real geek and I want Linux on my PS3 also ;)
Thank you for your feedback
I recently bought a new Playstation 3 (PS3). My goal was (and still is) to create an all-in-one set top box for using linux and playing games and the PS3 looked to be the right console for me.
I upgraded the internal HDD to 320Gb and used the PS3 OS to create a partition for my Ubuntu installation but... SURPRISE! I can only use 10Gb for Linux!
I have visited many forums to understand if I can get rid of that limit, but I did not find any solution. Reading here and there I discovered the PS3 partition is encrypted and cannot be expanded/shrinked using parted or similar software.
Now, an idea is crossing my mind, but before starting I was wondering if anybody tried it and if in your opinion it is feasible. Here it what I'd do:
- Plug the original 80Gb HDD into the PS3
- Use PS3 to format it and create a 10Gb partition for linux
- Extract the HDD, plug into a HDD usb case
- Dump the 80Gb HDD onto my 320Gb HDD
- Manipulate the 320 HDD and expand the 10Gb partition till the end of the disk
Expected result: 70Gb partition for the PS3 and 250Gb for linux.
Do you think it would work? Please do not post answers like: "Why you want to do that?" or "Buy yourself a real PC". I already have a PC :p but I am a real geek and I want Linux on my PS3 also ;)
Thank you for your feedback