<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>OK, I gave it another try with the newest otheros.bld from http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-kboot/. It does not work either. So:<br><br>Is it possible to update otheros.bld independently with the linux OS? If yes, how?<br><br>My theory is that otheros.bld is a boot loader. Provided they are compatible (read the same config file, from the same location), the answer is yes. As to how, the standard PS3 procedure (Install Other OS, Default System->Other OS, and reboot after taking the otheros.bld media out) should work. Note that: I didn't really install other os when PS3 reboot after selection Other OS under Default System since the other os is already installed. I simply remove the otheros.bld media from PS3, and hopefully PS3 will boot the OS I already have on the
disk.<br><br>Something does not appears to match my theory though... Any thoughts will be appreciated.<br><br>Jiafu<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Jiafu Gao <jiafu_gao@yahoo.com><br>To: CBE Development <cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org><br>Sent: Monday, August 4, 2008 10:08:39 PM<br>Subject: Petitboot Issue<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Hi, <br><br>I like what I saw about Petitboot, and decided to give it try tonight. <br><br>My PS3 has Ubuntu 7.10, and the otheros.bld is still the one comes with the install CD. I copied the petitboot otheros.bld to my usb flashdrive at PS3/otheros directoy. PS3 find it ok, and when I reboot, the UI comes up fine. First only 1 icon (the hard disk) appears on the left, and
nothing appears on the right. I said oh oh. When I accidently press the down key, the hard disk icon get selected, and then the boot selection of my Ubuntu appears on the right (linux=... and old=...). So this is the first issue: petitboot should select one on the left automatically. In this case, the hard disk should be selected by default.<br><br>I selected the 1st item (linux=.. ), Booting linux... appears on the
status line. A good sign. However, there is no hard disk activity. Waited for about 10 minutes, and nothing progressed: the GUI still there. So it didn't boot my linux. <br><br>Before the GUI appears, I do see some error about mount ps3da3 error: Invalid parameter. ps3da5 etc. After I selected linux=.., I could switch my tty to the error console, so I am not sure if any error printed out. <br><br>Here is my partition:<br>> more /proc/partitions<br>major minor #blocks name<br> 254 0 26225012 ps3da<br> 254 1 3903763 ps3da1<br> 254 2 1 ps3da2<br> 254 5 2000061 ps3da5<br> 254 6 10000431 ps3da6<br> 254 7 4996183 ps3da7<br><br>And here is my
fstab: <br>> more /etc/fstab<br># /etc/fstab: static file system information.<br>#<br># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0<br># /dev/ps3da1<br>UUID=aeb.. 5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1<br># /dev/ps3da7<br>UUID=a45.. 7 /data ext3 defaults 0 2<br># /dev/ps3da6<br>UUID=d8f.. /home ext3 defaults
0 2<br># /dev/ps3da5<br>UUID=04f.. none swap sw 0 0<br>/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0<br># cell development<br>none /spu spufs gid=spu 0 0<br><br>Could my fstab used UUID instead of the dev name such as /dev/ps3da1? Can I change it to the dev name? <br><br>Any help will be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Jiafu<br></div></div><br></div></div></div><br>
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