External harddrive

[clem58]

Is there a way of connecting a external hard drive to linux ps3 if so can someone give me simplified instruction.

[ppietro]

Is there a way of connecting a external hard drive to linux ps3 if so can someone give me simplified instruction.

Basically, all you need is an external USB drive. Plug it into the PS3, and it will auto-mount. You should be able to double click the "Computer" icon on your deskotp and see the drive. Double-click on the drive's name to open it.

NOTE: You'll probably want to format the external drive FAT32 if it isn't already. This will allow you to share it between GameOS and OtherOS.

2nd NOTE: Linux has an incomplete NTFS driver. With stock YDL, you can only read NTFS drives, not write to them. You'll either need to load a new NTFS driver for YDL or just reformat the drive with one of the native Linux formats.

Cheers,
Paul

[clem58]

Thankyou. I posted a link on how to compile or build linux, have you spied it? can you tell me if you think it might be to complicated for someone like me who trouble just trying to install linux. Let me know what you think.

[ppietro]

Thankyou. I posted a link on how to compile or build linux, have you spied it? can you tell me if you think it might be to complicated for someone like me who trouble just trying to install linux. Let me know what you think.

You didn't indicate you wanted a response to that posting. I'll respond there - and all follow-up questions about it should be posted there.

This thread needs to stay on topic - please keep it to USB external harddrive questions only, or I'll have to lock it.

Cheers,
Paul