AsbestOS: Running Linux as GameOS

Submitted by greg; October 19, 2010

Sony removes OtherOS and marcan brings it right back... Well, not quite... AsbestOS is actually a bootloader that boots/runs linux under GameOS. The upside to that is you (read: developers/hackers) now have full access to a seventh SPE and the NVIDIA RSX. Mind you, there is much to learn before utilizing all that. Almost everything that works with OtherOS is working with AsbestOS; however, currently AsbestOS is only capable of net booting (no initrd) a kernel from a NFS share or USB storage device.

AsbestOS is a fully independent open source payload and does not contain any code from the original PSJailbreak payload or derivatives. It is licensed under the GPLv2. Compiling it does not require any SDK tools, and it includes a script to build a fully vanilla GNU toolchain for the PS3. If youre interested, check out the git repository. The README file contains information on how to run AsbestOS and how to set up kernels. Currently, ports exist for software USB AVRs (Arduino etc.), iPods, and the reference implementation for devices with a TI OMAP3, but anything currently running PSGroove or similar can be adapted with only a few lines of new code.

In its current state AsbestOS isn't quite ready for the end-user. I mean you can give it a go -- it's not that difficult to setup -- especially if you're well versed in linux. Check out marcan's blog post to learn absolutely everything you need to. P.S. the TI-84+ port has AsbestOS support already.

Tags: AsbestOS, marcan, OtherOS, PS3 Linux

Anyone clued up on Linux know if Qemu would need a special version compiling to use the full access to the PS3, or would it automatically use all resources the Linux OS has access to?

A lot of people have been waiting for Linux, especially those that had it in the past and lost it to play newer games/online. And now slims can use it too

GREAT work Marcan!

# HuggyNuggy 2010-10-20 02:48

would be cool if they can get an actual firmware running out of this, with full GPU and Memory acces.

really want to see tnat N64 coming to PS3 !

# John 2010-10-20 05:28

I'm still asking myself if it's possible to run 2 firmwares in dual-boot.

# 1 2010-10-20 05:29

@Awesome!: I think that people able to make PS3 like games already today :) The PS3 GameOS already have access to 7 SPEs and the NVIDIA RSX and it is possible to make homebrew to run directly from GameOS =)

# MikeTheInfidel 2010-10-20 06:07

Huh? Most of us? It's made for 3.41, and if you're on that firmware, you DON'T have it, since it was forcibly deleted when OtherOS was removed.

# trippingballs 2010-10-20 06:21

marcan, awesome stuff man
i like your pace dude, you really do change the playing field altogether. Didn't think that someone was going to use gameOS to run linux this quick. I thought it would be a good 6 months away or something like that.

Seventh SPE with full RSX access, i can't wait for the 3d porn sims.

# omnipotentidiot 2010-10-20 07:34

great work marcan!!!!

# Pinball 2010-10-20 09:55

Awesome work, cant wait till its back to how it was before Sony fucked us. I really liked the Otheros.

# wawaawawaw 2010-10-20 10:33

lol its your choice to keep 10gb partition or not

# R 2010-10-20 16:36

YES! i was sooo pissed when i lost YDL. Then i was even more pissed when shortly after i saw some "It only does everything" commercials.

hopefully i will be rebuilding on a stable platform.

on a side note i wonder if the USAF will have hunderda of jailbroken ps3s for a supercomputer now.... lol

# Sanders 2010-10-20 18:14

This should result in some way to boot the console from the HD into grub without needing the dongle.

In grub there should be two options, run Linux, and run PS3 GameOS

Kudos to the AsbestOS developer!

# D3mz. 2010-10-21 00:07

so this could become the primary OS and then have the ability of booting into PS3 GameOs to run Sony's FW from within Linux?

# Kevin Butler 2010-10-21 01:15

All of hackers are pretty sad. Why cant you play games and buy them without hacking shit. Ur all getting too old for this shit.

# nahaz 2010-10-21 01:30

marcan u are a genius thanks a million, soon we can start using the ps3 like it was meant to. I would love to have xbmc

# nahaz 2010-10-21 01:37

If you sit in a prison don't you want to get out?

But you should probably sell your computer and stick to a less advanced calculator.

To run linux on the ps3 doesn't hurt the game developers so put back your head in the sand and keep on buying everything you see on the commercials.

# Mike 2010-10-23 08:47

No, it was never deleted. Take that PS3 HDD and put into into any PC. You'll see that the Linux and swap partitions are still there. The "update" never made you format or anything. All thats gone was the button to switch OS.

# bakaohki 2010-11-14 11:34

You're big, man - keep it up.

# Gobelet 2010-12-05 07:12

I was wondering, since you're using an OMAP3 board, couldn't you integrate the DHCP, TFTP and NFS share directly on it with a SD card and have a standalone solution?

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# Laffy Taffy 2011-02-27 21:10

you should be able to

try
mount [/insert mount point, asbestos OS shows all mount points in the rescue shell) /mnt
exec switch_root /mnt /sbin/init

voila, you booted your otheros partition

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