<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve MacLaren</b> <<a href="mailto:scram69@gmail.com">scram69@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Phill Wiggin</b> <<a href="mailto:alamar@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
alamar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
><br>> Thanks, the problem is I no longer have the initial conditions (xbox bios<br>> and dashboard) necessary to perform step 6.<br>><br>> Considering the xbox is just a PC, in theory, one should be able to arrive
<br>> at the final state (xbmc installed) by a combination of re-flashing the bios<br>> and installing the necessary "operating system".<br>><br>> Before I dive into the forum that is linked to by that how-to, I wanted to
<br>> see if any of the fairly tech-savvy folks on this list had encountered and<br>> dealt with this issue...<br>><br><br>This isn't a simple proposition. Without getting into gory details,<br>XBMC requires a hacked MS bios, a pre-compiled XBMC, and xbmcmythtv
<br>python scripts, and a FatX (I think) formatted filesystem.<br><br>There are auto-installer disks that will set up a dashboard for you<br>(check out <a href="http://xbox-scene.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
xbox-scene.com</a> or google for more info) and give you the
<br>ability to FTP the XBMC and xbmcmythtv files onto the harddrive.<br>These disks will blow away your current HD install, IIRC.</blockquote></span><div><br>Not a problem, I've ftp'd everything I wanted off the thing under Xebian.
<br></div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">A relatively simple thing to do would be to flash your bios w/ a
<br>hacked MS bios, and build an XBMC/xbmcmythtv DVD. (Instructions are on
<br>the 'net). The hacked MS bios would try to boot off the DVD drive<br>first, and pull up XBMC for you to use (or try out to be sure you want<br>to use it on your HD). This will preserve your Linux install; you'd
<br>just need to reflash cromwell to get back to where you are now.<br><br>If you _only_ want to use your xbox for XBMC, you can use a BIOS<br>editing tool and modify a hacked bios to load xbmc.xbe instead of<br>default.xbe
. (This has the effect of auto-running XBMC instead of the<br>dashboard whenever you turn on the xbox.)</blockquote></span><div><br>Thanks for the guidance and the tip about xbmc.xbe. Yes, I only want to use this as an XBMC mythFE.
<br></div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This is all rather far afield of MythTV. <a href="http://Xbox-scene.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Xbox-scene.com
</a> is the site<br>you want (again, IIRC).<br><br>Sorry for not being terribly specific, but I haven't looked into this<br>stuff in ages.</blockquote></span><div><br>Phill, I appreciate your help. I've already started combing through the X-S forum for details. Like I said, the intention is to turn the box into a dedicated mythFE. I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process from those here who may have done it themselves.
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>The XBMCMythTV Python scripts are usable when you don't have the NUV issues I mentioned, but it's not a great dedicated front end. From what I've heard, and you probably know this better than myself, running Myth on Xebian on the machine is slow as heck. There's a dude in China that will upgrade your Xbox to 1GHZ/256MB, which should make it a usable front end, but by the time you've spent the $400 or some odd dollars upgrading it you could build a nicer front end machine. Unless of course, you know somebody that local can solder a BGA processor. :)
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