What Happens When You Connect A PS2 To A Raspberry Pi? | PSX-Pi SMB Share
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- Play Any PS2 Game When A Raspberry Pi Is Connected to Your PS2
In today’s video, I’ll show you how to load all of your PS2 games by connecting a Raspberry Pi to your PlayStation 2 via an ethernet cable. This is called PSX-Pi SMB Share. This method uses OPL to pull games from the Raspberry Pu and because the ethernet port is a low latency connection, there aren’t any issues loading games, it works flawlessly! This method is similar to using the MX4SIO (MC2SIO) memory card or using an internal hard drive.
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NOTE: I misspoke when I said this method was compatible with all models. Since I’m using free mcboot to load OPL, model SCPH-9XXXX PS2’s won’t work unfortunately. You will need to use FunTuna to Launch OPL. Thanks for the heads up everyone!
You should be able to use Fortuna if you have a 9x model!
okay then it doesn't work with the SONY BRAVIA PS2 VT either.😥
You can run OPL with Funtuna on the 90xxx
With funtuna you can run all apps inclouding opl on the 90000 models. Only the startup need a few seconds longer than FMCB.
@@Eric-Retro-Stuff awesome! Updated pinned comment 👍
Also, in OPL, remember to also go into
Settings > ETH Device Start Mode > Auto
I was having trouble getting the games to show up only to realize that OPL wasn't even trying to get the games from my Raspberry Pi. Other than that, this is an awesome tutorial!
Thank you so much! I done everything in this tutorial and couldn't work out why it wasn't working!
I saw in another video (using the phat ps2) that the file allocation size might be an issue, so faffed with that to no avail.
This one comment! Boom works flawlessly! So thank you so much.
THIS, THANKYOU
For those who thought about the power button! There is a case called the Argon One. This case is one giant heat sink, has a power button (I believe preprogrammed), and an optional IR sensor. If the button isn’t plug and play, the case has a program that you can download. There is also a program to control when the fan inside power up and at what speed.
Another option, and in my opinion better, is to get a fanless case and add a powerbutton through the gpio.
Scripts for which can be found online.
This increases silence and durability due to no moving parts. Also if you use it often, just don't shut it down. A pi's powerdraw is negligible.
there are also shims and power switch cables that can be used
Tito, you do not need to have your USB hosting the games formatted in FAT32. It can be NTFS (not recommended) or exFAT, even EXT3/4 and that also removes the need of splitting games bigger than 4GB in size.That's only for straight USB usage via the front ports, be it a thumbstick or external HDD. Also take a look at newer OPL builds, please. There's ZSO compression, and for those that can only play via USB there's also support for up to 64 fragments, making the whole process a lot less painful.
By the way, since you have a 70K unit, consider the internal HDD mod. You have the soldering skills for it, and many love your channel, myself included. :)
Cheers, another great Thursday.
I really want to understand what all that technical lingo means ;-;
The last ones even have Exfat suporte for USB devices.
@@thresh- May I help? Please feel free to ask.
did you know you can actualy do that with the gamecube if you have the bba and pso?
Yeah, I came here to post this. I don't have the files split up on my regular SMB share, and I don't see why it would be any different when using this Pi solution. Great video regardless!
I like the fact that you can use the PI (via wifi) while connected to the PS2 (via ethernet) and FTP your games directly to the SD card without even having to remove anything and its all done over wifi.
You can also mount a directory to a NAS if you have a larger range of games that is bigger than your USB/SD Card and stream them via wifi
Sam thing I was thinking and wondering why he didn’t mention or try this.
@@shivrajsingh2224because this uses an outdated version of the SMB protocol which is highly insecure.
Was waiting all day at work to get out and watch this! Love your videos and love your PS2 videos
Awesome! Thanks a million for the step by step guide. Methodical and easy to understand and comply to the tutorial. Have just snapped up a 500gb USB drive from Amazon. Can't wait to load it with a plethora of games.
Initially I attempted a different TH-camr's channel but in vain - too techicial and complicated!
Yours was perfect.
Keep up the great work!
Any luck with this? Do all the games you’ve downloaded work? I’ve been looking at the other options like pushing the games through the memory card slots, but it sounds like a bunch of games are still having issues when run through that port.
