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[SlayerZ]

Can i run Windows XP on my modded Xbox?
If its possible could nobody do a package that installs Windows XP to the harddrive and allows to run it...

And i know that the ram memory is too small in the Xbox...

This post has been edited by SlayerZ: Dec 1 2004, 10:48 AM

[ferrari_rulz_02]

there is a disto of windows for the xbox. but is a modded ce version, not liek a full version. look at the usual places for it

[Flame2k]

wonder how many times the boards been spammed with posts asking this... ?

[iNfErNaL666]

interesting gotta check that out never knew that made it happen yet

[iNfErNaL666]

if u can do it can someone tell me how just gimme a pm

[sili]

well, you can always run linux with wine to get your windows programs working. theres no 3d drivers for the xbox chip though, so only 2d games work really. Diablo2 works like a charm even on battle.net tho. as a last resort if you hate linux you could always install it then run something like VMWare to put a windows95 install on it. i think xp would probably be overkill even as linux is kinda slow without another OS running on top, but with a ram upgrade to your xbox it shouldnt be that bad really, would be over 100 megs of ram available to windows.

if anyone has a ram upgrade, they should try it and let someone know. since this is a topic that gets brought up alot maybe someone should try to help find some sort of a solution rather then adding unwanted comments that dont answer anything  

Sili

[Edit] WindowsCE sucks on the xbox last i remember, the mouse support worked kinda, but you couldnt see the pointer  

This post has been edited by sili: Jan 1 2005, 02:39 AM

[chriscwjd]

Not VMWare, it really won't work with the xbox's limited ram. The best option is qemu, it's very easy to use and runs windows 95 fine with network support. As well as tomb raider, which is a bit of a laugh. Heh.

[kungfujesus]

wait let me get this straight, you can actually RUN windows 95 on xbox and actually be able to USE it??? tell me how!!

[takezo-dono]

QUOTE(kungfujesus @ Jan 2 2005, 11:02 PM)

wait let me get this straight, you can actually RUN windows 95 on xbox and actually be able to USE it??? tell me how!!

The easiest to get windows up and running on your modded xbox is to use an X86 emulator.  Xboch is that emulator, this emulator runs directly from a dashboard such as Evox.  It is intended to be a dos emulator, however I have installed Win 98 using Xboch.

Once you get Xboch running. Just put it on the Hard drive just as you would any other home brew app.  Just remeber to create a larger drive image (replacing the default d drive image with the larger d drive image (2GB works great) you created is all you need to do.)  using the included app (on your PC before you ftp files over).  You need to this or you will not have enough space to do it.  After that is done.   You have to copy all the files in the Win folder of a Win 9x CD and FTP it over.  The you must run xboch and select all the files that you just FTPed over.  All those files go into the drive image you made earlier.  When you are in Xboch's dos pormpt CD to the incoming folder,  ensure all the nessasary files have transfered over.  Then from there on it is no different than installing Win 9x on a PC.

Make your partitons with Fdisk, format the partitions, run setup.  simple huh.

Note that installation takes Forever.  But it will finish.  There has been cases that settup actualy froze.  All you have to do is restart xbox, run xboch.  98 will resume automaticaly.  

Once everything up and running.  You will have the full version of windows running on your Xbox.  

But, after using it for a while I deleated it, since If I wanted to use Windows, I would use my PC.

You will see why.   But it is the perfect way to impress your friends.  

This post has been edited by takezo-dono: Jan 3 2005, 08:50 AM

[kungfujesus]

i would want it for the possibity of running doom connecter on xbox... but as i asked is it really usuable? like is the speed anything worth trying? cuz all ive herd is the fact that its so slow its not worth trying until someoen actually ports windows to xbox

[Sentient]

think of it this way:

You are running windows via bochs via evox.  Windows on an X86pc with 64mb of shared mem alone wouldn't be the quickest thing, so having to emulate the pc architecture through another prog will be even slower.  Basically no usability, but a cool trick.  Do yourself a favor and use gentoox.

[deathx88]

i've never understood how to get windows on my xbox but after what tekezo said i understand better now

but what i want to know is do i HAVE to ftp the files over, because i can't ftp right now
would it be possible to put that on a cd instead of ftp

[deathx88]

eh, seems like i misread tekezos little explanation there on how to get this thing running

could someone explain this stuff more better, maybe in step by step form

right now im trying to get windows 95 on my xbox and i already have all the files on a folder in my hard drive

but there are things that i don't get like creating a larger drive image
he said to replace it with your default d drive, but my xbox d drive is my dvd drive
so what the hell  

and whats with this using fdisk and then formating my partitions

im really lost and im a noob at all this windows stuff, so could someone please help me out here


cheers and beers  

[deathx88]

anyone at all, im still stuck on this

i tried running setup through bochs and it either went to a dos promt screen and nothing happend, or it sat at the loading screen

then i tried running it through dosxbox, it said something like "run a routine check on your system, press enter to continue, to quit setup press escape"

i press enter and sat for about 30 minutes and nothing happened

what am i supposed to do  

[deathx88]

can anyone help me with this at all, i don't care if windows 95 runs slow and crappy i just want to get it running
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