Print

[RMM]

Hey guys Im a total noob and I am having some trouble.  Ive got a 5838 box thats never been modded.  Ive followed the steps in the guide where Ive booted both Xbox and computer and the same time, play a song saved to the xbox HD, play the song for 4 or 5 seconds pause it then swap the IDE cable and hit 1 on the computer.  The problem is everytime I select one I then get a message:

"looking for cd-rom in dev/hda

looking for cd-rom in dev/hdb

looking for cd-rom in dev/hdc

no disk drive found of dev/hda

please connect a drive and try again"


The cd rom is on the secondary ide cable and the xbox HD is being connected to the primary master ide spot



does anybody have an idea what I could be doing wrong here?

[alyn]

everything went great from start to finish. only problem is i used the nkpatcher .67 for hdd larger than 200gb to enable G: and it's no where to be found. also, i choose copy game to f: but when i try to play, the game folder is empty. it seemed to copy the game to the hdd.

[spacemaster]

Just a quick question tho.

Because I just want to upgrade my softmodded xbox HD to bigger HD.

Can I just transfer epprom.bin file (to epprom directory) and unlock the new HDD using xboxhdm hdlock/hdunlock tool ? Then install ndure as per tutorial instruction ?

[Serial_KillaZ]

Yes, i Believe so..


RMM.. Your Doing something wrong.. Either you have the IDE cables set up wrong.. with is most likely the problem.. also when i hotswap i put the harddrive on CS (Cable Select..) Dont know if that helps or not..

This post has been edited by Serial_KillaZ: Mar 27 2006, 08:06 AM

[juanapartay]

Hi, total newbie and I need some help -

I followed directions to a "T".  I have a 2001 xbox that had kernel 4034 and dash 4034.

I did everything, and had a hell of a time getting the hotswap to work, but finally (after trying hotswapping a bunch of different ways) when I booted the linux CDROM, it found /hda and I was able to complete the instructions.

However, while executing the ndure script, it didn't take 15 minutes, it took prbly 5 minutes.  It also had a few error msgs, such as "/some/random/file is not a directory" -- or something like that, like 5 of those err msgs.  

Anyways, 5 minutes later, it completed, said all was well.  I exited, re-attched the HD to my Xbox, and re-booted.

So now, after the splash screen with the xbox logo with the white MS text below it, the screen goes blank and nothing ever happens.

I hope i didn't miss something obvious because i'm sure you ppl read enuff of these types of posts.  But any help would be appreciated.

Since then i have tried doing the same thing a bunch of times, trying to hotswap at various points, so on and so forth.  Also, i had to hit the "pause/break" key during my PC's bios bootup, then hotswap after the xbox had booted, and only then could i ever see the /hda partition and complete the instructions.

I did do a backup though before i did antyhing, so i do have the /C partition stashed in a backup dir on /E -- so hopefully i'm not totally in trouble.  I.e., i should have the eeprom key in that backup somewhere.

juana

[Textbook]

QUOTE(TZ!! @ Mar 24 2006, 02:05 PM)

text the answer to your question is no which i have found out the hardway been trying for 3 days to do it the way you said with the slayerdisk first off i can't even see the files from the iso even on my pc hd i've tried creating it many different ways on cd's cdrw dvd+ dvd- and still nothing i've also researched on the net and all have said the same thing unless your xbox has the softmod on it already the slayer disk is useless. also let me ask this in your original post (firstone this thread) in your pic of the actual files on the xboxhdm cd you have a folder called sminstaller when i did the hotswap the one time i got it to work the xboxhdm said it could not find that folder where do i get it? after it failed to do a complete install i rehooked up my stock xbox drive to the xbox and now unless there is a gamedisk in the drive my xbox is in a continious reboot mod the drive still dose work and i can play games but i cannot get to the actual time settings or stuff like that is my drive still at this point modable? thanks again for all your help