It's dope to see new things for PS2 coming out. This is fantastic. It also doesn't hurt that I just polled my PS2 out of storage a week ago.
whey! you finally showed this off, I've been trying to tout how good using a pi for PS2 games is. absolute game changer in my opinion, you can even power the pi from the PS2's USB ports as well
Thanks for the new project Nacho!
I've always used a borkin button for my pi projects for safe shut down so im gonna implement that rather than having to go through putty every time
I just found that my notifications were set to none for this channel. I don't know why. I really like your videos. Maybe something to keep an eye on.
Really glad this video exists. I currently have the 40GiB hard drive that the prior owner of my PS2 got with their network adapter back in the day maxed out
I ended up creating a Samba share on an external hard drive, thanks to this video. I found that my router supports Samba sharing on Fat32 and NTFS, so I was able to take my drive as-is and plug it in, set up a share, and now I can stream games to my PS2.
Coupled with the Noctua fan mod, and with the hard drive and router in another room entirely, I have near-silent operation for all of my titles, though I still have to look for some modes for certain games to not crash on launch.
Overall a phenomenal experience. Thanks for turning on that light in my head that said "hey, GAEMZ!"
No sé por qué no tienes ya 1 millón de subscriptores!
Muy buen trabajo, espero que cuando seas rico y famoso hagas un segundo canal de Nacho Macho en Español, para traducir todos tus fantásticos videos!
Saludos.
Gracias 🙏
De cualquier forma Tito es muy reconocido en TH-cam =)
Finally! I found a good way to play on my older PS2 Slim.
The memory card slots are pretty bad. And the laser head is slowly going too. Yet, everything else is great. And this would absolutely work out and gives me a reason to get a hold of a Raspberry Pie for this and many other projects. Been wanting to try a cheap, used one out anyway if anyone in my local listings or eBay would be willing too.
Thanks for making a video on this. Feel bad for being late to the party though.
I did this without pi many years ago, I went directly from my PC using an Ethernet cable, man this brought back so much memories 😎
What wizardry is this? Macho, thank you for not stopping to surprise us.
I was looking for a video for this last week but couldn’t find a trustworthy source. This is my project tomorrow. Thank you!
You’re most welcome!
This is fantastic!
I was loading games from my PC, but nowadays I don't want to leave it running 24/7..
A pi next to the PS2 seems more reasonable!
This is pretty much the same method I used a couple of years ago, minus the raspberry pi, I just ran an SMB share on my Windows computer. This was the best method for me as it didn't require me to get anything that I didn't already have.
I was thinking the same thing: while I have quite a few Pis lying around, could I not just set up a Samba share on my other computer? Similarly, the other features of this project could probably run on any other *nix machine you may have
I also did the same
yes the rasp pi was not needed and it's better to have a 2tb nvme or ssd just to make games loads as fast as the ps2 can for a complete collection. All this is fancy and all but... i prefer the hd upscale when using pcsx2 coupled with retrobat v4 on windows
@@telostia to be fair, the bottleneck in this mod is the PS2 Ethernet port itself since the Pi Ethernet exceeds it and the USB 2.0 ports on the Pi exceed it as well. Write speeds may be the issue from that point on so SSD’s remedy the solution there but it’s pretty negligible at a point and you’re often writing to the Memory Card the majority of the time instead of directly to the ISO.
Also, some people just can’t get the same feel on PCSX2 and I understand. That and modern GPUs have issue with CRTs sometimes.
@@Fireshot844 and @Lucien I'd say there's really no wrong answers here. Whatever gets you gaming in a manner in which you derive enjoyment from it is an acceptable answer.
I’ve seen a lotta cool stuff on this channel. Keep it up
Man this is an answer to a question I never knew I needed. Amazing.
Awesome work as always! I don't have a network adapter for my fat PS2, but I do have a Slim model that this could work on. I had been considering doing the hard drive method in the past for my fat model, which I may still do, but at least this is an option now.
I used to do this with a pc back in the day. Works great. My favorite way to load ps2 and ps1 games.
Finally someone that has a fair share of viewers talks about this method (which, by the way, it's been around since years already).
I'm thinking this would be a cool situation to use Retroflag's PiStation case. You could sit a mini PS1 on top of a PS2 for cool aesthetics and when you turn it off; you can just use the safe shutdown script included with the case. You could either run the Pi headless or with the screen included in the more expensive version.
Nice vids. Some things i would like for you to speak of on some future vid:
. Methods comparison. Would love to see a comparision about loading times between methods.
