Thread: help i'm newbie to ps2 modding

Install Free Mcboot on your memory card. Here's a link to the tutorial. http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/
You can buy a PS3 memory card adapter and plug it in to your computer and use it to install Free Mcoot. Here's the program you need, open the readme file for instructions.

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YOODRV68

If you don't want to do that, look at the installation portion of the tutorial for other methods, most of them involve buying stuff. For the game swap method on a slim PS2 you have to open your PS2 and block a sensor, you can find tutorials for this on You Tube or Google.
To play PSX games you'll need any original PSX disc and the PSX launcher program to swap it for a burned PSX game. If you can though I'd highly recommend using an emulator on your computer to play PSX games. There is a PSX emulator for the PS2 but I've heard it doesn't play any sound. If you do want to use the PSX launcher let me know and I'll tell you how to install and use it, it only works on SCPH 5000x and up.
As for installing Linux, a Google search turns up several tutorials.