Yeah, sorry TZ, I wasn't thinking straight.  For some reason, I was thinking that booting a SlaYer's would allow you to bypass the ShadowC, but I was wrong.  I have a TSOP'ed xbox that I'm messing with right now too, so I'm getting my hardmods/softmods mixed up a little bit.  Sorry about the whole SlaYer's deal, I should have thought about it a little bit more first.  The sminstaller folder is useless.  It's actually a leftovers folder from a UXE install through Xboxhdm.  My last tutorial like this was for UXEDM, which was made by kingroach and created an sminstaller folder.  In other words, it isn't even being used at all, and nobody should have that, my picture could be slightly misleading.  I would change it, but I can't edit - says my posts contains too many images.  Weird thing is that you're saying Xboxhdm is looking for the sminstaller folder.  That's really weird.  If you're doing the *ndure script, it should just look for the ndure folder.  Let me know if it happens again.  Since games are booting, the hard drive is unlocking and therefore you can hotswap in through xboxhdm.  Here is what I would do.  I'll try and actually help you this time instead of make it worse (sorry again).

- you have SlaYer's ISO on your computer then, right?
- Use Qwix to extract the ISO to your computer's hard drive
- the retail (5960 dash)  C files are in /SYSTEM/ALL/C/
- delete everything from previous xboxhdm disks made (we want to start fresh to not mess up anything)
- re-extract the xboxhdm zip archive
- re-"install" the ndure, going through and changing the settings to how you want. Save in the /xboxhdm/linux/ folder
- go to where your SlaYer's C files are at (/SYSTEM/ALL/C/) and select all the files and folders except the Audio folder
- including the Audio folder would make the ISO too large to fit on a CD, plus it's alread in the ndure folder
- go to /xboxhdm/linux/ and make a new folder called "cdrive"
- copy the selected SlaYer's C files to /xboxhdm/linux/cdrive/
- remake the iso using the batch command and burn it
- boot a game, let the harddrive unlock, and hotswap into xboxhdm
- go to xbrowser and delete everything in the C drive, make sure it's empty
- copy the C files from /cdrive/ to the actual C drive, and also copy the Audio folder from /ndure/C/ to the C drive
- resoftmod using the tutorial

Hope you get it working, man.  I know, it's a lot of work, but it should work if I didn't mess something up again.

QUOTE(Ndure protagonist @ Mar 25 2006, 03:30 PM)

{*
Here's a workaround for those of you with the unusable virtual C...

1) hotswap and boot the disc you used for the install;

2) run xbrowser;

3) delete the shadowc.img AND filler*.img files that are the shadowc directory;

4) copy the shadowc.img from the disc into the shadowc directory (it's large so takes a while);

5) then copy the filler2.img from the disc into the shadowc directory;
NOTE: it might run out of space when copying this filler file, but that's fine!

6) now copy the filler1.img from the disc into the shadowc directory (even if the previous step failed).
NOTE: it will run out of space when copying this filler file, but that's fine!

When you boot with the Power button the (virtual) C drive should be writable and most find it's worthwhile copying their MS dash backup into it...
*}

Thanks for helping out in here.  I know I'm learning from this too.

QUOTE(RMM @ Mar 26 2006, 08:52 PM)

Hey guys Im a total noob and I am having some trouble.  Ive got a 5838 box thats never been modded.  Ive followed the steps in the guide where Ive booted both Xbox and computer and the same time, play a song saved to the xbox HD, play the song for 4 or 5 seconds pause it then swap the IDE cable and hit 1 on the computer.  The problem is everytime I select one I then get a message:

"looking for cd-rom in dev/hda

looking for cd-rom in dev/hdb

looking for cd-rom in dev/hdc

no disk drive found of dev/hda

please connect a drive and try again"
The cd rom is on the secondary ide cable and the xbox HD is being connected to the primary master ide spot
does anybody have an idea what I could be doing wrong here?

Make sure the CD Drive's jumpers are set correctly.  For example, if the jumper on the drive is set to Master, make sure it's plugged into master.

