From: ItIsSoEasyACaveManCanDoIt@upyers.org   
      
   On Fri, 23 May 2008 03:38:39 -0500, Jonathan Christison   
    wrote:   
      
   >Hello,   
   >   
   >Just wondering if anyone has managed to get gentoo running on a PS3   
   >successfully (wifi and fullscreen fb) and what steps where involved (any   
   >documentation or links would be usefull)   
   >   
   >Many Thanks,   
      
      
    I have it running on two PS3s.   
      
     I usually have the website how-to up on my PC while I install Linux of   
   whatever flavor on the PS3.   
      
     I have one PS3 with four distros on it, and the other has two.   
   Currently Gentoo and YellowDog.   
      
     The Gentoo how-to had a couple flaws (no 'links2' applet).  Nothing   
   serious.  I wish their current release carried PS3 specific support, but   
   I was unable to 'install' from the dvd iso.  This means that there is   
   currently only one install image working that I know of from a year or so   
   ago.   
      
   http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/cell   
      
     You boot the LiveCD with xfce for the PS3, and follow the install steps   
   here to complete the install.  It outlines command line disk partitioning   
   instructions from cli, but I have escaped to console 1 and set the root   
   password with 'passwd root', exit back to the login screen, and logged in   
   as root, then used gparted, the graphical partitioner. I made may 10GB   
   into two different distro segments, so I made a 4GB / partition (ps3da1)   
   for Gentoo, and a 2GB swap (ps3da2), both primary partitions.  I left the   
   remaining space alone.  I formatted both.  One as ext3 and the other as   
   Linux swap, of course.  Then, I exited x back to the login screen, and   
   then went back to the console I had earlier.   
      
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