[ale] Linux on Game Consoles--the answer!

[Steven Jasmin]

I dont know a whole lot about it other then what a lose friend has told
me...basically the ps2 is a 128 bit processor and linux on the ps2 is run
via a heavily modified red hat 5.x version. Since it is running on 128 bit
architecture you pretty much have to compile everything manually and it will
not run normal *nix programs properly most of the time. My friend is trying
to cluster about 16 of them so that he can try and crack some rsa stuff-dont
ask. I take everything this person says to me with a grain of salt so it is
very possible that all of my information is either incorrect or mostly
incorrect. This is all i know hope it helps...

Steven
-----Original Message-----
From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jeff
To: ale at ale.org
Hubbs
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:03 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Linux on Game Consoles--the answer!


On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 00:55, Ken Arromdee wrote:

> For Playstation 2 Linux, go to http://playstation2-linux.com/.  You need a
> kit from Sony to use it.  The kit has a hard drive with it, in a
proprietary
> format.  You can only access the hardware through Sony's runtime
environment,
> which won't let you read regular CDs or DVDs.  (An artificial limitation
> imposed by Sony.)

I've looked at that site (and the DVD play capability leans me to the
PS2 as I have no player now) but what I'm not seeing is a basic
description of the current status of the project, i.e., what can one now
do?

- Jeff

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