Interrupting the reboot process only long enough to change the initial boot device in BIOS from CD-ROM to disk, I impatiently watched Linux boot, waiting for the login prompt to appear.

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While Sony will stick to disk drives in its next PlayStation, the company is expected to change some aspects of the console.

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