[Cbe-oss-dev] PS3 OtherOS gone

[Hubertus A. Haniel]

I have tried plugging in a USB hard disk but the backup option keeps 
prompting me to plug a device in to the save destination so I can not 
figure out where I can set the save destination - I also have read that 
the backup may not actually back up everything and when you restore it 
only restores the same partition size as people have been trying to use 
that method for swapping drives. - I am considering if I should take the 
drive out and plug it into another linux system and then dd the whole 
lot just in case Sony reinstate the OtherOS option and after I have a 
full backup trying if I can get anywhere with something like partition 
magic. Anybody tried this before and was successful using Partition Magic?

Best regards
Hubba




Fabiano Manoel de Andrade wrote:
> Em Ter, 2010-04-06 às 16:37 +0100, Hubertus A. Haniel escreveu:
>> Hi,
> 	Hello.
> 
>> I wonder if any body on this mailing list could possibly point me at reliable
>> instructions on how I now actually claim back the 25gb partition that I had
>> assigned to Linux so I can still utilise the space for all that "exiting new"
>> content that sony are promising? It seems to me that the only way to do that is to
>> wipe the whole system so I loose all my purchased content and save games as well.
>> There also seems to be no link on the europe site to raise a support call with
>> Sony like they have in the US hence I am asking this question on this list.
> 	The only way is backup all your data, games and saves after format the
> internal HDD. 
> 
>> I am still very annoyed with what Sony has done but since my unit was one of the
>> first one that came out I have no way of even taking it back to get a refund on
>> it. - I only bought it because they advertised that I could run linux on this
>> console as well as keeping kids entertained. Since my friends kids played with the
>> box on the weekend my trusty old OpenSuSE installation can no longer be accessed :(
> 	Yeah, I still hold my PS3 in firmware 3.15 :(.
> 	Cheers.
> 	Fabiano.