PS2 Linux for PS2 Installation with Free MCBoot.

[avrona]

So I have some DVDs that I recently burned of the Linux for PS2 installation discs that I need to get running on my PS2. Just putting the discs in didn't work and I was told online I needed to use the ESR feature of Freemcboot. I tried just clicking on the ESR in the Freemcboot menu but that just gives me a black screen and that's it. So I went and used the image patching tool to patch the ISOs, burn them on some new discs on a lower speed than before, and tried again. But I still had the same thing happening. So I guess I'm missing something here. I'm very new to PS2 homebrew projects so there's probably a lot of stuff I'm probably missing, so any help on this project or a step-by-step on what to do would be welcome.

 

[TnA]

"slow burn myth"...
Turn 'perform OPC' ON.

 

[avrona]

"slow burn myth"...
Turn 'perform OPC' ON.

I tried with OPC on the drives and still nothing when I try to access them in the console.

 

[Coldheart2236]

"slow burn myth"

It's a myth? I always burned DVD-Rs at x4, maybe x6 if I was in a hurry. It seemed to be the received wisdom online years ago, that the slower the burn speed the better for reliability, longevity etc.

 

[TnA]

Yeah, it IS a myth.

"burning" optical media is a photo-chemical process and hence the dye can get over- or underexposed.

Laserpowercalibration-range as well as media-(write)speedrange have to match as best as possible with the selected write-speed.
Laptop-Writers have a lower Laserpowercalibration-range as well as being lower powered, hence you might wanna use a bit lower speed with those.