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Instructions
Open your web browser by double-clicking its icon with your mouse. Find your Kernelloader, both of your PS2 Linux Kernels and Black Rhino Linux distributor at sourceforge and download them to your computer's desktop. Find your initial ram disk, also known as "initrd.gz," at fileswatcher, and download it to your desktop. Find your ARMax player at rapidshare and download it to your desktop.
Plug your USB memory stick into your computer's USB port. Use your computer's search function to find your stick by typing in "Computer" into your search bar. Double-click your "Computer" icon with your mouse once your computer displays your search's results. Find your USB memory stick under your computer's listed devices and double-click its icon with your mouse to open it. Right-click inside the USB window with your mouse, scroll down to "New" and hover over it with your mouse. Click "Folder" to make a new folder with your mouse. Right-click your folder with your mouse, scroll down to "Rename" and select it with your mouse. Type in "ps2linux" and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
Go back to your desktop. Highlight all of your previously downloaded folders by clicking somewhere on your desktop with your mouse and dragging it until all of your folders are selected. Pick up the folders by clicking one of them with your mouse button and holding the button down. Drag them into your USB memory stick's "ps2linux" folder and let go of your mouse button to drop them in.
Plug in your USB keyboard to your computer. Open your ARMax player's folder inside your USB memory stick's "ps2linux" folder by double-clicking it with your mouse. Open your player by double-clicking it with your mouse. Use the ARMax player's "Open" button under its file menu to find "kloader.elf" inside your Kernelloader folder, which is now within your memory stick's "ps2linux" folder. Open "kloader.elf" with the ARMax player. Its main screen now appears.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Select Kernel" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "USB Memory Stick" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. Find "vmlinux.devfs" and press "Enter" to select it. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Select Initrd" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "USB Memory Stick" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. Find "initrd.gz" and press "Enter" to select it. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Configuration Menu" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "Module List" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. Find "host:TGE/dmarelay.lrx" and press "Enter" to select it. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Run Linux as it currently stands by pressing "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Boot Current Config" is highlighted. Press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option.
Type in "fdisk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc" to display your partitions. Press the "p" button, then "Enter" on your USB keyboard to display your partitions. Press "d," then "Enter" to delete all of these partitions. Make a swap partition by typing in "npll+128M," then pressing "Enter." Change your partition type by typing in "tl82," then pressing "Enter." Create a root partition by typing in "np2" and pressing "Enter" twice. Finish your Linux partitions by pressing "w" to write them to Linux's hard disk.
Format your newly-created partitions by typing in "mkswap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1," then pressing "Enter" on your USB keyboard to make your swap partition. Type in "mke2fs /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" and press "Enter" to make your root partition.
Start mounting your Linux hard disc by typing in "mkdir/mnt" and then pressing "Enter" on your USB keyboard. Finish mounting the disc by typing in "mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 /mnt" and pressing "Enter." Start mounting your USB Memory Stick by typing in "mkdir /usb," then pressing "Enter" on your keyboard. Finish mounting the disc by typing in "mount-r/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /usb" and pressing "Enter."
Start extracting your Linux distribution by typing in "cd mnt" and then pressing "Enter" on your USB keyboard. Finish extracting your Linux Distribution by typing in "tar -xzf /usb/ps2linux/black~1.gz," then pressing "Enter."
Customize your Linux installation by typing in "vi /mnt/etc/fstab," then pressing "Enter" on your USB keyboard. Find "hda1" and "hda2" text that now appears. Replace the "1" in "hda1" with a "2" so it reads "hda2" with your keyboard. Go to the second "hda2" and change it to read "ext2" with your keyboard.
Unmount and reboot Linux. Type in "cd /" and press "Enter" with your USB keyboard. Type in "unmount /mnt" and press "Enter." Type in "unmount /usb" and press "Enter." Type in "shutdown -h now" and press "Enter." This takes you back to your ARMax player.
Reload "kloader.elf" with ARMax player. Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Boot Current Config" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "Select Kernel" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. Find "USB Memory Stick" and press "Enter" to select it. Find "vmlinux" and select it. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Select Initrd" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "Disable Initrd" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Configuration Menu" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. Go down until "Edit Kernel Paramater" is highlighed and press "Enter" to select it. Type in "crtmode=ntsc root=/dev/hda2" and press "Enter" if you live in the United States. Type in "crtmode=pal root=/dev/hda2" and press "Enter" if you live outside of the United States. You will now be taken back to your main screen.
Press "Down" on your USB keyboard until "Save Current Config" is highlighted, and press "Enter" on your keyboard to pick this option. You will now be taken back to your main screen. Press "DOWN" until "Boot Current Config" is highlighted, and press "Enter" to select it. Your Linux will now boot on your PS2 when the USB memory stick is plugged in. Close your "kloader.elf" application and close ARMax player.
Unplug your USB memory stick from your computer. Turn on your PS2. Plug your memory stick into one of your PS2's USB ports. Open your memory stick once it loads with your PS2 controller. Open your "ps2linux" folder with your controller and run "kloader.elf" on your PS2. Press "Boot Current Config" with your controller to run Linux on your PS2.