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NetBSD vs. Linux portability

Posted Nov 4, 2004 8:01 UTC (Thu) by anabis (guest, #15649)
In reply to: NetBSD vs. Linux portability by stevenj
Parent article: The state of BSD

It might be enlightening to look at NetBSD's PlayStation2 installation page.

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/playstation2/

Install step.

* Install PS2 Linux

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NetBSD vs. Linux portability

Posted Nov 4, 2004 10:58 UTC (Thu) by Ribbit (guest, #8400) [Link]

And if you look at the top of that page, you'll find the reason:

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To boot the kernel, you will require a special boot disc from SONY. The PlayStation 2 can not read CD-R/DVD-Rs. Currently, the only such disc available is the SONY Playstation 2 Linux distribution.
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