does my 3.55 jb ps3 need a bluray drive to data transfer to my normal ps3?? i will like thank and rep if you help me.
No, it does not.
But, if you do not have a bluray, you most likely can not run pkg files. So you would have to put the patch you wanted into the pkg update from the computer, before you transfer it.
Comgenies, blackb0x, and MultiMan will not run without a bluray drive board.