iB::Topic::Booting on PS2

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Ideas and Suggestions » Booting on PS2

		Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
		Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

Pages: (2) </ [1] 2 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Topic: Booting on PS2

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

nd4spdbh

Group: Members
Posts: 12
Joined: May 2005

Posted: Oct. 17 2005,02:06

Hey i know people can boot dsl on xboxes but what about the ps2? they have a linux kit for it but if i could stick my little pen drive into one of the usb ports and boot from that it would be insane!!

cbagger01

Group: Members
Posts: 4264
Joined: Oct. 2003

Posted: Oct. 17 2005,02:36

I think that the PS2 is not based on the Intel ix86/Pentium CPU family, so it will not run DSL.

In theory, you could build a version of PS2 linux that looks and acts like DSL but it would be a major effort, I'm sure.

nd4spdbh

Group: Members
Posts: 12
Joined: May 2005

Posted: Oct. 17 2005,02:46

ok that ends that... thats y ppl can boot it on an xbox... they use P3's for their processor.... time to go over to my friends house and boot linux on his xbox. will xbox run n e live cd of linux?

giftoflight Offline

Group: Members
Posts: 3
Joined: Oct. 2005

Posted: Oct. 22 2005,08:49

It's certainly possibly to boot linux on a Playstation 2.... I don't pretend to be tech savvie, but it would be possible to make DSL boot on a PS2, though I have no idea what it would entail to adapt it to the system.

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/03/25/ps2_linux.html

The above article talks about the linux development kit for the PS2....

Máire