[Nottingham] Xbox Linux Question

[Kurtis Brown]

Its Yours! I got the pair of them on ebay for £3.50 this other one doesn't 
have any leads but If you are gonna put linux on it and ssh into it then 
you only need a figure of 8 power lead, and i got a xbox->scart lead for 
£5 on amazon.

Having not been to a meeting before when is the next one planned?


On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, James Moore wrote:

> 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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>>> 
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