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Can linux run as a live usb? on ps2?

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:46 am
by DylanNIRVANA
Hey guys.

I know that even now its somewhat hard to install linux, but how about starting on Live USB? Any ways to do this?

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:58 am
by jgrimm
Ive heard people say u cant but there is live cd linux and netbsd for dreamcast, so i dont see why not. Im sry i wouldnt know how to though

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:56 pm
by yoshi314
shouldn't be too hard.

damn small linux is 2.4 kernel based and can run off usb. so ps2 linux also should.

i've been using 2.6 for too long, so i don't really remember how to find out where your usb is mapped on 2.4 kernel with devfs.

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:27 pm
by nemosomen
You're right, shouldn't be hard at all. If a PC can do it, a PS2 should be able to do it no prob. It's too bad about the whole 2.4/2.6 thing, if they hadn't changed the entire kernel between the two, you would probably have it all coded and ported by now. Shucks.

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:40 am
by jgrimm
yea, my Sega Dreamcast can run kive linux and netbsd and it has 200mhz processor and 16mb ram i believe vs PS2 300mhz main processor and 32MB ram