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= Introduction = | |||
I tried first to remove GameOS HDD region, then create a smaller one and add extra one HDD region for Linux. But every time i did it, OFW removed it again at the next boot and reformatted the HDD. So i decided to use VFLASH because gameOS doesn't touch it. | I tried first to remove GameOS HDD region, then create a smaller one and add extra one HDD region for Linux. But every time i did it, OFW removed it again at the next boot and reformatted the HDD. So i decided to use VFLASH because gameOS doesn't touch it. | ||
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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 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. | ||
After resizing VFLASH, GmeOS will reformat the HDD again but with a little difference :-) It will have less HDD space now. | After resizing VFLASH, GmeOS will reformat the HDD again but with a little difference :-) It will have less HDD space now. | ||
= Dumping HDD Partition Table = | |||
= Patching HDD Partition Table = | |||
= Adding New VFLASH Region = | |||
Revision as of 19:15, 30 March 2011
Introduction
I tried first to remove GameOS HDD region, then create a smaller one and add extra one HDD region for Linux. But every time i did it, OFW removed it again at the next boot and reformatted the HDD. So i decided to use VFLASH because gameOS doesn't touch it.
VFLASH is a virtual device, as the name already tells you. 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. After resizing VFLASH, GmeOS will reformat the HDD again but with a little difference :-) It will have less HDD space now.