. Please talk about the multiplayer feat!! ;)
If I ever get my hands on a PS2 this seems like the way to go for me. Awesome video as always Tito!
Superficially, yes. There are some better options in both cost and practicality. You can first check to see if your router has options for samba share to bypass using the Pi altogether. If you can’t do that, then look into the MC2SIO that uses a memory card slot and micro SD card to house your ISOs. It’s typically cheaper than a Pi (considering you’ll need a Free McBoot MC for almost every method). Tito has a video going over that soft mod. Super easy.
Other options to look into are using a NAS to do the same method as this video so you can house files for all your retro consoles from GC onward thanks to Ethernet connections. For PS2 specifically, I purchased the modem adapter, a SATA mod for that, SSD, and use Free HD Boot for my games library.
@@Fireshot844 Thanks for the info.
OMG Tito, your are a GOD SEND... I needed this since I have a PS2 SLIM and couldn't do the other methods.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo! Nice! Glad I could help!
Hey Nacho! As always, another fantastic video! Unsure if mentioned in the comments, but to add a couple things.
1) This can be done with any device hosting an SMB share, including a NAS or even in Windows/Linux natively!
2) Though having the Pi right next to the PS2 seems "normal", you can remove the clutter feeling by just running a longer network cable and putting it somewhere else on your network! very flexible in that respect.
As always keep up the amazing videos, you can always count on me for a like =)
1) i found loading times slower than hdd with ethernet method
I have been loading from ethernet using a netbook I bought for cheap because its screen was broken. Just installed samba and hosted the games from there.
I repurposed my Pi3 for this a while back. Such an easy and convenient way to load games.
THX for mentioning "MX4SIO Solutions" (like MC2SIO but also mentioning the original project itself)!
I also have this setup and I have a few tips :
-Turn on the pi then wait a minute to let it power on and then power your ps2
-Use the original pi power supply or a 2A one
-You can do this method if you have a ps2 slim model SCPH-90000 WITH A MODCHIP (its kinda complicated like you have to rename opl and put it in your memory card with another ps2 but it works)
With Funtuna it should also work with the 90000 models.
Tyvm for this video I meant to do the exactly same thing at one point but I wasn't sure if the PS2 fat would accept the Raspberry Pi let alone the PS2 slim so this is impressive!
Also I like how you can just flash the image onto the Rpi along with the support for the PS2 I don't have a Rpi yet but one day I'll get it because out of all the SBC's it just seems the best.:-)
This is nice. I have a handful of Raspberry PI 1s that I got at a car-boot sale. If the PI1 is good enough, I might end up putting in a wired switch so it can be accessed by multiple PS2 without having to rewire anything on the house LAN.
I mean, I really love your content men, but your music and visual really catches me.
Great video as always! Waiting for 3DS stuff ahead =)
Thank Dave! I need to get that tv out 3ds kit from Japan
Best way to shut down a pi is with a soft power switch. Several cases feature one and they've done most of the work of setting it up for you. I suggest using one of those. RetroFlag makes a couple nice options.
As always. A well done video Tito. I’m thinking comparison video among the different methods would make for a great video.
I think the only real difference would be that FMVs dont stutter
@@daskampffredchen9242 Nah, also loading times.
@@tnaplastic2182 True. Didnt think of that for some reason even though it was obvious but I guess I was thinking of graphical differences
@@daskampffredchen9242 Yeah, no graphical differences.
Btw.: It is written "Frettchen"! 😄
@@tnaplastic2182 I know. But my name is Frederic. It is a pun
Wow awesome great step by step and alerting to this method thanks 👍
Thank you!! I am going to try this this week-end :)
A cool added bonus or side feature for this is that if you load your games another way, like HDD or USB, you can use this as a wifi bridge to play games online. You just use the same IP and gateway settings that you put into OPL in your network configuration for a game (and any custom DNS if you need it).
I know there aren't many active online games on PS2 anymore but it's still neat.
For that to work the Pi or whatever you're using as SMB device needs to be connected to the internet right? So say I loaded a game through SMB can I still play it online?
Nice information thanks bro ❤
It's amazing how many options there is to loading games on the PS2. DVD drive UBS Slot. Hard Drive, Ethernet Port and the Memory Card slot. The memory card slot is the most exciting to me though as it opens the possibility of indie cartrage based games been made for PS2.
