How free is YDL? - correction

[Nimet, Moustafa Preiss]

HI,
I am in the phase to try to get the needed HW to install YD, I want to purchase a Swedish Logitech keyboard but it is not yet available, once it becomes available, I will start installation, the item I also assume I need, is some storage device to backup the PS3 before starting the installation? 
 
How much in GB has to be backed up before starting installation complete PS3 HD, or just a portion?
 
Will a USB based HD do, and what minimum size do I need?
 
I am not a game fan, and have heard that two options for formatting the PS3 is available, but is it possible to access additional USB or net based HD to store or run applications from utilizing the YD OS once the YD is installed?
 
IF yes, is it then advisable to to make the YD having the small portion, or should the PS3 games have the smallest? I intend to most use the PS3 to stream movies, but I have a daughter, that is 8 years, and she might be a game fan in the future. Does anyone have any advice?
 
The PS3 is region 2, is there any way to pas this once I have YD installed?
 
Can I launch normal DVD's from the YD, and pas the region 2 check, or what sets the region settings for the device?
 
Kind Regards
M.Preiss



> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:17:52 -0500> From: aguilarojo at verizon.net> Subject: Re: How free is YDL? - correction> To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----> Hash: SHA1> > Hi Paulo:> > This (meaning the newbie and general mailing lists) is the " free > community support" you are referring to. Also free are the various > public mirrors which contain YDL when it is available for download, > the various HOW TOs explaining all kinds of stuff, and more. So > there is a lot of free stuff; in my experience the challenge has been > digging through all that when you are looking for solving something > specific causing a problem at the moment.> > IF you decided to buy YDL (say you had to have the latest and richest > version in terms of quality and special technical additional > wizardry) and pay for installation support then these and other > services are available from TSS directly; then you'd be dealing with > the commercial version of what YDL comprises as a professional > package. One alternative would have been to have bought the PS3 with > YDL already installed for you as part of your purchase. You can > refer to the web page for more details of their other commercial > services: yellowdoglinux.com or terrasoftsolutions.com.> > It may interest you that the instructions for installing YDL onto a > PS3 is available for free and is explained here (along with some > other things I omitted):> > http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/> > Regarding your pursuit of a cd burner, I'm puzzled as to why you are > bothering. According to what is published here (and repeated > elsewhere in different ways throughout the web):> > The PS3 will also support CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R > formats.> > The quote came from here (should you wish to read the article yourself):> > http://www.800hightech.com/technical_info.php?cat=5&prod_id=18&subcat=75> > In other words, the PS3 is quite capable of burning CDs, DVDs and blu- > ray. Again I'm puzzled regarding why you are bothering looking for a > CD drive.> > You may be able to save yourself some time by referring to your > department counselors or advisers to determine whether someone there > already has the optical disks available for YDL; then all you need to > work on is preparing the PS3 itself for reformatting and/or other > necessary procedures to put YDL onto the PS3 HD. After the > repartitioning is done so that the Game OS is on it's own partition > and the other partition is ready to have YDL loaded onto it, then you > can proceed with installing YDL onto the PS3. Be sure to read and > download the necessary instructions from the above link.> > As to public mirrors containing YDL which you can download for free, > all that is available here:> > http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/downloads.shtml> > You know Paulo, your FINALS should be coming up in a couple of > weeks. You may need to focus on that instead of this stuff or if you > must get into things YDL now to address particular projects you've > got to complete then it may be worth it to become real close buddies > with your Computer Science department and discover what solutions > they are willing to share with you.> Good Luck....> > On Nov 14, 2007, at 4:59 AM, Paulo J. Matos wrote:> > > Hello all,> >> > I've been trying to find the ISOs for YDL without much success. I've> > however, have seen them for sale.> >> > How free is YDL? Or is it just commercial?> > If there's a free version, will you still get any community support> > in case of problems?> >> > Cheers,> >> > -- > > Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at soton.ac.uk> > http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm> > PhD Student @ ECS> > University of Southampton, UK> > _______________________________________________> > yellowdog-newbie mailing list> > yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie> > ====================> You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.> - -- Baltasar Gracian, Spanish philosopher > 1601-1658> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin)> > iD8DBQFHO55AFvoPHRAQim0RAgzgAJ4tu7wL1rB2oJloMlL74sTh8cESwgCcCQyW> qb3AKdluFGoS6KQcxcu/dcs=> =T6FC> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----> _______________________________________________> yellowdog-newbie mailing list> yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
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