Emulate WinXP in PS3 under Linux
I thought some of you might want this tutorial. It's actually not such exciding: WinXP run slow as
HELL!!! You can compare it with a Pentium 1; and those who have reported it runs as fast as a PIII,
are wrong. I have a PIII and it runs a LOT faster! Even I might be wrong, but I don't think that there is
an accelerator 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 than 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 YD, 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 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 "" (quotations).
1. Boot otherOS-LInux, change the section into GNOME and login into as root (use root as
username).
2. Open up the terminal (at the top bar: Applications>>Terminal)
3. Type "yum update" without the "" and press ENTER
4. Write "yum install qemu" without 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're prompted to
create a new partition, you can format it in NTFS.
❍ Note: it's an image file you're formatting not your disk!
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