On 17 July 2011, at 00:22, James wrote:
> Stroller <stroller <at> stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> in this case the box in question is a PS3 which was installed using the
>> experimental PS3 stages 
> 
> 
> Hello Stroller,
> 
> I do not have what you seek, but I did run across this link, some
> time ago, which might make your efforts much easier to install on 
> the PS3:
> 
> 
> http://www.edn.com/article/518212-The_Sony_PlayStation_3_hack_deciphered_what_consumer_electronics_designers_can_learn_from_the_failure_to_protect_a_billion.php

Yeah, I'm aware of this news. 

The thing is that I'm one of the rare people who never upgraded their PS3 to 
the first firmware upgrade (3.15?) which removed Linux capabilities.

So I am still "legal" by Sony's definition of the term (much as I disagree with 
these policies), and would prefer to stay this way.

AIUI there are a bunch of custom firmwares about, either for installing cool 
media players (or piracy tools) under GamesOS, and some more custom firmwares 
aimed at making Linux more powerful (by removing the hypervisor restrictions 
upon it).

But I really don't want to install these in case I decide at some point in the 
future that I want to install the latest official Sony firmware and Sony 
detects I've "been running pirate games" and bans the console from the gaming 
network.

Really, there's no need to update the PS3's firmware because it does everything 
I need at the moment. The firmware version has no bearing to the existing Linux 
installation.

Hope this makes sense. Not a criticism of you, and thanks for trying to be 
helpful.

Stroller.


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