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[isoz_]

Its great now the harddrive capacity has been extended but can someone tell me what the limit is now or can i get a 300 gig harddrive and will i get most of it to use or is it still limited. also i would like if there are anyone out there that can recommend  bigger hardrives that are working for them for example from 200 gigs upwards.( sorry people but 120 is not enough now)

[Jester6]

Any word yet if this works with the audio or font exploits?? Thanks.

[ColdSun]

The new limit I believe would be around 2.2 Tera. But I could be wrong. I have a Maxtor 300GB and get the full 300GB

[isoz_]

hey cold sun, thx for the reply.

but can people post what harddrives over 200 to 300 to get also there lockability and there price . also if it makes to much noise etc as i want to buy a big 300 gig now.

[fldude2k1]

I am having trouble getting Partition G to have any space.  I am using a bios modified with it haveing partition 7 takes up rest of the space.  I also have the newest evox running and drive G use on.  I tried formatting it, but it doesnt seem to work.  It keeps staying at 0 bytes, partition G that is.  Whats going on?  I tried formatting through evox and through FTP, unless I did it wrong.  Any ideas?

[juan23]

isoz,

if you go to www.pricewatch.com  you will find the largest ido hdd for sale right now is 320 gigs from maxtor, they are 5400 rpm, for 297.00, and of course hdd pricing does go down from there.

$297      EIDE 320GB   
$215    -    EIDE 250GB   
$168    -    EIDE 200GB   
$142    -    EIDE 180GB   
$109    -    EIDE 160GB   
$84    -    EIDE 120GB   
$85    -    EIDE 100GB

these are current pricing as of 9/18/03

[mrRobinson]

seagate just made a 100GB platter... very cool so i'd expect 400GB drives with 4 platters on the market within a few months.

[carlosv13]

[fff]

ok, this is my first post on this forum (I'm french so excuse my english please)
well, I've used xbtool 1.01b16 to edit my bios 4976.02 to support LBA48. I choosed partition 6 takes rest of the drive because I'have a 80Go HD currently but I'll install a 180 Go in the week. I flashed with evox. It worked fine but now when I'm booting the screen hangs on the blue X xith xecuter 2 written.
My xbox worked fine with 4976_02 bios and the only change I've made is adding LBA48 support. I don't understand why it hangs up now. I tried to boot from HDD and from a DC-RW but it always hans up...
Please help me if you've already seen this problem..

[MadInsane]

QUOTE (fldude2k1 @ Sep 17 2003, 11:18 PM)

I am having trouble getting Partition G to have any space.  I am using a bios modified with it haveing partition 7 takes up rest of the space.  I also have the newest evox running and drive G use on.  I tried formatting it, but it doesnt seem to work.  It keeps staying at 0 bytes, partition G that is.  Whats going on?  I tried formatting through evox and through FTP, unless I did it wrong.  Any ideas?

ANYONE have some more info on this man's question?? I am wondering the same exact thing...

[Ace25]

Ok, I just wanted to say a HUGE THANKS to oz_paulb, NghtShd, and all the others that made this possible. I don't technically know how you did it, but I am in awe and gratitude towards all you guys. This to me is one of the biggest acheivements in the history of Xbox modding. Today I successfully installed a Maxtor 320Gig HD, evox shows F: as having 307Gigs free!!! Simply amazing! Thanks a million!

[fff]

Is it possible to add LBA48 patch into a 256Ko bios or is it only for 1Mo bios?

[SilntBob]

oz_paulb:

At the beginning of this thread I saw you mention that you would be releasing some partitioning tools, but I have not seen any of those.  If they have been released, what are they called?

What I am trying to do is to split the extra space between my F and G partitions (6 and 7)  I don't care if I have to reformat to do that...that is okay,

But I would like to have approx 70GBs for each partition.  The reason for this is I want to let linux take my F partition and then use the G partition for other FATX related things.

How would I go about doing this?  If there are no tools available, is there a way to do it manually?

Thanks.

[incansun]

QUOTE (boxorox @ Sep 2 2003, 09:58 PM)

Paul: I'm still holding off, but when I do decide to recover my 23gb, I am considering naming the 7th partion "Paul" in your honor. Once again, thanks for sticking with this.

LOL, Mad respect! Btw, does anyone have any info on how to add these bios' on to slayers cd, so that I can easily re-Flash my bios via the cd alone? I know that I can edit the config file and what not, just looking for anyone that has the command lines already built in. Let us know, thanks!

[incansun]

Well, I havent searched yet for an update on reconfiguring  the evox.ini file on slayer's. I just decided to do it myself, let me know if I made a mistake- here it is. Let me know if this will work. thanks in advance. To save room on this thread, I annotated the .ini file to include the new LBA.bin

Section "7) FLASH XBOX v1.X ON-BOARD TSOP OR MOD CHIP"
       {
      Line "--- W A R N I N G! ---",1
      Line "-- THIS CAN KILL YOUR MOD / XBOX! --",1
      Section  "I understand the risks and & I want to continue"
           {
         Line "-- COULD KILL BOX & YOUR MOD CHIP! --",1      
         Item "7-0) Flash 1MB onboard TSOP BIOS on existing HDD LBA ONLY
         Item "7-1) Flash 256k Onboard TSOP Bios on NEW HDD LBA Only
         Line "------------------------------------",2
         Item "7-2) Flash 1MB onboard TSOP BIOS on new HDD LBA
         Item "7-3) Flash 256K onboard Tsop on existing HDD LBA
         Line "- Needs Both Bridge Points on MB!-",1
                }
      Line "- Read TSOP Tutorials First! -",1
    }
   Line "------------------------------------",2
   Section " EEPROM MANAGEMENT"
       {
      Line "--- W A R N I N G! ---",1
      Line "-- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! --",1
      Item "8-1) ConfigMagic FINAL (V1.X EEProm Editing)","D:SYSTEMALLConfigMagicdefault.xbe"
      Line "--------------------------",1
    }
   Line "------------------------------------",2
   Section "9) NTSC <-> PAL VIDEO MODE SWITCHER"
       {
      Line "--- W A R N I N G! ---",1
      Line "-- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! --",1
      Item "NTSC <-> PAL VIDEO MODE SWITCHER","D:SYSTEMALLfAppsNTSC-PALdefault.xbe"
      Line "--------------------------",1
    }   
   Line "------------------------------------",2
   Item "10) Identify Your BIOS/Mod Chip","D:SYSTEMALLfAppsBiosCheckdefault.xbe"
   Line "------------------------------------",2
       Item "11) System Settings",@9
   Item "12) Power Off Xbox",@10
}

