Author Topic: PSP internal HDD mod with 80GB 1.8" ipod harddrive (or any other usb drive) (Read 166630 times)

pax · « **Reply #240 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:29:32 AM »

great work!! its a great start and hopefully in three months time we will see the xm4 board up and running.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #241 on:** July 08, 2008, 04:22:40 PM »

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JWhiteLightning · « **Reply #242 on:** July 08, 2008, 05:37:03 PM »

Sweet, that is just awesome. I cant wait for the daughterboard to be ready, will that fit in the psp? i dont think an ipod hard drvie could fit in with the USB convetor on it, so im probably just gonna put the assembly in when i read a tut by you.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #243 on:** July 08, 2008, 07:01:41 PM »

The interface will fit inside the PSP, just the hard drive won't.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #244 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:34:15 PM »

here is another video showing the screens better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6SGwo3D0-A

cjmcleod · « **Reply #245 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:40:42 PM »

That POC is a thing of beauty.

VoX · « **Reply #246 on:** July 08, 2008, 09:20:43 PM »

Quote from: cjmcleod on July 08, 2008, 08:40:42 PM

That POC is a thing of beauty.

That my friend, is an understatement

niko86 · « **Reply #247 on:** July 09, 2008, 03:24:17 PM »

That video is very impressive

I've read through the whole thread. Your development sounds very exciting, i'm not very knowledgeable about hardware mods but i follow the concept of what you are doing.

So this is probably a silly question. I see you are using a CFW NSLU2, as a stop gap platform till you get the daughter board for this XM4 board. So if i went out and bought a NSLU2, what would i need to do to it to make it do what you did in the video? All i need is bullet points or a few links, i just need to know what i need to read up on to do it. I don't want you to waste your precious time on a long explaination if the info is already there.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #248 on:** July 09, 2008, 03:59:16 PM »

I will be posting a tutorial in the next few days.

From this tutorial you will take a NSLU2 and increase its speed from 133 mhz to 266mhz

You will install uNSLUng 6.10 linux and still maintain the disk functionality of the unit

You will copy the usbhostfs with patches to a usb stick and run a batch file to install usbhostfs

Your PSP will run 3.9 irshell or Hostcore 1.2 beta

No, NONE, NADA mods required to your PSP

With this setup you can do the following that is tested and debugged:

Use your IPOD as mass storage for games to your PSP
With irshell you will be able to play music from your ipod in the background while you play a game from your IPOD
Use a simple card reader and use ANY type of storage media for the PSP
Use any USB hard drive as storage for the PSP. - I have tested up to a 1.5 Terrabyte hard drive system
Use any USB cd or DVD rom drive as storage for your PSP ( you could group different games on different disks)
Use any type of keychaing usb drives as storage for your PSP

This is as the project stands that is totally working right now.

In the works

A battery for the NSLU2 so the system will fit in a small bag and be portable.
Keyboard driver from the NSLU2 to the PSP - debuggung
Mouse driver from the NSLU2 to the PSP - linux drivers already done
Joystick driver from the NSLU2 to the PSP - debugging
Printer driver from the PSP to the NSLU2 - linux side already done
WIFI driver for the NSLU2 - nethostfs done already for PSP - allows PSP to talk to the NSLU2 wirelessly
USB cellular broadband modem for internet anywere - linux side is already done

All the works in process will be updated for the people that decide to run the NSLU2 now.

The OS for the miniature xm4 board is the same as the NSLU2 so the work will transfer and they will both
be the same.

niko86 · « **Reply #249 on:** July 09, 2008, 04:39:21 PM »

Ahh fantastic

i'll be waiting patiently . Take me awhile to get some spare cash together to buy a NSLU2 anyway hehe

Yuiko_Shaw · « **Reply #250 on:** July 09, 2008, 07:40:07 PM »

WOW!!!
Finaly, I've been following this project since the

era, lol

and atlast someone made it a reality w/ so many pluses. gr8npwrfl, what about remotejoy??? youre still working on it right??? tnx and more power to acidmods!!!

blueVenom · « **Reply #251 on:** July 09, 2008, 07:43:29 PM »

this is what i've been waiting for, you have made my day/summer/year!!!

