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AGuidetoInstallingYellowDogLinux6.2ForPLAYSTATION3
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GuidetoInstallingYDLforPS3
INTRODUCTION
ThankyouforchoosingYellowDogLinux! WhenSonyComputerEntertainmentdesignedthePLAYSTATION3(PS3),itwasfully intendedthatyou,aPS3ownercouldplaygames,watchmovies,viewphotos,listento music,andrunafullfeaturedLinuxoperatingsystemthattransformsyourPS3intoahome computer. YellowDogLinuxforPS3combinesasimpletousegraphicalinstallerwithleadingedge componentsandafoundationofmusthavehome,office,andserverapplications.Everything youneedtobrowsetheweb,checkandcomposeemail,doyourschoolhomeworkortake yourofficeworkhomeisincludedwithmorethan2000packagesontheInstallDVD.
ThisGuidetoInstallation
ThisGuidetoInstallationiswrittenspecificallyfortheSonyComputerEntertainment PLAYSTATION3.ThisGuidedoesnotofferinstructionsspecifictoothercomputers(ie. ApplePowerMacintosh)supportedbyYellowDogLinux.Installationinstructionsforother computersareavailablefromFixstars'website. Refertous.fixstars.com/support/forupdates,issuesspecificwithuniquecomputer configurations,andengineeringnotes.
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WhereisYellowDogLinuxInstalled?
ThedriveinstalledinyourPS3shipswithjustonelargepartition,alogicaldivisionofthedrive intouniquesectorsfortheorganizationandprotectionofdata. BeforeyouinstallYellowDogLinux,youwillusethePS3GameOStosplitthedriveinto2 majorpartitions:
oneforsavinggamedata,music,andphotos theotherforYellowDogLinux
Inthisrespect,boththeGameOSandYellowDogLinuxmaintaintheirownuniquevolumes onwhichtostoredata.
TwoOperatingSystemsonmyPS3?
FollowingtheinstallationofYellowDogLinuxonyourPS3,therewillbe2operatingsystems: theGameOSandYellowDogLinux(YDL). TheGameOSistheoperatingsystemthatshipspreinstalledonPS3.Itisalsoreferredtoas ahypervisor,anoperatingsystemthatprovidesachannelofcommunicationbetweenthe outsideworld(you,yourgamecontroller,themonitor)andthebuiltinhardware(CPU, motherboard,RAM,harddrive,andI/Oports). Whenyouusetheonscreenmenus,playagame,watchamovie,orlistentomusic,youare doingsothroughtheGameOS.YellowDogLinuxrunsontopoftheGameOSwhichprovides animportantcommunicationbetweenLinuxandthehardware. Evenifthissoundsabittechnical,itisimportantastheGameOSprovidesalayerof continuityforLinux,makingthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofLinuxforPS3amore predictableprocess.Thismeansyouwillenjoyahigherquality,higherperformanceLinux operatingsystem.WehopeyouenjoyYellowDogLinuxforPS3andwelookforwardto receivingyourfeedback. Pleasevisitusatus.fixstars.com.
GuidetoInstallingYDLforPS3
PS3PREPARATION Step1AttachMonitororHDTV
AttachyourPS3toahidefinitionTVormonitorusing either:
AHDMI(digital)cable Component(5RCAjacks)cable
Composite(yellowRCAjack)isnot supportedastheresolutionistoolow.
Step2AttachGameController,KeyboardandMouse
AttachtothePS3:
Step3PowerOn
1. PoweronyourPS3. 2. IfthisisthefirsttimeyouhaveusedyourPS3,youwillbepromptedto:
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Step4UpdatetheGameOSandBackupyourData
1. ItisimportanttoupdatetheGameOStothemostcurrentversion,availableforfree fromSony.Toupdate:
SelectSettings>SystemUpdate>UpdateviaInternetandthenfollowthe onscreenpromptstocomplete.
2. IfyouhaveusedyourPS3,itishighlyrecommendedthatyouBACKUPALLGAME, MUSIC,&PHOTODATAbeforeformattingthedriveasalldatawillbelost.