Yeah so many options yet still no PS1 backups playback other than popstarter.
your intros never get old
I love the modelling of the cat5 cable 😊
I do this with Windows 10. I find it to work pretty well. The setup can be cumbersome but all and all pretty simple.
Thats awesome. A few days ago hook up my slim first time in years played logan’s shadow.
A cleaner setup that eliminates one of the cons is to just keep the Pi next to your router and run the cat cable to the PS2, you can then connect a USB to Ethernet adapter to give the Pi an upstream internet connection for Xlink Kai. The clutter then would be hidden near your router vs right next to your PS2.
@Kevnev Katfute Either/or it doesn't matter which ethernet NIC handles the PS2 and which one handles the upstream internet connection. You could use the wifi adapter for upstream internet but ethernet is going to be your better option if you can do it.
Can you use XLink Kai while running a game over SMB using this setup? I know it's included in the img. I don't know why, but I always thought you couldn't due to the increased overhead on the network. At the very least, I'd think it wouldn't run as smoothly as running the game from a disc or internal HDD, but I would be very happy to be proven wrong.
@@sh06un1s Online gaming is more about latency than raw bandwidth, so it should work just fine.
Hi, a lot of this Tutorial can also be used if you have a small server/NAS running at home, you could simply share a PS2 folder on your NAS and point openps2 to that folder, and leaving the PS2 plugged to the Network at your home
That intro slaps every time!
What a time to be a retro gamer.
great video. yeah Pi is now expensive but there are bunch of other single board alternative to have SMB server setup.
That’s literally what I’m already doing but just with a NAS tbh. Tho seeing the Pi being used for a network share actually makes more sense, though I might do that with one that supports USB3 to further increase the access from the Pi to my storage device, which in the end would be the Pi 4 at the very least.
Does it even need to be that fast tho? The PS2's LAN port is only a 100Mb/s one after all, that's way under USB 2.0 speeds.
Don’t bother, it’s the same (enough)speed. I use the internal SD Card (256gb) to have less clutter. You can even use a Pi Zero W but you’ll need a usb to Ethernet adapter.
@@Kalvinjj It would speed up reading the USB at the very least and offer files for a share much faster before sending it off via Samba. It would be an improvement on the host side for sure, that’s what I was on about.
@@Kalvinjj Other devices on the Pi 3 models also use the USB 2.0 bus such as the NIC, so that 480mbps bandwidth is being shared between your storage device and your PS2. That 480mbps (which is just a theoretical max anyway) will get eaten up quicker than you think; iirc the maximum bus speed on the Pi 3 is only 280mbps so you have even less bandwidth than the standard USB 2.0 spec.
Probably I will never use this but still it´s amazing. Great video.
There's also a script that uses the headphone jack to enable power on/off using a 3.5mm plug button. That would keep it fairly clean, also if you have a touchscreen case you could utilize that to initiate a shutdown. Just some thoughts.
I have all my isos storted on my Truenas server in the basement and boot them all over the network. I couldnt of imagined this back when I had a PS2 as a teenager.
Thanks I love the video
You might have the best intro on TH-cam
Thanks for the tutorial! The steps with setting up the pi after the SD write are actually optional. I tried it and it worked straight away with the IP in your video. I only wanted to check if it worked and now I played through half the campaign of Downhill Domination.
Do all ps2 games worth via this method? Also does the save files save to the usb drive or a memory card?
@@Solontire it saves to a memory card. Not sure if all games work perfectly, but I haven’t encountered any issues with the ones I tried.
@@jockel9502 Dang I was hoping it could write save files directly to the sd card instead of having an additional memory card I gotta lug around. Still a good way to run the games though
When I worked on PS2 @ Sony I used to have to listen to that startup sound 1000 times every day.
super interesting. Thanks tito.
Glad you enjoyed it Chad!
hey tito! Great video as always! Please make a video showing the mini router usb connected via ethernet port on the ps2... works great with same data transfers. This little device is found on aliexpress
I have a PS2 Slim that either the lazer or the disc drive isn't working. This sounds like a great work around. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for your video
I love to see this kinda thing
Nice, dude!
I'm happy he showed SD Formatter since I found apps like M disk on the MAC and F disk on Windows do very bad things to these cards.
This seems like the mini router method but with more steps and a more expensive device... it works, but I'd say for the sake of simplicity, installing a HDD into a fat PS2 or using MC2SIO for a slim PS2 are still the best game loading methods.
