Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 Released to the Public!

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by phunky I can't get my yellow dog to connect to my XP share folders at all, any info on loading/running Samba? or another way to connect? THX

all you have to do is the following....
(a) create a local path (mkdir /winshare)
(b) run this command (mount -t cifs //<server> /winshare)
...you might need to add -o user=<your account> password=<your password>

...this is how I have gotten mine to work great. =)

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by Guido13 Is there any walk through currently that could take a noob from installing Linux all the way to dumping a game? I'm fairly computer saavy, but I'm nervous about manipulating my PS3 without having a better understanding of everything... beyond that, are the games being dumped and then rendered playable through a bootloader of some sort... thanks for the help sorry if I'm in a bad topic for this post.

The great news is that you will never mess up your PS3. If the install fails for some reason, you will be prompted a kboot prompt. From there you can type "boot-game-os".

Keep in mind that all of these linux variations are running over the protected PS3 hypervisor. So have fun. I can break it unless you drop it on the floor. =)

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by phunky How do you set a Static IP in YDL? I get a weird error when trying to view add/remove programs. it tells me i am not connected to the internet. i can get online fine. i use static ip's here at home so i wanted to set one for YDL as well but don't now how. I have a router, think that could be it? i tried to open ports for samba but still no go. I also can see a Network icon in Mycomputer (on YDL) and see my workgroup (mshome) but when i try to view that it tells me it can't display anything...that is as close to my shares as i can get so far:?? sry i am new to linux, used it before in small doses to admin a COD server but that is it...

if you want to set static ip on your YD5, you can either use the network panel in system tools or edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.


have fun

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by rome138 ok a couple of questions.... which OS is better to install? - Yellow Dog - Gentoo - Fedora 5 IMPORTANT QUESTION SECURITY!!!! Whats available for computer security? I don't want to get some sort of virus and destroy my PS3...

FC5 is limiting
Gentoo is too new
YD5 is the best so far

Virus. You don't have to worry about virus. They can not harm your machine unless you install wine on it. If you want, I would recommend clamav. This is one of the most popular free antivirus scanner out there. I use it to identify my virus collection. =)

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by rome138 anyone know and/or have opinions about what what i posted above? can we install computer security programs e.g. firewalls and virus/adware scanners? i really want to add an OS but i don't want to pick up all the junk that my puter eventually gets... i know theres not much out there for linux boxes but with the PS3s coming out :2sp: i'm sure people will start making things for linux and/or PS3s...

options...
(firewall) iptables is built into FC5/YD5 and it works great.
(antivirus) clamav
(adware) there isn't any

ALL: keep in my your PS3 only has 256MB to work with. The other 256MB is reserved by the PS3 hypervisor.

[Elite Jounin]

Question, is it possible to dump Game ISO's and Blu-ray ISO's using YDL 5.0? or is that only for the other version linux? and if so what would be the command?

Thanks all and yes i'm a noob to linux completely but a master at windows.

[krwz]

Originally Posted by Elite Jounin Question, is it possible to dump Game ISO's and Blu-ray ISO's using YDL 5.0? or is that only for the other version linux? and if so what would be the command? Thanks all and yes i'm a noob to linux completely but a master at windows.

Yes you can dump game ISO's from YDL 5.0. You would go to the Terminal and then type the proper command. The tutorial for Fedora is found here on:

http://ps3.ps3news.com/

but the dumping command works just the same.

And I have not seen reports yet so just letting people know that I was able to dump with firmware 1.32.

[nikkinguyen]

Originally Posted by Elite Jounin Question, is it possible to dump Game ISO's and Blu-ray ISO's using YDL 5.0? or is that only for the other version linux? and if so what would be the command? Thanks all and yes i'm a noob to linux completely but a master at windows.

If it is a flat filesystem...yes. If it is like the specialized xbox/xbox360 games...no. Also keep in mind that Blu Ray disk can be 45gig in size (or 42gig). That is a lot of space and time to dump. I foresee the emerging trend of BLURAYrips instead of DVDrips.

[krwz]

Ripping from a Blu-Ray disc was much faster than I expected. 5 gigs took all but a couple of mins. No more than 10 mins it seemed but might have been much less.

[Elite Jounin]

Thanks alot guys just wanted to make sure ya know?

thanks again