Step5FormattheHardDisk
1. Formattheharddisk:
2. Next,selectapartitionsettingfortheharddisk:
Select:Custom
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Step6InstalltheBootloader
BeforeyouinstallYellowDogLinux,youmusttemporarilytransfercontrolofyourPS3tothe YellowDogLinuxinstaller.Thisisdoneusingabootloader.Thebootloaderinstaller,pre loadedbySonywiththeGameOS,willinstallthebootloader.Thebootloader"kboot"allows theGameOStotransferauthoritytoYellowDogLinux.KbootisincludedontheYDLInstall DVDinthedirectory/PS3/otherosdirectoryandcalled"otheros.bld". Donotturnoffthepowernorremovetherecordingmediumduringinstallation.Interrupting theinstallationprocessmaycausedamage. 1. InsertYDLInstallDVD. 2. FromtheGameOSmenu,select: Settings>SystemSettings>InstallOtherOS 3. YourPS3willnowscantheDVDforthebootloaderinstallerandbootloader. 4. Confirmdiscoveryof"/PS3/otheros/otheros.bld". 5. PressXonthecontrollertostarttheinstallation. 6. Oncetheinstallisfinished,thescreenwillsayInstallcompleted.Thismeansthatthe kbootinstalliscomplete.
Note:YDLhasnotbeeninstalledyet;continuetothenextstep.
7. BackontheGameOSmenu,selectOtherOSinordertobegintheYDLinstall: Settings>SystemSettings>DefaultSystem>OtherOS 8. WhenpromptedtoquitthePS3systemandstarttheothersystem,selectYes.
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YDLINSTALLATION
WheninstallingYDL,youwillneed:
Step1BegintheInstallationScript
1. ThePS3willbootintothekbootbootloader.Youwillseewhitetextonablackscreen. Thesystemwillstopatthekboot:prompt. kboot: 2. Beforetheinstallertimesout,presstheTABkeyonyourkeyboardtobrowsethrough theavailableinstallmodes.EachtimeyoupresstheTABkey,anotherinstallmodewill bedisplayed.Selectoneofthefollowingoptionstomatchthehighestresolution capabilityofyourmonitor.
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Forexample,ifyoumonitoriscapableof1080p,thekbootpromptshouldlooksimilar tothisfollowing: kboot:install_ps3_1080p IfyourmonitorhasonlyComposite(3RCAjacks)theYDLinstallerAnaconda)should defaulttoinstall_text,alowresolutiontextmode.Thiswilllaterrequirecommandline configuration. Ifyouareuncertainofyourhidef(HDMI,Component)monitor'scapability,the720p optionisthebestdefaultchoice. 3. Onceyouselecttheappropriateinstallmode,hitENTERonthekeyboard.Thiswill begintheinstallation.,orAnaconda(theYellowDogLinuxinstaller).
Step2LanguageSelection
1. SelectyourpreferredLanguageconfiguration. 2. ClickNexttoproceed.
Step3KeyboardSelection
1. SelectyourpreferredKeyboardconfiguration. 3. ClickNexttoproceed.
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Step4PartitionDrive
Partitioningadrivecreateslogical(ascomparedtophysical)sectionsonyourdrive,each servingthepurposeoforganizingandprotectingdata.YoumayeitherallowtheInstallerto createthepartitionsforyoubyselectingAutomaticPartitioning,orconductthiseffort manuallyviaDiskDruid. 1. Youmaychoosefromoneoffollowingschemes:
Custom:manuallypartitionusingDiskDruid.Thisisonlyrecommendedfor advancedusers.
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MoreAboutCustomPartitioning TheuseofDiskDruidisforadvancedLinuxuserswhodesiretocustomizethe partitioningoftheirdrive.IfyouarenewtoLinux,werecommendyouusethe AutomaticPartitiontooldiscussedearlierinthissection. Ifyouelecttobuildyourpartitionsmanually,youshouldcreatethefollowing: swapusedtotemporarilystoredatanolongerheldinRAM.Swapshouldbenoless than512MB. homebycreatinga"/home"dir,youmayreinstallYDLandpreserveyourhome directory.Thismaybeanysizeyoudesire,butlikelyatleast1GB. /containseverythingelse(/etc,/sbin,/var)andshouldbeatleast10GB.