Or literally just use a usb stick or burn a disc for ESR. There’s many ways to utilize the ps2 to it’s full ability and you definitely don’t need a raspberry pi.
A few other people have said you can just set up Samba share on your full size computer. Its not as plug-and-play as dropping a zip into Etcher and hitting Flash, but I can't imagine it being *totally* inaccessible to everyone.
@@asswaterstudios I can see the arguments against straight USB because of the speed limitations, and I can definitely see not wanting to burn a disc for every game. But I agree that using a Raspberry Pi here is excessive.
Excellent video! Both of my PS2 slims run a SMB setup and I absolutely LOVE IT. That said, unless you already own a spare Pi AND you can't spare $25 to make your life WAY easier, I would recommend you get one of the ~$25 micro routers from Amazon that have been tested to work well for sharing a USB device with your PS2 and use that instead. In most cases they are the same size or smaller than a Pi. (some can even be made to fit inside a PS2 slim) Most can be powered from a PS2 USB port since they use less juice than a Pi does. There is also no harm in a hard power cut with these devices as well. They also tend to be ready for OPL to access them faster than OPL can be booted - even when the router and USB drive boot at the same time as the PS2 does.
You dont need a microrouter, you can just connect the console to your home router or modem and connect a HDD or pendrive there thats how i used to do on my PS2 slim before i got a FAT one with HDD
@@sos.gamers of course. My takeaway from these kinds of setups is the intention for the console to exist in any environment without a home network. In my case, for example, one of my slims is on my desk at work and I don't want it connected to the network here. Screen and power are the only connections I want to deal with. I also have taken it on vacation this way as well.
I bought a GL.iNet 300mbps mini router and have FMV stuttering even with an overclock.
@@MichaelM28 I use a GL.iNet Mango router which is one of the 300Mbps models and I have no stuttering... You may want to check your USB device or your router config. Also the 300Mbps is the WiFi speed, the LAN port on both the router and the PS2 are only 100Mbps capable
Yeah. Just buy a GL-iNet MT300a, format a 128gb microSD into ExFat / NTFS / Ext4, toss it inside, and download games directly into it, while you are playing another game. And since it uses 1A max, you can power it via PS2 USB port. Very simple setup for PS2 gaming in a car.
This is pretty cool. Using a pi as a share network HDD.
this looks amazing
You can drop the pendrive and use SMB on the rasperry pi mounting another share on your home network, you need a switch for that so the PS2 and rasperry can comunicate with the external share, like a NAS or your pc smb folder shares.
Hey Nacho, thanks for your dedication to the craft - and for posting all about it. I successfully modded the pspi, thanks to your video. Watching your video really took me back a couple decades when I used to mod PS1's! I am wondering about this particular mod. I'm new to raspberry pi's, tried with a pi 5 but the software was not compatible. I had a pi 4 lying around and loaded up the image file after flashing the sd card but it says "this board requires newer software". Any ideas on how I can get around this?
i have my own home server handling network sharing for various consoles, ps2/ps3/x360/misterfpga, but this is a great entry level method to get something like this working, the only thing i would say, is with the current prices of Pi's if you dont own one, consider getting a cheap NAS as it will also work(as long as it supports SMB) OR if you allready have a Pi and some harddrives take a look at the retronas project, that also has support for ps2 smb and many other things like misterfpga etc
Another awesome video Nacho. One question.... You reference being able to load games on the Micro SD. Any guides you know of besides the GitHub?
Hi Tito! Awesome video, but since my hdd set up has been so good, I might just stick with that!
I'm not sure if you've covered ps1 games on an Hdd setup before, but I'm a bit lost on how to use popstarter when I don't have an ethernet port. Any video guides you recommend?
I found a really nice way to power off my Pi safely via my iPhone. If you install a tool called TriggerCMD on the Pi you can then setup a Shortcut on your iPhone that you can launch from the widgets screen. Works with Android and just about anything else too.
That actually sounds awesome! Thanks for the heads up!
I used to just have a share from my Windows computer loaded with ISOs and stream it to the PS2 that way. I imagine a nice file share/server would be the ideal route (at least for me). I actually had my retro consoles plugged into a switcher that would toggle the A/V and Ethernet. During a storm, it fried the NICs on all devices (my xbox and PS2). I then invested into ethernet surge protectors ever since.
The issue with using a file server is that OPL/FreeMcBoot only supports SMB1, which is insecure. The bonus of having it on something like a Pi is it won't be switched on all the time, and is less likely to host other important files.