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #252 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:08:02 PM »

yes the keyboard and the remote joystick are both part of remotejoy.

We are not doing the display part just the keyboard and joystick part.

As far as I can tell right now any joystick that will plug into the usb port we should be able to support.
The key mapping will be through a configuration txt file.

One of the mods we can do on the NSLU2 is that it really has FOUR usb ports not two. They just did not
bring them outside. So one of the mods we will do to it is replace the single usb connectors with double stacked
usb connectors so there will be four usb 2.0 high speed ports on the NSLU2.

I am not the only person that has pioneered the use of the NSLU2. I just am debugging and writing a lot of the
software that already exists. This also gives me working software for the miniature version we are working on.

I am finishing the first part of the TUT so we will do it in installments here in this thread and then when I put all the installments together they will be placed in the tutorials section.

Cratos · « **Reply #253 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:32:27 PM »

is there a way to overclock the NSLU2 to 333mhz so that we dont get that slite lag...

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #254 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:38:03 PM »

We can get it to 266.8 Mhz

nez · « **Reply #255 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:38:38 PM »

okay so you said the xm4 board will work but i thought there was a problem with the usb speeds did you find a way to fix that. and if you are making a smaller version of the NSLU2 is there a point o even work on the xm4 to work or does the xm4 going to be the only small unit with the capability of an extra screen.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #256 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:50:36 PM »

We are adding the NEC USB 2.0 chip to the xm4 it will have 4 high speed usb ports on our own plug in board
for the xm4 it will run the same programming the NSLU2 does

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #257 on:** July 09, 2008, 09:53:59 PM »

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VoX · « **Reply #258 on:** July 10, 2008, 12:57:27 AM »

Awesome work! Keep the information coming

nez · « **Reply #259 on:** July 10, 2008, 12:58:32 AM »

Wow dude this is the best awsome and thenks for the info on the xm4.

DarkHawken · « **Reply #260 on:** July 10, 2008, 07:23:59 AM »

Would I be able to used my ipod touch if the memeory on it is a flash drive? Or does it only work for hard drives, I am geussing no.

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #261 on:** July 10, 2008, 07:54:43 AM »

Im guessing YES !

As long as you can put your IPOD touch in storage or disk mode then YES you can use it.

VoX · « **Reply #262 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:32:44 AM »

Just to add to the last statement, You can use any mass storage device! As long as it can connect via USB anyway

DarkHawken · « **Reply #263 on:** July 10, 2008, 12:00:10 PM »

I didnt think you could put the ipod touch into mass storage mode though. If you can please let me know. This mod is great though!!
Well done

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #264 on:** July 10, 2008, 01:42:22 PM »

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gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #265 on:** July 10, 2008, 01:57:12 PM »

The IPOD touch does not have disk or memory mode.

BUT

GO here and learn all about hacking your IPOD touch and you can enable the storage mode

http://www.ipodwizard.net/forumdisplay.php?f=146

As always read carefully and follow directions to the letter.

My IPOD runs Linux,RockBox, and Hacked IPOD as well as storage mode for my PSP

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #266 on:** July 10, 2008, 07:49:52 PM »

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Yuiko_Shaw · « **Reply #267 on:** July 10, 2008, 07:55:03 PM »

Awesome!!!!

So were in to networking and stuff now lol!!!
gr8npwrfl, do we really have to connect the NSLU2 to the network? can we just leave it connected to the pc w/ the static ip and reflash the FW that way???
Good job by the way

gr8npwrfl · « **Reply #268 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:27:37 PM »

It has to be connected the internet so it can retrieve the package software update for the NSLU2-Linux servers.

If you don't you will get old software that may not be stable or work together. Once you have done the updates you
can remove it from the internet.

There is no need for it to be hooked to the internet all the time.

nez · « **Reply #269 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:28:57 PM »

WoW bro this is one long tut but the best one i have seen in a long time. my eyes are sparkling it is tooo unrealistic it was said it couldn't be done lol.

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