PS2Ident
PS2Ident is an identification tool that allows dumps of a PlayStation 2 console's ROM chips and MECHACON NVRAM to be made. It will also gather data from the console (by ps2homebrew)
linux
Linux 2.2, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x kernels for the PlayStation 2. (by frno7)
| PS2Ident | linux | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | |
| 24 | 80 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | 2 months ago | |
| C | C | |
| SIL Open Font License 1.1 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
PS2Ident
Posts with mentions or reviews of PS2Ident.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-12.
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My PS2 died on me so I fulfilled a childhood dream and replaced it with the Sliver edition. She’s a beaut.
FreeDVDBoot works on SCPH-90000 series. Go to this link and follow the instructions under "Easy setup for all PS2 Slim consoles / Bravia TV". You should boot to homebrew uLaunchELF. If this works, then your PS2 laser can read burned media AND you can use uLaunchELF to run ps2ident or the FMCB installer off of a flash drive. PS2Ident would tell you whether your BIOS is 2.20 (FMCB will work) or 2.30 (FMCB will not). Fortuna can be used on 2.30 versions (google FunTuna).
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PS2 Showing as P-Chasis from PS2ident, but R-Chasis on the sticker
Sometimes, Sony makes hardware revisions without changing the chip implementation numbers as well, hence why chip identification may be inaccurate. The chip and version IDs are, however, accurate since they are taken directly from the hardware. https://github.com/ps2homebrew/PS2Ident
linux
Posts with mentions or reviews of linux.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-15.
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When your PlayStation2 wants to run Gentoo as well
You don't really need to cross compile anymore thanks to this: https://github.com/frno7/linux/wiki/Installing-and-booting-PlayStation-2-Linux
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Firefox 1.5 on Playstation 2 - Photo taken February 22nd 2007
Best is to install on FAT PS2 HDD. Can be run from DVD on Slim PS2, and also installed to USB, and runs from SMB (network) with some initial setup effort. But really the best result is FAT PS2 and HDD. It will install alongside games, no need to reformat drives, just adding partitions to the existing game partitions.
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Has anyone tried porting modern Linux to the PS2?
The latest kernel that is working with a full system that I know about is a version of 2.6. Someone has been working on kernel 5.4, but I don't know much about it. (link) They mention that not many devices have been ported to work on the new kernel. They also mention the possibility of running Gentoo on the ps2. I doubt the possibility of running many modern programs due to the lack of resources the ps2 has. Because of the lack of resources, you are probably going to still have to run something that looks and acts like the older distros.
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Architecture of the Playstation 2
There is a work-in-progress port of the newer Linux 5.x kernel to the PS2: https://github.com/frno7/linux
- It's 2020: Linux Kernel Sees New Port To The Nintendo 64
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PS2Ident and linux you can also consider the following projects:
FreeDVDBoot - PlayStation 2 DVD Player Exploit
Simple-Media-System - Source code for Simple Media System for PlayStation 2 by Eugene Plotnikov.
zen-kernel - Zen Patched Kernel Sources
CheatDevicePS2 - Game enhancer for PlayStation 2 similar to Action Replay, GameShark, and CodeBreaker. (No longer in development)
Fceumm-PS2 - FCEUmm-PS2
rombundler - A tiny libretro frontend to release homebrews as executables
sm64-port - DO NOT USE, USE ORGINAL. ISSUE FIXED. | PS2 Build. Fixing issues by following the instructions at: https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/sm64-port/issues/77#issuecomment-1334127828. Also includes an iso builder(BETA) ;)
herebedragons - A basic 3D scene implemented with various engines, frameworks or APIs.
FreeMcBoot-Installer - Custom installers for Several versions of FreeMcBoot. A homebrew bootloader and launcher for PS2