linux-xbox help

[MainFramed]

what ISO image should i download if i just wanna run linux (on the xbox) off a disk and no install...as if it were just another game on linux.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

uh... wtf?

You want an ISO of a linux distro that you can put on a disk and run on your X-Box??



nik

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
uh... wtf?

You want an ISO of a linux distro that you can put on a disk and run on your X-Box??



nik

it exists, but I don't think you can play the games then.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
uh... wtf?

You want an ISO of a linux distro that you can put on a disk and run on your X-Box??



nik

it exists, but I don't think you can play the games then.

you cant play games if you install it on the xbox...theres a way you can burn an ISO to a disk pop the disk in the xbox and then run linux....take out the disk and no more linux

 

[MainFramed]

wait a sec....i just saw in the download area....you can download the old xbox iso's...this mean if i install linux i can delete it sometime and re-install xbox?

 

[CripplerCrossface]

link4u

 

[Pastore]

Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

 

[MrHappyMonkey]

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

its l337.

 

[bmacd]

if you're still looking for the flavor of linux that's bootable, it's Knoppix and it's really good. It uses KDE 3 i think and i worked with it for about a month on my desktop.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: MrHappyMonkey

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

its l337.

Not really considering any dumbass can put a CD in a drive.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

uhm...i am going on a little "road trip" taking the xbox w/ me. so i thought it would be fun to try out thats the point of this

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: here4amission

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

uhm...i am going on a little "road trip" taking the xbox w/ me. so i thought it would be fun to try out thats the point of this

ahhh i see... well i could say i could find a laptop for cheaper than what you payed for the laptop that would run linux but then you would reply with "but i already have an xbox" so ill just leave it at this.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Get a laptop and run either dual boot or VMware. There'd be no real point in running Linux on an Xbox. I kept reading about how you could do it on a Dreamcast (I actually own one of those) but I never even gave it a second look. There's no real gain in being able to run it...

 

[MainFramed]

What you need
In order to run Linux, you need an Xbox with a modchip installed. Any modchip will do, there is no difference between the mod chips for this method. You will also need a keyboard and a mouse connected to your Xbox. The Xbox has four USB ports (the ports for the gamepads), but these have a non-standard connector, so you need an adapter. There?s an article on how to build such an adapter (it's trivial!) on this website. If you want to connect a USB keyboard an a USB mouse directly, you need two of these adapters. If you have a keyboard with a built-in mouse, a keyboard with its own mouse connectivity or the keyboard and the mouse connected to a hub, you only need one adapter.

Of course you also need the file Xbox-Linux-Manrake-9.zip, which contains the installation ISO and the boot ISO, both of which you have to write to a CD/RW or DVD/RW. Please note that the Xbox is very picky about CD/DVD media, slow CD/RW (2x or 4x) have proven to be most compatible with the Xbox drive. It is okay if you have only one working CD/RW.

i dont have any usb "connectors" and dont have time to make or buy them rinow. forget it. lol i'll just mess with it another day :-\

thanks for the help tho

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: here4amission

Originally posted by: Beast1284
Other than curiousity, what the hell is the point of this? I can get a better computer than what XBox is for 100 bucks with any linux distro I want. Someone please explain the practicality of this.

uhm...i am going on a little "road trip" taking the xbox w/ me. so i thought it would be fun to try out thats the point of this

ahhh i see... well i could say i could find a laptop for cheaper than what you payed for the laptop that would run linux but then you would reply with "but i already have an xbox" so ill just leave it at this.

i gotta laptop, which i'll be taking...but i thought it would be cool to play with linux on the xbox, you dont have to prick pal :disgust: