Well folks, it's done!
I've been working with kmeaw last couple of weeks in asbestOS installer v2.0. This release is easyer to use, and eases the installation of Debian GNU/Linux in your PS3. Right now, it's the best way to overcome the loss of OtherOS feature.
Hope everyone enjoys it!
We have made some videos! See the asbestOS installer v2.0 video walkthrough
Download asbestOS installer v2.0
P.S.: thanks kmeaw for all the "teaching" in the ps3 internals. What's next? :-)

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You need a working Internet connection. After starting Linux from lv2patcher, it will fetch this files:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-powerpc/current/ima...
and
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-powerpc/current/ima...
I've just tested it and it works ;-)
Got this error every time i try and instal Must be 190 times and it freeezes
The account must have been suspended while I where installing. Cause it could download it in the start of the installation, but when I where done I got the error that the configuration file could not be downloaded. I must be out of luck....
The installer failed to process the preconfiguration file from http://ps3linux.ipq.co/mod/preseed.cfg.
What can i do?
Though dont want to sound ungratefull but is there a way to boot from a previous version of ps3 linux or .iso with your gui like kboot. cheers
The account was suspended. We don't know what happened, but are already migrating everything to a new hosting.]
How long will it take ? cumps!
http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_tutorial-instalar-abestos-v1-5-actualizado_156...
Sorry for my english
change lines of ... dev_hdd/kboot.conf to
Install Debian GNU/Linux=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/vmlinux initrd=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/initrd.gz x=1 video=ps3fb:mode:131 preseed/file=preseed.cfg auto=true interface=auto priority=critical
Then format your usb drive on fat32 .. open notepad and save this :
#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for Debian Squeeze @ PS3)
#
# Copyright (C) kmeaw and kha0S
#
# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
# License ("GPL") version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
d-i debconf/priority string high
d-i preseed/early_command string wget http://ps3linux.ipq.co/mod/prepare.sh -O /tmp/prepare; sh /tmp/prepare
# Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
# values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
# from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string ps3
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string ps3
d-i netcfg/get_domain string lan
### Mirror settings
#d-i mirror/country string manual
### Let user to choose a mirror
d-i mirror/http/hostname string mirrors.kernel.org
d-i mirror/http/hostname seen false
#d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
#d-i mirror/http/proxy string
# Suite to install.
#d-i mirror/suite string testing
# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string pool.ntp.org
# The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no
# kernel is to be installed.
d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-2.6-powerpc64
# Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to
# use sudo).
#d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
# Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.
#d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
# Root password, in clear text
d-i passwd/root-password password ps3
d-i passwd/root-password-again password ps3
# Create a normal user account.
d-i passwd/user-fullname string PS3 Debian User
d-i passwd/username string ps3
# Normal user's password, in clear text
d-i passwd/user-password password ps3
d-i passwd/user-password-again password ps3
# Install non-free and contrib software.
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
# Skip the boot loader
d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true
d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true
# Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong
# during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may
# be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every
# possible question that could be asked during an install, do an
# installation, and then run these commands:
# debconf-get-selections --installer > file
# debconf-get-selections >> file
# SSH server for d-i
d-i network-console/password password ps3
d-i network-console/password-again password ps3
d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console
as preseed.cfg at your's usb drive root..
run lv2 v9 ... and install :)
Contents of preseed.cfg (based on your posts link):
d-i preseed/early_command string wget http://ps3linux.ipq.co/mod/prepare.sh -O /tmp/prepare; sh /tmp/prepare
We'll also need prepare.sh ... looks like we need preseed.cfg and also this one above to make it work ... Let me know if you have it
but i'm not sure if we can skip those 2 lines lol
i cant sleep! lol 1.40AM in portugal xD
thanks for the fix and for all the good work :)
I tried to edit the kboot.conf file manualy, but no luck there.
Could someone post his one here as an example?
Or tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!
Can someone who has it working post the contents of their /dev_hdd0/kboot.conf on their ps3?
Like others have posted, debian installs, but it doesn't add a new entry to the kboot.conf.
I've tried the following, but it just fails to mount the partition (my installation is on /dev/sdd3):
Boot Debian='/boot/vmlinux initrd=/boot/initrd.img root=/dev/sdd3'
Thanks
I installed it in my external HDD because it did not recognize my internal PS3 HDD.
So... how can I make it a bit faster?
hw-detect: FATAL: Module i82365 not found.
Help please.
"Debian Installer"
"debian"
And waits for a seletion to be made. How can I change the boot manager's items so it just boots Linux? Obviously, it's not needed to install Linux anymore since it is already installed ;)
And this makes it unable to run without a keyboard :/