YDL not recognizing partition

[David Seikel]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:05:12 -0700 Cody Reynolds
<codyjreynolds at yahoo.com> wrote:

> So the latest problem I'm having with the installation of YDL 5.0 is  
> that after selecting english as the native language, it can't find  
> the partition table on device SDA is unreadable, and wants to  
> reformat the drive to make a new partition.  I've backed up the ps3  
> data using the ps3 utility, but I'm hesitant to wipe the drive.  Any  
> thoughts?  Thanks everyone.

This is the result of a mis understanding about how the PS3 handles the
hard drive.  It's an easy mistake to make.

The PS3 GameOS was used to "partition" the hard drive into GameOS and
OtherOS (YDL) sections.  The GameOS section is completely hidden from
the OtherOS, which just thinks that the hard drive is a bit smaller.
The OtherOS section is not actually formatted or partitioned for real
by the GameOS.  So when the OtherOS (YDL) gets to be installed, it sees
a completely blank hard drive, with no partition table or anything.
Just go ahead and format the drive.  Your game data is not at all
visible to YDL, and you can't harm it in any way.
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