PS3 VM0 file

[daking1512]

So ive been looking around my hard drive and I discovered a file called VM0 under /dev_hdd0/vm/ and its 500 mb, I've searched around to see what is that file and what does it do and I couldnt find anything, I would like to know if anyone got any information about it and if its possible to delete it to recover those precious 500mb

Thanks

 

[Berion]

Probably swap file like i.e in other unix-like operating systems swap partition or in Windows family "pagefile.sys".

If it is "not needed", You can delete it, but if I have right, on next boot PS3 will ask for mandatory firmware installation.

 

[nakedsnake24]

you'll need to pair ds3 again if you delete that file.

 

[Swordlend]

Probably swap file like i.e in other unix-like operating systems swap partition or in Windows family "pagefile.sys".

If it is "not needed", You can delete it, but if I have right, on next boot PS3 will ask for mandatory firmware installation.

When I delete this file, turn the PS3 off and on again, the file reappears and the storage increases. I'm currently trying it with a 1TB HDD and I'm still gaining storage, almost 60GB so far.