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seriouslysilly

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« on: January 25, 2006, 08:19:00 PM »
yeah, the other bank is the eurasia option.
make sure that the media you're using is compatible with your dvd drive

i've never flashed via eurasia before, but that should work
i usually use flashbios then flip the switch to flashover the eurasia bank.  this way i have a working bios and flashbios still in the other bank


good luck!
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2006, 10:32:00 PM »
Use DVD-Rs/CD-RWs to make your boot/flash discs or if you own the elusive Samsung 605b then you can use normal CD-Rs.
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Julius Pleaser

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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2006, 07:58:00 AM »
You need to make 2 DVD/CDRW's.  One will be your BIOS disc, the other will be the Eurasia Disc.
  Just read up on how to make them both properly.
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2006, 09:58:00 AM »

Don't throw in the towel yet ...

Burn the Eurasia and a BIOS cd to cdrw at the slowest possible speed and try it. If they dont work then burn them at a friends house to DVD-R ( not +R ) and not (DVD+RW) at the slowest possible speed.

Or go to a friends house and swap their dvd-rom out of their xbox with yours and then load up eurasia , flash your bios and swap the drives back.

HackDaBox !
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Julius Pleaser

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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2006, 09:59:00 AM »
No you can't use a regular DVD/Cd drive from a PC, only the Xbox model drives (they use special firmware, etc).
Also you can't use CDR's period.  None of the drives (Samsung, Thompson, Phillips, etc) will read CDRs.  This has been mentioned everywhere.  Your only choices are DVD's or CDRW's.
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Julius Pleaser

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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2006, 01:16:00 PM »
hot swapping is not that hard.  But if you are having a hard time burning a Eurasia disc to CDRW, then hot swapping might be too tough for you as well.
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2006, 01:39:00 PM »
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its not that im having trouble the darn DVD isnt reading it.

You are burning it to CDR so as suggested you are having a hard time burning it because you have not made one the drive can read.you should try a good brand CDRW.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2006, 01:59:00 PM »
positive. The xbox will struggle to read CDR unless you are lucky  and have a tolerant drive. But they do however usually read cdrw. I realise you have no dvd burner so cdrw is the next best step.
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2006, 03:32:00 PM »
Yep i have about 3 CDRW's kept on standby for any Xbox booting tasks - booting EvoX, BIOS discs, Eurasia etc. Have worked in every console i've tried them in so far..
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2006, 11:34:00 PM »
damn still no luck... im surounded by CD coasters, shouldnt this cromwell 2.23 boot linux? it wouldnt boot the erasia disk... this is sutch a pain,  whatabout the etherboot option... im gonna look further into that..
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2006, 11:46:00 PM »
ive realy been racking my brain the past few days... what if i use my pc and a seperate harddrive to install the linux boot stuff i might be able to get further into it by placing a specialy crafted harddrive  with all the tools to iether flash the bios or whatever... but i need more info before ventureing
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2006, 03:38:00 AM »
How have you made CDRW coasters? They are rewritable!

You ARE using rewritable CDs (CD-RW) aren't you?

You shouldn't have any troubles booting Eurasia from CDRW - are you DEFINITELY burning the discs correctly? Describe to us how you are burning them. If they're definitely being burnt correctly then you should try burning them at a friends house onto DVD-R. You will be able to get Eurasia to boot from DVD if you burn the discs correctly.
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2006, 09:26:00 AM »
You have mail ... Check your PM's

HackDaBox !
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2006, 12:10:00 PM »
Did you put a dummy file on the CD-rw???

Thanks

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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2006, 03:55:00 PM »
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Did you put a dummy file on the CD-rw???

Don't because Eurasia Flash disc is an iso designed to be burned as is.
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