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PS5-Linux-Loader

USB-less boot

The payload downloads the OS image directly from the R2 mirror (in-payload "Download here"), derives cmdline.txt (root label) and vram.txt from the selected .img, and the patched initrd loop-mounts the .img from the M.2. No USB stick is required: the PS5 kernel ships the NVMe driver and shifted-GPT support, and ps5-osinstall (baked into every wrapped image) handles installation.

A firmware-13.xx fork of the official ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader that boots Linux on rest-mode resume by defeating the PS5 hypervisor.

This fork is based on the 13.60 Fix (#46) merge and re-adds the multi-firmware 13.xx path, so it supports 13.00, 13.20 and 13.60. On top of the upstream payload it adds a built-in WebUI + anonymous FTP server for managing Linux images, and a set of M.2 install tools that store the OS as a single .img file on the internal SSD.

Credit / provenance. The exploit, HV and Linux-boot logic is the upstream work of the ps5-linux authors (see Credits). This fork packages it, restores the 13.xx firmware path, and layers the WebUI/FTP/M.2 tooling on top.

Firmware

Firmware Status Notes
13.60 ✅ Tested Developed and verified on hardware (PS5 Phat & Slim).
13.20 ⚠️ Untested Offsets + 13xx shellcode restored from upstream.
13.00 ⚠️ Untested Offsets + 13xx shellcode restored from upstream.

Any other firmware is refused by the payload.

What's new in this fork

  • Multi-firmware 13.xx support (13.00 / 13.20 / 13.60).
  • Built-in WebUI on port 8080 (no auto-boot) + anonymous FTP on port 21.
  • OS-image picker, boot/install target selector, install-size field, VRAM setting.
  • File manager (list / upload / delete) including /mnt/ext1 for USB-free setups.
  • In-payload Download here button fetching official images from the R2 mirror.
  • Hardware / driver support table.
  • M.2 install tools: m2_init, ps5-osinstall, ps5-osexec.
  • Loop-mounted .img boot via patched initrd (BLKRRPART rescan).

Quick start

See Installation and M.2-Install wiki pages.

Releases

Each tagged release ships ps5-linux-loader.elf, the M.2 tools, wrapped OS images (ps5-<distro>-os.img.xz), boot tarballs (ps5-<distro>-boot.tar.gz), and images.json (latest .img download URLs).

Credits

See Credits.

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