Sony's PS3 with 60gb HDD and Linux

[Shawn Badger]

the drive is probably just a cheap laptop ide drive that they stuffed
into a case with their connector on the outside. Shouldn't be any reason
why you couldn't just copy it to a new larger drive.


On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 12:28 -0500, FoulDragon at aol.com wrote:
> Oh, it will boot to a login prompt, but I'll bet they'll leave all the
> hardware accelerated features not documented.
>  
> If the PS3 "home developer" can produce a commercial-grade game with
> the Linux kit, it eliminates the reasons to buy a development kit.
> People will just distribute the Linux kit disc with it set up to load
> your home-brew game, and save the money getting a developer license.
>  
> I'd also expect they wouldn't wanna give out their secrets regarding
> how to access the new shiney blue-ray drive, lest someone crack its
> mighty DRM.
>  
> A 60Gb drive seems odd to me; today's drives seem to be multiples of
> 40 or 50Gb.  Would it be a dealbreaker to go to a common size like 80
> or 160Gb?
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