Talk:Harddrive

Todo

Need help getting data for the different SKU models and the default harddrive they are equiped with.

There is still some conflicting data to be sorted out, e.g.:

maximum size internal drive

The maximum size of the internal harddrive that the PS3 supports is 1TB (TeraBytes) 

note: this seems untrue as there are several people posting pictures of their external to internal drive mod with a size of 2TB

Personal experience

Using Normal Mode and Recovery - when trying to install a 1.5TB 3.5" drive as internal (using an eSATA cradle)

• Using Recovery it is possible to finish the format of the harddrive until 100%. The system however fails to reboot automaticly after that and halts. When enforced to reboot, it errors out with "Wrong Harddrive".
• When trying all the other Recovery Menu options it errors out with "Harddrive Error 0x8002F281".
• When trying to boot to XMB it also errors out with "Harddrive Error 0x8002F281".
• When replacing the drive for the previous tested 1TB harddrive, it boots without errors to XMB and reports : 827GB free/931GB total

Conclusion

>1TB didn't not work.

Using Factory Service Mode - when trying to install a 1.5TB 3.5" drive as internal (using an eSATA cradle) FSM

• Second try, using Service Mode
• first replacing drive for original 120GB 2.5" and using Factory Service Mode to downgrade to lowest firmware the system can handle (2K slim -> FW 2.70)
  • Result is fine. Log showed no errors : UPDATER_LOG.TXT
• Replaced for 1.5TB 3.5" drive and do exactly the same 2.70 again
  • Result is fine. Log showed no errors : UPDATER_LOG.TXT
• Boot to XMB with Service Mode still activated
  • No problems to get into XMB, but checking System Settings > System Information shows size detection issues:

System Software  Version 2.70
IP Address       xxx.xxx.x.xxx
MAX Address      xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Free Space       30 G

• Exit Factory Service Mode
  • Blank screen freeze when trying to boot to XMB in normal mode
• Power off and try again gives "system software was not installed correct" error
• inserted USB with 2.70 on normal location and START+SELECT button to let it reinstall
  • Preparing Update counts to 100% and then halts (does not reboot), just like in first trial.
• Manual poweroff and reboot just results in blank screen with no harddrive activity

Conclusion

>1TB didn't not work in normal or recovery mode only with FSM enabled.

Going back to the 1TB and crosschecking

• Replacing drive back to the working 1TB (has 3.55 on it) gives prompt to reinstall 2.70, doing so errors out with "Harddrive Error 0x8002F281".
• Entering Factory Service Mode with 1TB and let it reinstall via lv2diag results fine without errors: UPDATER_LOG.TXT
• Boot to XMB with Service Mode still activated
  • No problems to get into XMB, but checking System Settings > System Information shows size detection issues (the '30 G' seems to be FSM related):

System Software  Version 2.70
IP Address       xxx.xxx.x.xxx
MAX Address      xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Free Space       30 G

• Exit Factory Service Mode
• No problems to get into XMB, and checking System Settings > System Information shows no size detection issues:

System Software  Version 2.70
IP Address       xxx.xxx.x.xxx
MAX Address      xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Free Space       827GB / 931GB

Conclusion

<1TB works fine in all modi.

maximum size external drive

External HDD : You can format it to any size up to 8TB

note: this seems untrue, because when >2TB drives have hit the market, no screenshots of >2TB external storage are known

• sources used: source: http://www.edepot.com/playstation3.html#PS3_Harddrive and euss temp blog
• todo: flush out errors, merging in a readable format

Footnote: maximum supported drive space correlates to support of 512sector (either native, or emulated), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format

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AES-256-CBC versus AES-256-XTS

There is conflicting mention of sources for the algo/mode used for GameOS encryption.

Fact:

• Sony/IBM loves AES
• 256bit based
• sectorsize 512 bytes (4096 bits)
• blockcipher
• recurring patterns are seen

Reference:

