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MarcoPolo7878

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Bank1 And 2 Question
« on: October 13, 2004, 12:43:00 PM »

I got my regular bios in bank1 which is the one the i use to run Evox,XBMP and everything else, can i put the Cromwell bios for linux to  boot from bank2?  and i can just switch from one to the other depending what i want to use it for?, maybe i just answer my own question but i guess i need confirmation from the PROs
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socrates

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Bank1 And 2 Question
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2004, 12:48:00 PM »

What version xbox do you have?
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MarcoPolo7878

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Bank1 And 2 Question
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2004, 12:55:00 PM »

XBox ver1.1
120gb hdd
X2.2 Lite
Bank1: 4977
Bank2: nothing
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MarcoPolo7878

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Bank1 And 2 Question
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2004, 01:21:00 PM »

so?
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trentdadi

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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2004, 06:09:00 PM »

Yes you could but I dont recommend doing it.  Use the newest version of FlashBios instead.  Just make sure it is 512kb in size and takes up banks 3 and 4 when flashing with Flash-X.

Also, why do you have 4977 anyway?  That is old and out dated
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MarcoPolo7878

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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2004, 07:14:00 PM »

cause last time i try to flash my bios i f234 it up,and had to fix it by hotswap with my buddys xbox,anyway what do you recommend i flash it with? what version? Im trying to run Linux and be able to go back and forth from linux to  Evox
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