Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
Select an image
Ubuntu is distributed on two types of images described below.
Desktop CD
The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 320MB of RAM to install from this CD.
This is a customised image with the following patches applied to the live filesystem:
- ubiquity.ps3.diff
- fix crash on entry to install stage on non-x86 systems
- hal.ps3.diff
- add support to HAL for ps3_system_bus devices
In addition, the /spu directory has been created in the live
filesystem, the spu system group has been created, the
ps3_gelic kernel module has been added to the initramfs, the
boot loader has been adjusted to boot straight into the live CD installer by
default (as the PS3 does not have enough memory as standard to run the live
CD desktop and the installer simultaneously), documentation of the
video=ps3fb:mode:* kernel parameter has been added to the CD
boot loader, and the installer has been instructed to add a custom
repository containing the above hal patch in order to facilitate future
security updates.
There is one image available:
- PlayStation 3 desktop CD
- For Sony PlayStation 3 systems. (This defaults to installing Ubuntu permanently, since there is usually not enough memory to try out the full desktop system and run the installer at the same time. An alternative boot option to try Ubuntu without changing your computer is available.)
Alternate install CD
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
- creating pre-configured OEM systems;
- setting up automated deployments;
- upgrading from older installations without network access;
- LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
- installs on systems with less than about 320MB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably).
In the event that you encounter a bug using the alternate installer, please file a bug on the debian-installer package.
This is a customised image using the following patches:
- hal.ps3.diff
- add support to HAL for ps3_system_bus devices
- kboot-installer.menu.diff
- fix position of kboot-installer in installer main menu
In addition, the
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-cell_2.6.22-14.37_powerpc.deb
package has been added, documentation of the video=ps3fb:mode:*
kernel parameter has been added to the CD boot loader, and the installer has
been instructed to add a custom repository containing the above hal patch in
order to facilitate future security updates.
There is one image available:
- PlayStation 3 alternate install CD
- For Sony PlayStation 3 systems.
A full list of available files can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see this guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory -
MD5SUMS 20-Apr-2009 16:28 142
SHA1SUMS 20-Apr-2009 16:28 158
hal.ps3.diff 15-Nov-2007 11:29 4.0K
ubuntu-7.10-alternate-powerpc+ps3.iso 15-Nov-2007 00:53 575M Alternate install CD for PlayStation 3 computers (standard download)