Hacking A way to install pkg files with over 4GB size

[NandoLawson]

Hey

I have a single pkg file that is about 5GB in size. I am on the newest Rebug Rex. Which is the best way to install it?

 

[Ryccardo]

Multiple valid options, here are 2 of them (and there are more):

1- copy via network to dev_hdd0/packages/*.pkg, install via xmb/packages/hdd
2- copy to NTFS usb drive, mount the package (only 1 at a time) via a file manager that supports this feature (like Irisman's or maybe Managunz's), install via xmb/packages/standard

 

[Cyan]

if it's still working like that (I didn't follow PS3 scene for few years) :

3. split the pkg on your computer with specific tool, put it on FAT32 partition HDD.
Then use a PS3 file manager to move the split pkg back to internal HDD dev_hdd0 and it'll unplit automatically. install via xmb/packages/hdd ?

bot this split solution and network solution were my choices. to get a higher transfer rate you can plug pc directly to console, don't use a router.

 

[NandoLawson]

@Ryccardo I will try the NTFS variant today, thank you!

@Cyan Your idea was the thing I also found on the web. The problem is that the split pkg didn't unsplit after that. :/

 

[Cyan]

which tool did you use to split? I remember the filename had to be something like .666xxx (with xxx the split part number)
then you needed a PS3 file manager which understood it had to unsplit while transferring to internal. I always used MultiMan file manager to do it.
maybe your manager didn't understand it was split or was expecting another file extension?

 

[NandoLawson]

Not sure which software it was (I'll edit my thread in a few hours when I am back home), but the files where named part01 and so on. That means that you are probably right and Multiman needs the other format.