[Action_10]

Info "REBUILD LARGE HDD for v1.X 4920"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Preparing V1.X 4920 Large HDD..."

ConfigSector "disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

copy "SYSTEMALLc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLSkins" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMLARGEc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLe" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMALLf" "f:"
copy "SYSTEMLARGEAPP" "f:"
copy "SYSTEMALLdebian" "e:"

[Action_30]

Info "REBUILD RETAIL HDD for v1.X 4920"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Preparing V1.X 4920 Retail HDD..."

ConfigSector "disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
#Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

copy "SYSTEMALLc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALL1.X4034" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLSkins" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMRETAILc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLe" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMALLf" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMRETAILAPP" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMALLdebian" "e:"

[Action_50]

Info "INST/UPG XBMP,EvoX,Apps on Large HD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Inst/Upg XBMP, EvoX & Apps..."

copy "SYSTEMLARGEc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLf" "f:"
copy "SYSTEMLARGEAPP" "f:"
copy "SYSTEMALLSkins" "c:"


[Action_51]

Info "INST/UPG XBMP,EvoX,Apps on Retail HD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Inst/Upg XBMP, EvoX & Apps..."

copy "SYSTEMRETAILc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLf" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMRETAILAPP" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMALLSkins" "c:"


[Action_52]

Info "INST/UPG EvoX on Any HD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Inst/Upgrading EvoX..."

copy "SYSTEMLARGEc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLSkins" "c:"


[Action_53]

Info "INST/UPG XBMP & Apps on Large HD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Inst/Upg XBMP & Apps..."

copy "SYSTEMALLf" "f:"
copy "SYSTEMLARGEAPP" "f:"


[Action_54]

Info "INST/UPG XBMP & Apps on Retail HD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Progress "Inst/Upg XBMP & Apps..."

copy "SYSTEMALLf" "e:"
copy "SYSTEMRETAILAPP" "e:"


[Action_60]

Info "FULL Format of RETAIL XBOX HDD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Warning "This will erase ALL data on the HD!"
Progress "Formatting..."

ConfigSector "disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
#Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

[Action_61]

Info "FULL Format of UPGRADED XBOX HDD"
Warning "Make sure you have a full HD backup!"
Warning "This will erase ALL data on the HD!"
Progress "Formatting..."

ConfigSector "disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:


[Action_62]

Info "RESTORE RETAIL XBOX HD TO FACTORY"
Warning "Use This on Original HD ONLY!"
Progress "Restoring V1.X Retail HDD..."

ConfigSector "disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
#Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

copy "SYSTEMALLc" "c:"
copy "SYSTEMALLe" "e:"


[Action_63]

Info "Formatting F: on XBOX 1.X HDD"
Warning "This will erase ALL data on F: Drive!"
Progress "Formatting F: ..."

Format f:

[Action_70]
Info "Ready To Flash 1MB onboard TSOP BIOS on existing HDD ONLY LBA support"
Info "With X2_4977_1024k_exist retail drive lba"
Info "Once Complete the Xbox will self Reset"
Info "BIOS Write Enable points MUST be bridged"
Info "Unit Must be operating without a Mod Chip"
Warning "If Uncertain, Turn Off Xbox to Abort!"

flashbios "SYSTEMALLBiosX2_4977_1024k_exist retail drive lba.bin"

[Action_71]
Info "Ready To Flash 256k Onboard TSOP Bios on NEW HDD LBA support"
Info "With X2_4977_256k_new retail drive lba"
Info "Once Complete the Xbox will self Reset"
Warning "If Uncertain, Turn Off Xbox to Abort!"

flashbios "SYSTEMALLBiosX2_4977_256k_new retail drive lba.bin"


[Action_72]
Info "Ready To Flash 1MB onboard TSOP BIOS on new HDD LBA support"
Info "With X2_4977_1024k_new retail drive lba MultiVer IGR"
Info "Once Complete the Xbox will self Reset"
Info "BIOS Write Enable points MUST be bridged"
Info "Unit Must be operating without a Mod Chip"
Warning "If Uncertain, Turn Off Xbox to Abort!"

flashbios "SYSTEMALLBiosX2_4977_1024k_new retail drive lba.bin"

[Action_73]
Info "Ready To Flash 256K onboard Tsop on existing HDD LBA support"
Info "X2_4977_256k_exist retail drive lba MultiVer IGR"
Info "Once Complete the Xbox will self Reset"
Warning "If Uncertain, Turn Off Xbox to Abort!"

flashbios "SYSTEMALLBiosX2_4977_256k_exist retail drive lba.bin"




I included the new bios under the appropriate folder.. I know this is probably noob shit but  I was wondering If I could use this to flash an existing TSOP w/4977? I mean, can I use this to Re-Flash an existing TSOP flash? Will it erase first than add the new bios?