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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: jrigby on 29 November 2002, 03:44

Title: your opinions?
Post by: jrigby on 29 November 2002, 03:44
what is your guys opinions on running linux on consoles(linux kit for ps2, mandrake for X-box)??

thanks for the input!
Title: your opinions?
Post by: voidmain on 29 November 2002, 03:52
I almost bought the PS2 kit but haven't done so yet. For me it would be more of a novelty than anything else so I just couldn't justify spending the money. Besides if I turn my PS2 into a web server I won't be able to play Gran Turismo 3 and ATV Offroad Fury.
Title: your opinions?
Post by: Master of Reality on 29 November 2002, 03:52
my opinions... your sig pisses me off.

ohhhhh... you meant about consoles... well, my PSX is fooked, and i dont believe there is a kit for sega genesis yet.

[ November 28, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

Title: your opinions?
Post by: jrigby on 29 November 2002, 03:55
quote:
Originally posted by The Master of Reality / B0B:
my opinions... your sig pisses me off.

ohhhhh... you meant about consoles... well, my PSX is fooked, and i dont believe there is a kit for sega genesis yet.

[ November 28, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]


I didnt ask for your opinion on my sig!
Title: your opinions?
Post by: lazygamer on 29 November 2002, 06:15
Hey I was wondering, would it be possible to make a current or older version of Linux that will run on cartrige consoles, such as SNES, Genesis, or even the NES?

I had this idea of putting a Linux image into a Nintedo game cartridge. Then you have the system modified to accept a homemade cord that connects it to a harddisk and floppy drive. After that, you can use your NES Linux for data storage, or as a super powerful emulator. Basically, NES rom images are saved from a floppy onto the harddisk, then the Linux loads the rom image into the guts of the system and uses the system's hardware. The result,  in theroy, is that the system thinks it is running a cartridge, when it is really running an image using the real haardware.

Is this possible?
Title: your opinions?
Post by: Doctor V on 29 November 2002, 06:50
Boycott $ony,
Boycott Microsoft,

has there ever been any work on getting Linux onto the gamecube?
Title: your opinions?
Post by: choasforages on 29 November 2002, 07:11
haha, yeah, i love linux on consoles, and i like especially like NetBSD. i think i might even try to build the dreamcast ide/isa mod/*im not shitting you, check it out on www.netbsd.org, (http://www.netbsd.org,) and goto the dreamcast section and then to the faq section then to the harddrive thing, and low and behold, and isa adapter schematic*/ and i really want the playstation linux kit.
Title: your opinions?
Post by: jrigby on 29 November 2002, 21:15
quote:
Originally posted by Captain Peg-leg V, Greenbeard:
Boycott $ony,
Boycott Microsoft,

has there ever been any work on getting Linux onto the gamecube?


What??? I think the gamecube would make a crappy linux box. the ps2 has usb and the firewire port