Step5NetworkConfiguration
1. ThedefaultDHCPenablesyourPS3toautomaticallyobtainanIPaddressfromyour DSLorcablemodemorinofficerouter.Onlyadvanceduserswhohavespecificneeds shouldmanuallyconfigurethisinformation. 2. ClickNexttoproceed.
Step6TimeZoneSelection
1. SelecttheappropriatetimezonebasedonthelocationofthePS3. 2. ClickNexttoproceed.
Step7RootPassword
1. Chooseapasswordthatisatleast8character,bothlettersandnumbersandisnot basedonadictionaryword.Loweranduppercaselettersareunique. RootPasswordGuidelines Donotuseyourbirthday,yourchild'snamespelledbackward,northenameofyour spousefollowedbytheyearyouweremarried.Thesecurityofyourcomputerisonly us.fixstars.com 11
Step8PackageSelection 1. Selectoneofthepredefinedpackagesets:
Step9DependencyCheck
1. TheInstallerwillnowcheckforpackagedependencies.Thiswilltake34minutes.
Step10Installation
1. Oncethedependencycheckiscomplete,clickNexttobegintheinstallation. 2. Theinstallcouldtakeupto15minutes,dependingonthenumberofpackagesyou selectedtoinstall. 3. Oncetheinstalliscomplete,clickReboottorestartyourPS3. 4. RemovetheDVD(oritwillbepulledbackintoyourPS3andwillattempttoinstall again).
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BOOTINGUP!
IfyouhavealowresTV,yourPS3willrequiresomecommandlinemodificationtogainalow res(difficulttoread)graphicalinterface.Instructionsatus.fixstars.com/support/solutions/. Duringthefirsteverbootfollowinginstallation,youwillbewelcomedbyfirstbootinorderthat youmayconductadditionalsystemtestsandconfiguration.Seethenextsectionfordetails.
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FIRSTBOOT
FirstbootwalksyouthroughAcceptanceoftheLicenseAgreement,DateandTimesettings, YDL.netAccount,SystemUser,andSoundSetup.
SoundSetupYoumusthaveaudiocablesattachedtoyourmonitor/TVinorderto heartheoutput.Presstheplaybuttonandconfirmthatmusicwasheard.
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RUNNINGYELLOWDOGLINUX LoggingIn
Atthegraphicalprompt,entertheusernameandpasswordcreatedduringfirstboot'sSystem Userquery.YouwillthenenterthegraphicaluserinterfacetoYellowDogLinux,featuringthe Enlightenment"E17"desktopenvironment. WithLinux,noonedesktopenvironmentislockedtotheoperatingsystem,grantingendusers roomforcreativity,choice,andavarietyoffeatures. OtherdesktopenvironmentssuchasKDEandGnomeareavailablewiththeYDLInstallDVD orfromonlinerepositories.KDEoffersatightlyintegratedproductiveenvironmentforoffice andeducation.Gnomegenerallycaterstothosewhodesiregreaterroomforcustomization. Gnomeisinstalledbydefaultandmaybeselectedatlogin. YellowDogLinuxdefaultstotheEnlightenment"E17"desktopenvironment.
Enlightenment
Enlightenment"E17"isanalternativedesktopmanagertoKDEandGnome,offeringa completelycustomizableinterface,integratedfunctionality,accesstoallthetraditional applications,andalightweight,intuitive,yetrobustgraphicalinterface. Whileuniqueinmanyrespects,E17offersfamiliaroperatingsystemfeaturessuchasastart (YDLlogo)menu,productivityapplications,andtheabilitytocustomizethedesktop environmenttoyourliking. TolearnmoreaboutYellowDogLinuxandtheE17desktopenvironment,reviewtheincluded QuickStartTutorial,presentedasthehomepageofyourFireFoxwebbrowser: YDLMenu>Applications>Internet>Firefox Thesametutorialisalsoavailableonline: us.fixstars.com/support/configuration/
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ReturningtotheGameOS
YourPS3willnowboottoYDLeachtimeitpowersonunlessyoucommandkboot(the bootloader)toagainboottheGameOS(seeBOOTINGGAMEOSlaterinthisguide).To returntotheGameOS,atthekbootprompt,enter:
ps3-boot-game-os[ENTER]
SUPPORT InstallationSupport
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