thanks man, yeah i had to pause it after the detection for xlinux though. not sure why this is, but it would not let me do it if it actually detected the drive cause that apparently locked it cause xlinux didnt like it at all.
with this tutoriali am just letting the drive sit there just in case cause i have blown up a few too many pieces of hardware in my day and am just a little over-careful when it comes to a $200 piece of equipment. and i am also assuming that it is just a "virgin" xbox with nothing done to it yet and it boots to the m$ dashboard.