Emulate WinXP in PS3 using Linux!

I thought some of you may wait for this tutorial. It's actually not such exciting: WinXP run slow as HELL!!! You can compare it with a pentium 1, and those who reported is runs as fast as a PIII are wrong. I have a PIII and it runs a LOT faster! Even may i be wrong, but i don't think that there is an accelarator module on ppc (Power PC architecture)

Anyway, what you will need:
1. Your brain. It has a lot of processing power enough to understand more that your pet!
2. A PS3, Don't ask!
3. You must have already installed a Linux, Fedora or Yellow Dog Linux(YDL). If you haven't install YDL. It's the fastest distro.
4. A broadband internet connection. Well you need it actually!
5. Your original copy of Windows XP. Any version. Also Win 2000, Me might also work properly.

So you want to continue? WARNING!!! IT WILL TAKE AROUND 12 HOURS to finish all that! Why? WinXP installation takes 11.5 hours! Maybe an hour less! And everywhere in the tutorial remove the ""

1. Boot otherOS-LInux, change the section into GNOME and login into as root(use root as username).

2. Download therepos.zip from here and transfer it on the ps3 as you like.
Decompress it, and copy all the files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. Overwrite if nessesary. You can also use "yum update" in the terminal, but it will just take a lot of time, so just copy the files(repositories).

3.Open up the terminal(at the top bar: Appilications>>Terminal)

4. Write "yum install qemu" with out the "" and press ENTER

5. After sometime it will ask you about downloading some files. Write "y" and press ENTER.(that mean yes!)

6. After it's finished, put your winXP cd into the ps3 drive. Open up, "Computer"(click the computer icon at the desktop, and double click the cd-rom drive.

7. Take a look at the desktop. Know the cd is mounted and an icon pf the cd will appear. Right click it and select Copy Disk...A dialog box will appear, press Write, and save it as "WINXP.iso" in the Desktop.

8. After it's finished the copy a new file named "WINXP.iso" in your Desktop will appear! Return to the Terminal and close all other applications as we will need a lot of cpu power. Then copy-paste or write "qemu-img create win2.img 2048M" in the terminal and press ENTER. 2gb are enough for a WinXP installation.

9. Then write: "qemu -hda win.img -cdrom /root/Desktop/WINXP.iso -std-vga -boot d" and press ENTER. Continue the installation my your self and install the winXP. when you promped to create a new partition you can format it in nfts. Note: it's an image file ur formating not your disk!

10. This installation will take a lot of time. Keep an eye on the installation and turn off the screensaver. If you don't and it's activated...ur screen gets black and u messed up urself. To do this go: System>>Preferences>>Screensaver and uncheck the "Activate screensaver...." box.

11. After you have finished and everytime you start, you can use: "qemu -hda win.img -cdrom /path/to/YOUR.iso -std-vga -boot c" This way you save 5 secs from the propting "boot from this disk" bios message, and you can also mount an image for the winxp enviroment.

For more features on boot, type "qemu" in the terminal and see the other features. Just add them in the "qemu -hda win.img -cdrom /path/to/YOUR.iso -std-vga -boot c".

I hoped i wrote well! Enjoy the images!

pero l installazione dura quasi 12 ore

si sono italiano

Hmmm... That stinks of fake... Anyway this is an Italian Forum, please, post that tutorial in Italian if you can.

edit: Sei italiano... -.-'

edit2: Ho letto il tutorial... E' un pò inutile se permettete, visti i tempi che ha sto emulatore...

....ehm......e allora?

Si sa che sotto linux si può far girare un software di virtualizzazione....dov'è la notizia?

La notizia è che sotto linux su pc classico la procedura impega una ventina di minuti con qemu, sotto ps3, secondo l'articolo 12 ORE....

Traete le vostre conclusioni.

si ed e anche molto lento per il momento?pero in futuro si spera che vada molto piu veloce
ce anche un video se vi interessa posso dare il link

...lol...
1) non capisco questo "accanimento terapeutico" per WindowsXP
2) WindowsXP e' lento su PC con 512MiB di RAM figuriamoci emulato con 256MiB
3) rassegnatevi, se volete usare il PS3 come un PC dovete imparare ad usare Linux...

...e a quel punto non useresti più la ps3 come pc...

non ti seguo...

Una volta che impari ad usare linux come si deve, la ps3 la relèghi a macchina da gioco, e ti prendi un pc classico.

...o ancora meglio recuperi il PC che usavi cinque anni fa con winXP...

MAh... tutta sta fatica per far girare winschif... come hanno detto sopra la cosa non ha nessun senso pratico.

Eppoi e' notizia vecchia...

Personalmente, a parte il ringraziamento per la segnalazione, non sento il bisogno di estendere il sistema operativo Microsoft alla Playstation: vedere la schermata blu della morte sotto PS3 potrebbe essermi fatale.