[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox as FE

[Andrew Close]

On 10/19/05, Robert Anderson <riznob at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/19/05, Devan Lippman <devan.lippman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > This is probably off topic but has anyone seen anything in their searches
> about the possibility of creating a cd image that the  XBox will boot from
> without modifying hardware?  What I'm trying for is not having to modify the
> hard disk so that I won't lose my ability to play on xbox live.
> > Used to do this on my dreamcast (winCE) but I'm sure the industry has
> learned from that one.
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> I have thought about this possibility. It would be really cool if there were
> a way to store all the host specific info (like
> IP,hostname,/etc/hosts,backend address, etc) in a gamesave or something, and
> have a bootable DVD that reads the host specific stuff from the gamesave on
> startup, or creates the gamesave and allows the user to configure everything
> if it does not exist. You would still need a mod of some kind to run the
> unsigned code.

i've been looking at some of the xBox linux distros.  i thought one of
them mentioned that it could be run off of cd/dvd ala Knoppix...  but
i don't remember which one.  if i find it i'll post it.