Learn Japanese Using Your PSP

PSP Kanji is a kanji learning homebrew applications that run on your PSP. You can download it at http://pspkanji.sourceforge.net. It required a PSP with custom firmware to run. I tested it on my PSP with custom firmware 5.00 m33-6 and it run without any problem.

The installation of the application is pretty easy. Extract the archive you download and then copy the folder named PspKanji and paste it into the directory PSP/GAME/ on your PSP memory stick. Now you can run the program from Game -> Memory Stick. Read more

Access Your Linux Partition from Windows

I have a dual boot system (Arch Linux and Windows XP). When I boot my Linux OS I have no problem accessing my Windows XP partition because Linux support mounting NTFS and FAT file system. But Windows do not support mounting or accessing other file system beside its own file system without any third party software or drivers.  So I tried Google to find the programs that help me to access my Linux partition. And, I found 3 useful software that can be use to access Linux partition if you have a dual boot system like me. Read more

Verify Data Integrity with HashTab

As an internet user I used to download a lot of freeware, open source software and Linux ISO images from the internet. But the problem is sometimes the file I downloaded is corrupted. There are many possibilities that cause the integrity of the file being altered. Probably the file owner mistakenly put a corrupted file to the server or packet loss happen during the transfer process.

Normally in Linux I type md5sum filename in the command line to check the MD5 hash and then compare the output with the MD5 hash available in the download page. For Windows user, there is a shell extension called HashTab that provide the ability to verify the data integrity of any files. Once installed it will add tab to the windows file properties. Read more

Boot Games from PC on PSP via USB Cable

Hostcore is a module that enables you to play games or access media from your PC. All you need to install this module is a PSP with custom firmware 3.80 m33 or higher, memory stick and USB cable.

Installation

Download the software / modules / driver listed below:

Hostcore 1.2 – 2alien.info

USBHostFS_PC Windows version - 2alient.info

PSP Type B Driver – MediaFire | Maxconsole Forums (need registration)

libusb – sourceforge.net

After all the download complete. Create a folder name PSP on your C: drive (you can select a different name and create it on any drive you like). Now extract HostCore_1.2.tar.gz to the folder you just created. Read more