Hey Naopic, * Naopic Tastalian <tastalian%free.fr@localhost> wrote: > I recently bought a Linux Kit for my PS2 in order to install NetBSD on > it. First of all, I was surprised to see that only a snapshot for an > old NetBSD-1.5ZC was available online, and as it didn't work very well > I decided to compile a new release from NetBSD-2.0 branch. > > As I'm mostly a newbie to NetBSD it took me a day, but I managed to > make it and put it on my local FTP server. Installation worked and, > apart from a few problems, I can boot and use my system. So, I'd like > to propose you a tarball of my releasedir, as it might help others to > install a more recent version of the system. Wow, that's great to hear that the port still works (I still need to find myself a Sync-on-Green capable display, so I still have to use Linux for the time being). > And, it's not *really* a problem, but as NetBSD can't read or write > Playstation 2 Memory Cards I'd like to make a dualboot "Linux/NetBSD" > on the machine ; but it's not possible as NetBSD's installation seems > to erase my MBR. The reason NetBSD doesn't support the memory cards (yet) is because the driver shipped with Linux isn't a real default 'filesystem on top of a block device' setup. I looked in the source some time ago (trying to patch the latest 2.4), but it seems that the 'ps2mc' and 'ps2mcfs' drivers are mangled together. I guess the real Playstation 2 Memory Card Filesystem code is handled by the Playstation 2 Linux Runtime Environment (not sure though). That dual-booting isn't supported is also stated on the website. I guess I'll look into it if I'll ever find a Sync-on-Green display. My current todo for Playstation 2 Linux/BSD is: - Port Linux 2.4.31 to the Sony Playstation 2 - Patch a recent toolchain to support the Sony Playstation 2 - Build a Linux From Scratch install - Patch the native NetBSD toolchain to support the Sony Playstation 2 - Improve some NetBSD drivers if possible - Port Linux 2.6 to the Sony Playstation 2 Well, I hope there are any guys out there who are planning the same as me. I could really use some help (I'm just an IT student). Yours, -- Ed Schouten <ed%fxq.nl@localhost>
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