Tomorrow (April 1st 2010), Sony will remove the option to install another operating system on the PS3 via an update patch. This will be interesting from a legal perspective, as people (including myself) purchased the PS3 with the full intention of utilizing this functionality. Can a company remove the function of a product once purchased by a customer? But, it is not so clear... since a customer can always opt to not update his or her PS3...but that would remove the access to online play, community, and store.
In any case, the next couple months will be interesting for Sony. And that will be discussed on another day...as this is just the background for Richard's super awesome adventure upgrading His PS3!!!1!!!one!!!!
Tuesday Afternoon
- Realize implication of this whole Sony debacle. Spend time researching what to do and how to install the other operating system (Ubuntu Linux!)
- Rush to Canada Computer's... purchase 500 GB Hard Drive... and an external case.
- On the drive home, realize that I might have bought the wrong hard drive size.
- Silently curse myself.
- Get home, realize I'm okay.
Tuesday Night
- Attempt to start back up process of all games, saves, etc. on PS3.
- Realize external hard drive has to be a certain format to be recognized.
- Run around house looking a hard drive I can use. Re-format the drive.
- Start back up process.
- Wait, impatiently.
- Success!
- Dinner!
- Swap out old PS3 hard drive and put in new hard drive!
- Format hard drive.
- Start restore process.
- [Unrelated side adventure]
- Set up hard drive for new OS installation. Realize you can only dedicated 10 GB to the new OS.
- Silently curse Sony.
- Start other OS Installation process. OS Installation completes, but doesn't work. Furthermore, can't switch back to PS3 mode. I have bricked my PS3.
- Silently curse Sony. Cry.
- Meanwhile, attempt to put old PS3 hard drive into external case. Realize that Sony uses a proprietary format for their hard drives which doesn't let Windows PCs see it.
- Silently curse Sony.
- Fail!
- Give up and go to bed.
Wednesday Morning
- Feel sick, don't go to work.
- Sleep in.
- Reformat old PS3 hard-drive using SystemRescueCD. Success!
- Read a little Romans.
Wednesday Afternoon
- Feel slightly better, make soup... eat soup.
- While eating soup, read Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology.
- Success! (of the eating soup and reading!)
- Currently waiting for installation of other OS to complete.
Some other things that should be mentioned...
Did this PS3 upgrade fiasco cause Richard's sickness? No, Richard was sick prior to the engagement of upgrade. On side adventure, NPC #1 mentioned that Richard was sneezing a lot and sounded sick.
What is side adventure? It is what it is. A non-relevant side story to adventure.
Roar! Indeed.
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