[ydl-gen] How to backup PS3

[Ching Chak Poon]

I currently has the Apple cinema display.  I am looking into buying a  
second PS3 just for a home computer.

On 10-Apr-08, at 12:27 PM, Mitja Pufic wrote:

> Hello, for backup you can use external disc and tar/dd/rsync/"other  
> backup
> solution" the entire partitions to it. As for DVI monitor you will  
> need
> HDMI->DVI cable and monitor must support HDCP!
>
> br,
> m
>
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Ching Chak Poon wrote:
>
>> I am wondering how to backup PS3 for linux and is there a way to
>> connect the ps3 to dvi monitor.
>> On 10-Apr-08, at 10:20 AM, Branko Radulovic wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> unsubscribe> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:33:26 -0400> From:
>>> dcenteno at ydl.net> To: yellowdog-
>>> general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen]
>>> [SOLVED] PowerBook G4 wireless problems on YDL 6.0> > On Thu, 10
>>> Apr 2008 00:14:46 +0200> furio ercolessi <furio at spin.it> wrote:> >
>>>> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:20:18AM -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:>
>>>>>>>> [considerations on OSX evolution]> > > [...]> > > For me
>>> this made Tiger a "downgrade" and most likely from what you
>>> shared,> > > Leopard may be a more profoundly pretty "downgrade" as
>>> well.> > > > I essentially agree, the OSX GUI is also getting
>>> slower due to> > new stupid bells and whistles. But I have no
>>> choice, I have to follow> > the world. I teach two simulation
>>> courses and my laptop has to be > > reasonably aligned with the
>>> students' machines. I also rely heavily> > on MacPorts stuff for
>>> the OSX side, for Panther MacPorts/DarwinPorts is> > now in a
>>> completely abandoned state, and the maintainers' activity is > >
>>> definitely focused on Leopard.> > > > > Thank God for TSS and their
>>> focus on function in producing YDL6! > > > > Yes, it's very nice to
>>> have a company committed to Linux on PowerPC.> > > > > > [...] IN
>>> both cases, by "does not work" I mean that the> > > > interface
>>> refuses to start with> > > > > > > > > #ifconfig eth1 up> > > > > >
>>>>> Can you tell me what you have in /etc/modprobe.conf ?> > > > >
>>>> I'm not using the interface at all. My method, a variant of what
>>> Chris> > > Murtagh used and demonstrated by-passes the interface
>>> entirely. The> > > challenge in this particular situation is that
>>> you are still thinking like> > > an Apple user where the interface
>>> is the function or application. > > > > No no no, I was thinking
>>> UNlike an Apple user and with "interface"> > I was referring to a
>>> "network interface" , the "if" in ifconfig!> > You can by-pass
>>> those and still be connected only if you go back to> > Kermit on
>>> serial ports :-)> > > > > However, just so I'm not a "stick in the
>>> mud" or non-cooperative, here's my> > > modprobe.conf:> > > > > >
>>> alias eth0 sungem> > > alias eth1 ssb <==============> > > > This
>>> was useful.> > > > I solved the problem. ...> > Nice! I'll share
>>> our exchange with Chris; you've definitely provided a> different
>>> twist in this weird existence.> > Interestingly, I did try the
>>> newer fwcutter, but it failed probably because I> could discover
>>> what you did, that link to the broadcom firmware! I instead> used
>>> the same version of fwcutter which Chris used in his original
>>> instructions.> In fact, that version of fwcutter works fine within
>>> YDL6 and I've been using it> throughout our communications. Just so
>>> we're clear here; there appear to be> options to go and do what you
>>> did or to proceed as I did.> > As long as you are up wirelessly,
>>> that's the best way to be. Don't forget to> setup and use the
>>> network and Wlan gadgets in e17. I find them, and others> most
>>> useful.> > Just a thought... why don't you do your simulations
>>> within YDL? Of course, if> it's video based I understand the
>>> challenge, however if it's based on coding or> other work perhaps
>>> you can get that done best within YDL6 on the PS3. If I> were
>>> teaching students, I'd certainly consider that path. A course
>>> involving 8> or more core parallel processing involving a PS3 or
>>> maybe a cluster of them...> sounds nice to me!> > Perhaps I'm
>>> brutal, but it's the best way to provide a taste of a real>
>>> challenge - something a wee bit beyond the expected and all too
>>> common student's> generally accepted capacity.> > I've enjoyed our
>>> exchange; I'm glad you are up wirelessly. Do your student's a>
>>> favor which will stick with them. Give them a real challenge to
>>> their> intellectual and perceptual skills and concentration --
>>> they'll be better for> it. > > All the best...> =====> "If I were
>>> not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often> think in
>>> music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of>
>>> music. ... I get most joy in life out of music." > > "What Life
>>> Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester> Viereck," for
>>> the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening
>>> Post._______________________________________________
>>> yellowdog-general mailing list
>>> yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog- 
>>> general
>>> HINT: to Google archives, try  '<keywords>
>>> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> yellowdog-general mailing list
>> yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog- 
>> general
>> HINT: to Google archives, try  '<keywords>  
>> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
>>
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-general mailing list
> yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general
> HINT: to Google archives, try  '<keywords>  
> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'