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= Introduction = | = Introduction = | ||
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VFLASH is a virtual device, as the name already suggests. VFLASH is the region #1 on the HDD of PS3. By default, VFLASH is only 256 MB. And it has one free region, region #7, which is currently not used by HV or GameOS. | VFLASH is a virtual device, as the name already suggests. VFLASH is the region #1 on the HDD of PS3. By default, VFLASH is only 256 MB. And it has one free region, region #7, which is currently not used by HV or GameOS. | ||
First, i resized the VFLASH. '''By doing this, you will loose your data on HDD but NOT on VFLASH !!! VFLASH data remains untouched. Resizing VFLASH doesn't cause corruption of data already installed there !!! So backup your GameOS data from UFS2 partition before you will do it.''' | |||
First, i resized the VFLASH. '''By doing this, you will | |||
VFLASH data remains untouched. Resizing VFLASH doesn't cause corruption of data already installed there !!! | |||
So backup your GameOS data from UFS2 partition before you will do it.''' | |||
After resizing VFLASH, GameOS will reformat the HDD again but with a little difference :-) It will have less HDD space now because i made VFLASH larger. | After resizing VFLASH, GameOS will reformat the HDD again but with a little difference :-) It will have less HDD space now because i made VFLASH larger. | ||
First step is to dump the partition table of HDD | First step is to remove GameOS partitions. Second step is to dump the partition table of HDD. | ||
Then resize VFLASH by modifying the partition table and writing it back to HDD. | Then resize VFLASH by modifying the partition table and writing it back to HDD. I did all these steps from A Linux booted by BootOS but it's not necessary and can be easily done from GameOS itself. | ||
= Dumping HDD Partition Table = | = Dumping HDD Partition Table = | ||
= Removing GameOS Partitions From HDD = | = Removing GameOS Partitions From HDD = | ||
There are actually 2 methods i used to do these. First method is to modify the HDD partition table directly. The second method is to use my PS3 Linux kernel and '''ps3stormgr''' kernel module | There are actually 2 methods i used to do these. First method is to modify the HDD partition table directly. The second method is to use my PS3 Linux kernel and '''ps3stormgr''' kernel module. | ||
== 1. Method == | == 1. Method == | ||
== 2. Method == | == 2. Method == | ||
* | * Install my PS3 Linux kernel | ||
* | * You will need ps3stormgr kernel module | ||
= Patching HDD Partition Table = | = Patching HDD Partition Table = | ||
= Adding New VFLASH Region = | = Adding New VFLASH Region = | ||