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[Heimdall]

Burn it to DVD-R, or install it via ftp.

[impsquish]

I actually tried using dvd-r and dvd+rw. I have a philips drive so it should be able to read both of these. I dont understand how to use ftp as i dont have evox. The duox2 appears to have a modded microsoft dash on both bioses. i bought my xbox quite recently without knowing it had a modchip so im not sure about this.

im thinking of ignoring the modchip and installing xbmc by hotswapping instead. should that work or will the modchip need to be physically removed.

[Heimdall]

Hotswapping should be a last resort if you have a chip installed. Forget XBMC for the time being, and concentrate on getting UnleashX or Evox working first, so you can install things via ftp.

So, when you say "appears to have a modded microsoft dash", what do you mean? What can you see on the screen, which menu options do you have? Does it look anything like this?

[Heimdall]

It's not the dash that runs backup games, it's the BIOS.

If you can run backups then it's your DVD burning that's the problem. Get hold of a copy of Frosty's Rescue disc, and burn the iso to DVD-R using DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 at 4x or slower. Cold boot with it in the Xbox DVD drive, and see what happens.

[Heimdall]

Video mode has no impact on the ability to read homebrew discs on a modded Xbox.

You need to work out why DVD Decrypter doesn't detect your DVD writer, or experiment with other DVD iso writing software and DVD-R discs until you find a combination that produces discs your Xbox is happy with.

[Heimdall]

Spam, and nonsense. Free DVD Decrypter doesn't write DVDs, it rips them.

Frosty's Rescue disc is a small boot disc. It's ideal because it's quick to download and quick to boot. You're using it to prove that your Xbox can boot homebrew discs, and to give you ftp access to your Xbox so you can install a hacked dash via FTP.

[litspliff]

two (four) possibilities that i can think of....

• you are not finalizing your DVD burns -or- not burning xiso's
• you are using shtty no-name brand discs -or- a brand name that happens to not be compatable.

my advice....

don't be a dck. just download a shtty auto-installer like slayer's as an xISO, burn that sht, boot that sht, and FTP what you need where you need it.

you do know your bootpaths, don't you?

[1hotjob]

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however it will run a pirated game that the guy i bought it off gave me on a dvd.

That will earn you a vacation. While you are not able to post, read the rules here.