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Jaegger · Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2

Hi all.

Wanted to install ubuntu in my ps3 but my fw version is 1.51.

Can i install it ?

Thank you.

Ps3Rips · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 30

Should be ok as OtherOs requires 1.50 and above

Jaegger · Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2

Hi there.

I only ask because on the ubuntu website "https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PlayStation_3" it says :
"The PlayStation 3 is a video game console created by Sony Corp. Aside from playing games, it also offers an option to install other operating systems such as Linux. This page gives instructions on how to install Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu onto a PlayStation 3. The instructions contained in this page will work if you have the PlayStation 3 firmware version 1.60 or greater installed."

Wanted to know how strict that was ...

Thnk you.

Matrixdub · Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 60

I actually installed linux on my 1.31 PS3

dunno · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

Yes, you're able to. In 1.60+, the .self file "otheros.self" is included as part of the firmware update (I believe). In 1.51, this isn't the case. Since it's been long past the time when 1.51 was the newest firmware, Sony has updated their page to reflect this. What you need to do is get otheros.self and copy that to a USB drive (or even slipstream/write into the ISO image of the Linux distro you're trying to use) in the directory "<drive letter>:\PS3\otheros\" (in Windows notation).