[Nottingham] Xbox Linux Question

[James Moore]

Dibs! :) I could even bring some of my kittage and finish the mod at the 
meet... what better way to demonstrate than to do?

On 29/11/2011 22:54, Kurtis Brown wrote:
>
> Yea mod in place already, have had trouble finding an iso too boot 
> from, What i want to do is still have the use of the console as it is 
> at the moment with XBMC etc on it and still play games, but still be 
> able to boot into a linux distro, that im able to ssh into.
> Also have another xbox that has a X3 Chip but no bios loaded  on it. 
> If anyone wants it to mess around with your welcome to it.
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
>  On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Eben Till wrote:
>
>>
>> He's already got a soft mod in place. I think he just needs an iso of 
>> a distro
>> suitable. I know the ever brilliant gentoo had one. I'd definitely be 
>> down for a
>> console mod session.
>>
>> ~Eben
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2011 10:39 PM, "James Moore" 
>> <jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>       On 29/11/2011 18:15, Kurtis Brown wrote:
>>
>>             Hi,
>>
>>             I have just found this list, having just got into using
>>             Linux. I have had to use Linux as my laptop got fried and
>>             am using a old one with just 120MB ram so decided to
>>             install Debian.
>>
>>             I have to say I'm pretty much converted and have enjoyed
>>             finding tools like centerim for the console.
>>
>>             I have read that it was possible to install Linux onto the
>>             old xbox if it has been modified, but I cant seem to find
>>             much info about it I have one laying around and fancy
>>             having a mess around with it anyone got any experience or
>>             any links to check out.
>>
>>             Thanks in advance.
>>
>>             Kurt
>>
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>>
>>       You don't need to spend out on a chip modification on an XBox 
>> to run
>>       your own software. The easiest option(!*) is a softmod, which 
>> allows
>>       you to not only run custom system software but also run the 
>> original
>>       Dashboard, or using a coldboot with a game disc in, still use Live
>>       services (are they still available for the classic XBox?). I have
>>       softmodded a Crystal (after a little upgrade - 10GB to 200GB) 
>> using
>>       Evolution-X (not to be confused with EvoX, which is a BIOS 
>> mod), with a
>>       little extra software I now have back catalogues from half a dozen
>>       different antique console systems, plus around 40 games for the 
>> XBox
>>       via DVD2XBox, scads of music (dropped on via FTP) and streaming 
>> video
>>       via ftp from my media server through the quietest XBMC HTPC 
>> (which is
>>       what my Crystal basically is, now) I have never heard.
>>
>>       *Softmodding an XBox is as easy as coldbooting the console with 
>> the
>>       disc already in the drive and running the installer. The hard 
>> part is
>>       getting hold of the softmod image itself. If you get totally 
>> stuck, I
>>       have a copy somewhere which also comes with a selection of 
>> dashboards
>>       including XBMC, Boxplorer, Evolution... which is a whole other 
>> kettle
>>       of fish - which dash do you want? Running Linux on XBox is as 
>> easy,
>>       just drop the disc in, coldboot and go. There are live CDs and 
>> there
>>       are installers. If you want to get really cheeky, the 
>> controller ports
>>       are just USB1.1 ports, you can use a break cable to make a 
>> standard
>>       port adapter so you can plug in a keyboard, mouse, even 
>> standard USB
>>       flash drives, card readers, external hard drive, USB SVGA 
>> dongle, 3G
>>       cellphone...
>>
>>       The best hacks are often the simplest though: I have a 
>> composite USB
>>       capture dongle which is bus powered and allows me to use the XBox
>>       through my laptop. Looks and sounds great. I've had to use a
>>       third-party signal cable though, as the standard XBox one 
>> doesn't come
>>       with composite video or component audio spurs.
>>
>>       Mayhap a console hack meet in the offing here?
>>
>>       cheers,
>>
>>       JM
>>
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