• CBC - Cipher-block_chaining mode
• XTS - XEX-based Tweaked CodeBook mode

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Experimental Tables

HDD partitions

PS3 Hard Disk Drive, partitions and storage regions

Storage Region							File System		Size(Sectors)		Usage		Notes
OtherOS						GameOS	Official (Encryption)	Unnofficial	Official	Unnofficial	Official	Unnofficial
(3)	ps3d					No ?	No		Any		Physical Device		Internall hard drive
	(3.0)	ps3da				No ?	No		All available		Physical partition		Entire HDD
		(3.1)	ps3vflash			No ?	No		256MB(524288)	Any	Virtual Device		Only in PS3's with NOR flash
			(1)	ps3vflasha		No ?	No		All available		Physical partition		Entire VFLASH
				(1.2)	ps3vflashc	dev_flash	FAT16 ?(?)		199 MB(409088)		Firmware files
				(1.3)	ps3vflashd	dev_flash2	FAT16 ?(?)		16 MB(32768)		XRegistry		Console/User settings
				(1.4)	ps3vflashe	dev_flash3	FAT12 ?(?)		512KB (1024)		CRL/DRL		Bluray revocation lists
				(1.5)	ps3vflashf	dev_flash4 ?	?(?)		4MB(8192)	8MB(16384)	OtherOS	OtherOS++	Linux/FreeBSD bootloader (otheros.bld)
				(1.6)	ps3vflashg	dev_flash5 ?	?(?)		256KB (512)	?	?	?	?
				(1.7)	ps3vflashh	dev_flash6 ?	?(?)	ext2/3/4(No)	?	Any	Not used yet	Linux/FreeBSD	?
		(3.2)	ps3db			dev_hdd0	UFS2 (NAND:aes-cbc-192) (NOR:aes-xts-128)		Any		GameOS File System
		(3.3)	ps3dc			dev_hdd1	FAT16(?)		2047 MiB(4194296)		GameOS Cache
		(3.4)	ps3dd			No ?	ext2/3/4(No)	No	10GB(?) All HDD except 10GB(Any)	No	Linux/FreeBSD	No	Only in firmware 3.15 or older

• This table (pretends to) show all the posible partition layouts in all PS3 models, even when there are 2 big differences that changes partition positions (and consequently region names in Otheros/linux)
  • Flash type
    • NAND flash 256mb - All firmware is stored in real NAND flash
    • NOR flash 16mb - A small part of the firmware is stored in real NOR flash, and most of the firmware is stored in the first "virtual flash" (ps3vflash) partition in HDD (his position makes the other partitions to be displaced)
  • Otheros installation
    • OtherOS official - Linux/FreeBSD partition is added as the last partition of the HDD
    • OtherOS++ unofficial - Linux/FreeBSD is installed in the last partition of Vflash (the last partition of Vflash is resized conveniently)

• Devices contains a single physical partition
• Physical partitions contains one or more logicall partitions

Speed tests running in PS3 nativelly

Speed Tests (PS3)

Brand	Series	Model	Linux			GameOs
			[hdparm -Tt]			N/A
			Cache read (MB/s)	Disk read (MB/s)	Link
Fujitsu	MHW	MHW2040BH			N/A
	MHZ	MHZ2080BH			N/A
		MHZ2160BH			N/A
Hitachi	Travelstar 5K160	HTS541640J9SA00			N/A
	Travelstar 5K250	HTS542580K9SA00			N/A
	Travelstar 5K500	HTS545012B9SA00			N/A
	Travelstar Z5K500	HTS545050A7E380			N/A
Seagate	Momentus 5400.2	ST96812AS			N/A
	Momentus 5400.3	ST980811AS			N/A
	LD25 SATA	ST920217AS			N/A
		ST9402115AS			N/A
	LD25 5400.2	ST940210AS			N/A
Toshiba	MKxx52GSX	MK8052GSX			N/A
		MK1652GSX			N/A
	MKxx55GSX	MK1255GSX			N/A
		MK2555GSX			N/A
	MKxx65GSX	MK1665GSX			N/A
		MK3265GSX			N/A
	MKxx76GSX	MK1676GSX			N/A
		MK3276GSX			N/A

Phat NAND HDD Entropy Table (After zerofill,no vflash)

Start Offset	End Offset	Size	Description
0x0000	0x1000	0x1000	Header
0x4000	0x16000	0x12000	unknown
0x18000	0x28000	0x10000	unknown

file

Slim NOR HDD Data Table (After zerofill,vflash)

Start Offset	End Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x2000	0x2000	Header
0x4400	0x8118240	please fill	unk
0x8119000	0x8149960	please fill	unk
0x814B000	0x8152CB0	please fill	unk
0x8153000	0x81530C0	please fill	unk
0x8155000	0x8159B10	please fill	unk
0x815B000	0x815E3D0	please fill	unk
0x815F000	0x8166190	please fill	unk
0x8167000	0x817B750	please fill	unk
0x817D000	0x817D5C0	please fill	unk
0x817F000	0x818A500	please fill	unk
0x818B000	0x818CDC0	please fill	unk
0x818D000	0x81C9F10	please fill	unk
0x81CB000	0x81D1FD0	please fill	unk
0x81D3000	0x81D9E20	please fill	unk
0x81DB000	0x81DB1B0	please fill	unk
0x81DD000	0x81DD0A0	please fill	unk
0x81DF000	0x81DF090	please fill	unk
0x81E1000	0x81E1080	please fill	unk
0x81E3000	0x81E3090	please fill	unk
0x81E5000	0x81E50A0	please fill	unk
0x81E7000	0x81E70A0	please fill	unk
0x81E9000	0x81E9090	please fill	unk
0x81EB000	0x81F4CD0	please fill	unk

• There is actual readable data near the end of the disk, so this has been renamed to Data Table instead of Entropy Table
• The table is incomplete, please help filling it.
• the dump and key