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this may be stupid, but if done, would be amazing.
is there a way that i could get a program to boot from the cd to run on a ps2, like a certain address like in a pc its 0x7c00 for assembly butis there any way i could make a program that could be executed by the ps2? and yes i know its probably a waste of time, and its not posible, but if so, culd anyone tell me how?!

Sure, it's possible, but it'd be nearly impossible to do legally. That said, I don't know how.

LeArN EnGriSh GraMmAz

Sony released an official linux distribution for the PS2 awhile back. You can still find them on eBay.
Or, if you spend 5 minutes and use google, you'll find other flavors for the PS2 as well.

Edit
Boom, link http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/lin ... uxps2.html

yeah, uh, i have been on the google page for about 20 minutes and tools and boot disks. im looking for a way to get a ps2 to execute my file on my disk.

LeArN EnGriSh GraMmAz, <what the heck are you trying to say, if it is improve my grammar, i am typing really fast because im tight on time, so give me an answer and not judge my typing.

it is but you need the know the hardware and you need a mod chip linux runs on hacked ps2 so base it around that then

oh alright, never mind then. i dont want to mod my ps2 (i might wreck it) so if i have to mod it to get it to run my program then never mind, thank you fro the info tho

wait use the swap magic trick start it put in a game after starteed then goto browser do the swap trick without the ps2 nowing and put it back i with the custom cd them hit x its loading different code.

If only running code on the XBox 360 was that easy. The CPU decrypts code as it is executed based on a key embedded into the executable.

There was an exploit in an old kernel, but all that developed around it is a (now dead for a while) Free60 Linux group, and a lot of promise for tools that'd reboot into an unsigned kernel or homebrew game frameworks (I don't know why the later never took off when Linux was running, even with 3d acceleration). Anyway it all died down since the temptation to upgrade to a later kernel (more video codecs, newer games required it, a greater choice of screen resolutions, new online services).

If you have/get a PS3, you can probably make an OS for it. I know Ubuntu has a version for the PS3.

Yes read the el torito spec's to make a cd / dvd bootable.
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/98D ... scdrom.pdf
This works for both dvd/cd basically you put on the 17th sector a el torito descriptor that points to a default boot entry that points to your boot image. In the default boot entry you
can specify where to load it into memory and how large it is and the pointer to that boot image.

Then you would have to program your boot code for MIPS archecture.
And throw it on the cd /dvd at the pointer to the boot image location.

Anyway you can bypass learning how to make a cd/dvd bootable and just use a program that makes a bootable cd / dvd. But you will need to compile your boot image to a bin with MIPS compiler...etc

The only reason why it might not work is they have some copy protection preventing you.
But I think their is probably tool's that you can use out their to crack copy protection.

Their is definitely linux distro that run on it. But then ofcourse to get them running on it you have to crack copy protections.

So not impossible but very hard to do.