@@eoinogaora2459 Quite frankly, the whole security issue with SMB is far overblown.
Been using it 4 years now with no issues, people are just really scaredy cats nowadays.
What's a good ethernet surge protector you recommend
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e If you punch RJ45 Lan Ethernet Network Surge Protector into ebay you'll see a chinese one. It's the one I got. You'd have to ground it. But i havent had to test it since
should do a video on diy-ing a dual ips 'new' 3ds XL, Tito. With all the craze with their current market it would help a lot of people out
Happy to see the ps2 slim getting some love. I'd say that the fact that the pi needs to be shutdown and be powered from the wall separately as a pretty major con.
It could be done via a call from OPL! Get some developers into the scene who add it!
I'm going to go the MC2SIO bundle route and the promo code still works.
It's nice to see more options... I'll stick with my PHAT and a 1tb drive :)
It’s great to see more options for the slim model, much prefer that over the fat model.
Btw, any future vids coming on the PS5 dev kit or has Sony sent their goons?
I’m pretty sure he’s gotten legal action threatened or something, as he removed his original ps5 dev kit video from his channel. :( I would hope that a tear down is on the way but it isn’t likely
@@nathanlopez5610 oh damn! Didn’t even notice that it was gone - I wondered how long it would last. Well, at least we got to see it 😅
Wait for (or try) "UDPBD"!
That's awesome, something fun to do if you have an actual PS2 and Pi and freemcboot already
It's a good way, but I prefer using some cheap NAS or create SMB server on my pc. After that I can connect PS to my local network and have the same result.
Thanks for good video and have a fun.
Wow Paul de Carlo was my professor in college. Did not expect coming before watching this video lol
That is small world. I met Paul online few years ago and helped spread the word of his project
?? Which project?
@@tnaplastic2182 the pi psx smb share on the github for raspberry pi use. This is what I helped promote in early days before you showed me the value of the nano travel router solution!
I've been there before and it's a great solution. Now if only the pi was more in stock
You've got your Travel-Router as an alternative! 😛
Added this to my Super Slim Build, Also added a Power Off button to preserve the SD!
So its just a Samba share?
Yep. Just something u could do with a Windows PC, but u could carry your games along the PS2 itself, without needing to bring your PC. Comparing to PSXSIO, this method runs faster and allow you to use only one Memory Card to save game data.
Yes
@@MachoNachoProductions what about 3rd option on earlier ps2 slims like hdd mod?
Ok. Its just a simple Samba. You could also use GL-iNet mini routers with OpenWRT inside, like the model MT300a and AR750s. Both have dedicated microSD slot that can max up to 128gb. Plus it can use NTFS / ExFat / Ext4. No more Fat32 cutting. Perfect setup for gaming on the go inside the car.
@@zzztidurvirus or some routers which have usb, they can make auto samba share😉
Retro gaming is so peaceful
Lovely stuff
It's great to see videos like this and I love what we can get done with old hardware like this.
I have one complaint that apparently only bothers me, don't format the SD card to FAT32 and then overwrite it to EXT4 with Etcher.
Unless Etcher only shows you drives that Windows has give a drive letter this is double work.
I just put MintLinux on an old laptop and it's awesome. I can even get Steam and play most of the games that work with it.
@@nerfherder4284 That is awesome. Mint was my first Linux love. Steam is so good at getting games working under Linux I hope it gets even better so I can entirely to Linux.
For the pi's shutdown you can just use a keyboard and an extra hdmi for your tv. It's a bit more of a hassle but you don't need to do much.
Ooo I see what this is for. That's nice.
I feel this is a better soft modding method for a slim PS2 because it gives you full access to the memory card slots so you have one for a dedicated memory card and one for Free McBoot
I totally geeked out over this. Linux for the win!
That's not only limited to Linux...
This is perfect for my original fat ps2. It doesn't read disc's anymore so it's been on my game shelf collecting dust.
replacing the modem with a sata connection and hdd would be easier for your situation, i bought the sata modem replacement for $19 online and used an old hhd I already had. 300+gigs and it holds a lot of games.
Can confirm this works just fine on the Raspberry Pi Model B (the original one from 2012) It's a perfect use for an otherwise borderline useless piece of hardware.
I imagine that you could possibly even use a pie zero or Pi 02 if you had the USB ethernet adapter, just store your ROMs on the micro SD card.