Giltygear Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Has anyone put in a larger HD in their PS3 yet? If so, have you also put another OS on there? Im thinking about doing it to mine so I can have an all-in-one system with emuation. i know that linux seems to be the OS of choice for it, and that a number of emulators are made for it. just want to know if it was easy or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) Funny, I just did yesterday. Its VERY easy. This is the best video to watch for upgrading your harddrive.: http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/915/915441/vids_1.html I went from a 60G PS3 to an 160G PS3. EVERYTHING copies over if you have an external harddrive to save your stuff to If not you can copy saves etc to a flash card. Fast Instructions: 1. Connect your backup external drive to the PS3 2. Backup your stuff (PS3 systems menu under Backup Utility) 3. Remove hard-drive from side of unit. 4. Insert any SATA (serial ATA) Laptop(Notebook) drive into the PS3. Newegg has some good deals. 5. Restore your stuff (same as step 2 above.) If you want to install Linux you need to partition your new drive before using it. A lot of sites (Linux sites) have info on this. Check Yellowdog linux for info. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/ydl/ I chose not to since I've got emulation on a million other machines BTW: If you decide to go with YellowDog. Here are the instructions. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/ Edited October 17, 2008 by cimerians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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