Installing_Gentoo_on_Playstation_3

Redirection

For installation, follow the gentoo overlays: Installing Gentoo on a PS3 under [1]. Another excellent resource for Gentoo on PS3 is available [2].

Howto switch to Gentoo and back to the Playstation UI

Let's assume, the Playstation is running it's native OS. To boot another OS, goto Settings/System Settings/Standardsystem and select "other system".

The Playstation will reboot, and the installed other OS will boot, here Gentoo.

To switch back to the PS3 native OS, execute ps3-boot-game-os under gentoo or at the kboot prompt.

Playstation Setup

Follow the above link. Remark, that the harddisk device is /dev/ps3da?.

To set the videomode, use ps3-video-mode. For example, to set the resolution to 1080p use ps3-video-mode -v 5 -c -f.

Gentoo Configuration

 
default=gentoo
timeout=10
gentoo='ps3da1:/boot/kernel initrd=ps3da1:/boot/initrd root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/ps3da1 init=/linuxrc video=ps3fb:mode:5 rhgb'
  

spufs  

 
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mtune=970 -mcpu=970 -mabi=altivec"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j1"
USE="altivec"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse"