Please Help.....???? Oh please sir taketh mercy

[ppietro]

can you tell me how to get rid of that initial ydl thing to start again, as I did a format last night using all hdd for the ps3, and even a restore default, but still the ydl base thingy is there......????
How do I start from scratch and get rid of it..........?

Again - you can't. Once you've loaded the firmware with otheros.bld, with the Install OtherOS command, it's loaded forever. All you can do is overwrite it with another copy.

Weird, huh?

I'm still surprised that when you put your first disc in there, you can't use the Install OtherOS option.

You could verify that the otheros.bld exists on your install DVD. If you pop the disc in a PC or Mac, you should find this directory and file on the root of the drive:

/PS3/otheros/otheros.bld

This is what your PS3 is looking for.

Cheers,
Paul

[mojomaster]

Sheesh !!!!

This is all a little hit an miss it seems !
So I should try and persevere with the installer then...???? And if I keep pressing tab I should get some different commands....???

Just finished burning that img file and it came up with errors when it verified after..........
I 08:47:22 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1920809)
I 08:47:22 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1920809)
W 08:48:04 Failed to Read Sector 25472 - Reason: Unrecovered Read Error
W 08:48:04 Sector 25472 maps to File: \images\boot.iso
E 08:48:26 Failed to Read Sector 25473 - Reason: Unrecovered Read Error
E 08:48:26 Sector 25473 maps to File: \images\boot.iso
E 08:48:26 Failed to Verify Sectors!
I 08:48:26 Exporting Graph Data...
I 08:48:26 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HP_DVD_Writer_640c_ES04_22-MARCH-2009_08-26_RICOHJPN-R03-04_1x.ibg
I 08:48:26 Export Successfully Completed!
E 08:48:26 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:01:04
I 08:48:26 Average Verify Rate: 796 KB/s (0.6x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 4,907 KB/s (3.5x)

oooh bugger ! I burnt it at 1x
Im going to run out of disc soon phoohy!!!!!

any other tips my good man ?????????????

[mojomaster]

PS. you mentioned just leaving it at the KBoot prompt to carry on installing itself evetually, how long are we talking...???, I left it about ten minutes before, but when I came back to it, it was just blank, like a screen saver and had not prgressed any further.............cheers in advance

[mojomaster]

Dear mr sir Paul


Right ! I tried once more, I even went to the install os, and it found the disc ( the 1st one I did) So I pressed install for the heck of it, then slected it through defaulst os etc etc. I know understand that tab thingy, as If I keep pressing it it changes the install prompt, of which there is about 5 or 6 . But still to no avail...!
I press enter also to no avail....! Could it still be an issue with disc do you think....????
And what would you advice I try next

sincerely Janos

[ppietro]

I give up.

At this point - re-download the ISO from an official mirror.

http://us.fixstars.com/support/downloads/

Verify the download with SHA1SUM. Then use IMGBURN to create the disc. This is the only procedure we know works for certain.

Cheers,
Paul