[CD-ROM Driver] Progress on PSClassic

[KiiWii]

Honeylab over at Honeylab's blog has discovered that you can add CD-ROM drivers to the default PSClassc kernel, and with an IDE to USB converter and a CD-Rom drive, you can essentially load roms from the disc's file system

I Use USB-IDE converter and 5-inch CD-ROM drive.

1. Stock kernel is not include scsi/cdrom driver.
There are drivers for CD-ROM on Playstation Classic default kernel.

Dropbox - cdrom.tar.gz

2.Extract them and copy to working USB or any.

3. on console...

> insmod cdrom.ko
> insmod sg.ko
> insmod sr_mod.ko

4.Plug USB-IDE-CDROM drive to PSC

If insmod succeeded , /dev/sr0 will appear.

5.Mount filesystem

> mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /tmp/cdrom/

Source: HERE

Not particularly useful, but cool nonetheless!

 

[DinohScene]

Ohh, retail PS1 games on PS classic!?
That would be very neat!

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Ohh, retail PS1 games on PS classic!?
That would be very neat!

Indeed. But it depends on the emulator. Does it accept discs like e.g. dolphin supports DVD backups? Maybe selecting /dev/sr0 as ROM?

you can essentially load roms from the disc's file system

That sound plausible. If it can use images/ROMs from USB mass storage devices, why not from discs once a driver is loaded?

 

[KiiWii]

Indeed. But it depends on the emulator. Does it accept discs like e.g. dolphin supports DVD backups? Maybe selecting /dev/sr0 as ROM?

That sound plausible. If it can use images/ROMs from USB mass storage devices, why not from discs once a driver is loaded?

It’s for storage not loading legit game discs. But that could definitely happen too I suppose

 

[KleinesSinchen]

It’s for storage not loading legit game discs. But that could definitely happen too I suppose

Yeah, I understood this. Just pondering... from the emulators point of view, is there a difference between an ISO file on any storage medium and the "file"
/dev/sr0
when a retail disc is inserted? Loading images from CD/DVD is kind of pointless but using the old legit discs would be really nostalgic.

But it does not really matter. If the PlayStation Classic becomes a general purpose computer executing arbitrary Linux software, I would be interested in getting it. Thanks for sharing this progress.

 

[KiiWii]

Yeah, I understood this. Just pondering... from the emulators point of view, is there a difference between an ISO file on any storage medium and the "file"
/dev/sr0
when a retail disc is inserted? Loading images from CD/DVD is kind of pointless but using the old legit discs would be really nostalgic.

But it does not really matter. If the PlayStation Classic becomes a general purpose computer executing arbitrary Linux software, I would be interested in getting it. Thanks for sharing this progress.

I think it’s just a POC for storage, however I wouldn’t think it will take long before a retail disc reader mod is devised as a fork POC.

That would be cool

 

[Vorde]

If I could load my actual PS1 CD based games on a PS Classic, I would be all over this! I own a few different PSX consoles, but with limited space in my house, and no HDMI converter (I do have a CRT but it's on its way out) this would be insanely convenient for me

 

[Coto]

OK this is actually cool

 

[Volcano_master]

Now you just need to make an usb drive on the original PS1