QUOTE(alyn @ Mar 26 2006, 10:21 PM)

everything went great from start to finish. only problem is i used the nkpatcher .67 for hdd larger than 200gb to enable G: and it's no where to be found. also, i choose copy game to f: but when i try to play, the game folder is empty. it seemed to copy the game to the hdd.

"Enable G Drive" is an option or setting in most dashboards and by default, it is disabled.  So use your dashboard of choice and go to the settings and look around until you find Enable G Drive.  Then, format the G partition using UnleashX.  For the games, are you saving them to F:/Games/ or just plain F:/ ??  With the default config files for dashboards, if you were to save them to just F:/ , it won't show up in the menu/list of games.

QUOTE(juanapartay @ Mar 27 2006, 02:45 AM)

Hi, total newbie and I need some help -

I followed directions to a "T".  I have a 2001 xbox that had kernel 4034 and dash 4034.

I did everything, and had a hell of a time getting the hotswap to work, but finally (after trying hotswapping a bunch of different ways) when I booted the linux CDROM, it found /hda and I was able to complete the instructions.

However, while executing the ndure script, it didn't take 15 minutes, it took prbly 5 minutes.  It also had a few error msgs, such as "/some/random/file is not a directory" -- or something like that, like 5 of those err msgs.  

Anyways, 5 minutes later, it completed, said all was well.  I exited, re-attched the HD to my Xbox, and re-booted.

So now, after the splash screen with the xbox logo with the white MS text below it, the screen goes blank and nothing ever happens.

I hope i didn't miss something obvious because i'm sure you ppl read enuff of these types of posts.  But any help would be appreciated.

Since then i have tried doing the same thing a bunch of times, trying to hotswap at various points, so on and so forth.  Also, i had to hit the "pause/break" key during my PC's bios bootup, then hotswap after the xbox had booted, and only then could i ever see the /hda partition and complete the instructions.

I did do a backup though before i did antyhing, so i do have the /C partition stashed in a backup dir on /E -- so hopefully i'm not totally in trouble.  I.e., i should have the eeprom key in that backup somewhere.

juana

Hmmm, interesting, I'm not too sure on this.  Anybody else run into something like this?

[kingroach]

dash 4034 dont have any fonts folder or xodash pr xboxdashdata folder.. so it couldnt copy font files, couldnt delete settings_adoc.xip and couldnt copy earnie.xtf file.. To fix this.. restore the C drive and upgrade the dash to 5960..

[RMM]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I ended up switching computers and it worked on the other computer.  I guess the one I first tried this on had some IDE bios issues because everything was set up right and there wasnt anything else I could try except another computer and it worked no problem other than the "no space" issue some people have been having.


I do have another question now.  Ndure protagonist has listed a way to fix the virtual C problem by deleting the shadowc.img AND filler*.img files in the shadowc directory.  My problem is once I start xbrowser I dont know exactly what I am looking at and what directories I need to go to in order to delete the shadowc.img AND filler*.img files and where exactly I need to go to get to the CD to copy those new files over.  Could someone point me in the right direction.

[dotsyntax]

Hi everyone. Thank you Textbook for putting together this useful tutorial with equally useful links.

I’m certainly not new to computers and computer hardware however this was the first time I attempted to mod a game console. Therefore I did a lot of reading before hand. I also had to do everything possible to prevent my head from spinning and popping off.

Having said that I performed this Ndure mod without a hitch and I’m pleased with the results. Now, I’ve been following this post carefully because I would like to take the next step and upgrade my HDD. But what I’m reading is starting to get confusing and now I’m hesitating. Forgive me, perhaps it is as a result of too much information or something, I don’t know. Is there a clear-cut way, after performing this mod on a stock Xbox HDD to upgrade to a New, Unlocked HDD? By the way I’ve gone to the Xbox Hard Drive Compatibility Chart and confirmed that the HDD I purchased is lockable.

