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ps3 other os update hard drive partition help

Conroy BumpasConroy Bumpas Registered User regular
edited April 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
First of all sorry for my bad spelling im very dyslexic

I ve probably not been googling this very well but I can seem to find a defnate answer.


I have a first gen ps3 and I have the other os. I installed yellow dog linux. I used it for a year or so but im a bit of a linux noob so recently I haven’t really used it

Ps3 latest update removes the other os option. (i havent done the update yet)

Ive backed up my stuff and I don’t care about loosing it.

The problem is. Linux is installed in a 10 gig hard drive partition. And this update dodsnt say anything about removeing that partition. It only says about removeing the option to use the other os.

So does that mean ill still have a 10 gig partition with hard drive space I cant use?

I don’t mind loosing linux but I do mind loosing 10 gig.

Has anyone one done or come across this and can advise me what to do?

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  • yurnamehereyurnamehere Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Before you download the update, it pops up a warning suggesting (IIRC) that you back up EVERYTHING and reformat the entire disk. You have the ability to cancel updating at this point.

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  • Conroy BumpasConroy Bumpas Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    do you know what happens if i dont reformat..... coz i have now way to back up. i dont have a usb hard disk etc....


    i think id need about 10 gig....

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Online services won't work any more, you won't be able to log in to PSN or the Playstation store, you won't get other updates.

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  • Conroy BumpasConroy Bumpas Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    no im not asking what happens if i dont update.

    im asking what happens if i dont reformat my hard drive before i update.

    will it remove the partion. or keep it and effectivley lock me out of 10 gig

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  • yurnamehereyurnamehere Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Conroy Bumpas wrote: »
    no im not asking what happens if i dont update.

    im asking what happens if i dont reformat my hard drive before i update.

    will it remove the partion. or keep it and effectivley lock me out of 10 gig

    Again, if I recall correctly (there should be no risk in you starting the update and confirming for yourself) the partition will be locked out.

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