[mythtv-users] Got an Xbox, Now what???

[anders smith]

Wouldn't simply have to put the linux install on where the default.xbe
is.... where your evox stuff is so that it boots linux instead of
evox's default.xbe or am I missing somethig here?

I'l like to do the same in my xbox but have been a bit scared of
messing a working install up... I find it annoying to first have to
boot evox and then choose linux to get to myth....myth is the only
reason I have the xbox anyway...

rgds
anders

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:44:54 +0000, Stephen Longhurst
<steve at longsteve.com> wrote:
> > So, here I sit with an Xbox... no games,... just an Xbox,... and a wife
> > asking how long it's going to take me to get it up and running.
> >
> > I've managed to get myself to a state of indecision. Should I go
> > hardware mod, or software mod.
> 
> It depends mostly on whether you want to use the Xbox to play online
> games with Xbox Live. The only side effect (that I can see) of using
> the software mod method is that with an altered BIOS, you'll get
> locked out of Xbox Live if you try and go online. With a hardware mod
> chip, you can install it with a switch that will disable it
> completely. I have an Xecuter 2 myself, which you'd have no problems
> fitting I'm sure, and it has a nifty external switch and LED to let
> you know it's on. When turned off, it's like it's not there.
> 
> > On power up, will it boot directly to MythTV? Or are there a couple of
> > extra steps that I'll have to teach the wife???
> 
> If you can't get the Xbox to boot directly into Linux, you can
> certainly get an alternative dashboard program that will allow you to
> set a main menu item that says "MythTV".  Selecting this can be
> configured to boot into Linux, where the usual Linux boot mechanisms
> will let you autostart MythTV for sure.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>       Steve
> 
> --
> Stephen Longhurst
> steve at longsteve.com
> 
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