Note: piecing together a few things that I read in this thread I found the evox.rar, unrared it to my (xbox) E:\apps folder, ran it and managed to get create a backup of the eeprom.bin including its supplementary files. But I don’t know what to do with or if I should do anything with this at all – based on this mod. The reason that I mention this is because it seems every other tutorial on upgrading the HDD requires that you have it. I can FTP my xbox and copy all the files normally necessary yet I’m also left wondering about the empty C:\ dir.

[spacemaster]

dotsyntax

You are in the same path as I am, upgrade hdd after softmod. I think logically you can do thru just xboxhdm + epprom.bin + C and E contents.

Look at my thread below.

http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=500635

[wivenhoe]

for dotsyntax (and any others)

QUICK TUTORIAL FOR UPGRADING HARD-DRIVE AFTER ALREADY SOFTMODDING STOCK DRIVE VIA NDURE

1) Get xboxhdm and extract it.

2) Use ConfigMagic to extract your eeprom. FTP this to your pc, rename it to eeprom.bin, and put it into the /eeprom folder of xboxhdm.

3) Go into File Manager on your xbox, navigate to e:/ndts and run the default.xbe in there. This will load an altered version of unleashx with full access to C and E.

4) FTP your C and E drives onto your pc and put them in the respective folders in xboxhdm.

5) Run make-iso-win in xboxhdm and burn the iso with alcohol 120% or any other alternative image burning software.

6) Place the xboxhdm CD in your cd drive and then shutdown your PC. Disconnect your hard-drive. Connect your new hard-drive to the primary master and then boot up your computer.

7) When xboxhdm loads up choose option 1, then when it's loaded type xboxhd. Choose option 1 again to prepare xbox hard-drive from scratch. Answer Yes to all the questions and when it is finished hit reboot.

Now when xboxhdm comes up choose option 3, and then once this is loaded type 'lockhd -a'. This will find your eeprom.bin and lock the hard-drive.

9) Your new hard-drive is now ready to put into your xbox and will be an exact mirror of your existing xbox drive but obviously with a lot more free space.

This post has been edited by wivenhoe: Mar 28 2006, 05:26 PM

[dvdguru]

I try this mod on my XBox PAL with 4304 dash & kernel.
I don't have live. The first time during the step 2 it tells me that there is some problem with the dir but everything is ok.

The secondo time i try, using option 2 of the CD everything is ok.

The problem is that after the initial screen splash xbox doesn't load the dashboard. Blank screen. If i press eject console reboot. No video, no ftp connection, nothing.

Any solution?

[drhendrix]

Hello Everyone,

Textbook, many thanks for your most excellent Ndure Softmod Tutorial.  This is a tremendous help to a struggling n00b such as myself.

I took the liberty to transfer your tutorial to a Word doc for use as a reference, once I get up the nerve to give it a try.  Anyway, I would be happy to send it to you if you would like to make it available for download.  Also, you could make the changes you discussed in the thread to the doc.

Perhaps we could even expand it to proceed into the next logical steps, such as upgrading the hard drive and installing XBMC.

Thanks again.  

Dennis

[dotsyntax]

Thank you spacemaster and wivenhoe for your responses.

Wivenhoe, procedure sounds clear to me and exactly what I was looking for. However I have a few questions.

QUOTE(wivenhoe @ Mar 28 2006, 10:56 AM)

for dotsyntax (and any others)

2) Use ConfigMagic to extract your eeprom. FTP this to your pc, rename it to eeprom.bin, and put it into the /eeprom folder of xboxhdm.

I did something similar to the previous with evox as per my previous post. Can I assume that it’s the same thing?

One more question. I noticed that people say you should unlock your NEW HDD before you proceed to make an Xbox HDD from scratch. Is this true? I assumed that it was already unlocked until you lock it with Option 3 of Xboxhdm.

Thanks for all your help!

[pablo9000]

QUOTE(dvdguru @ Mar 28 2006, 11:24 AM)

I try this mod on my XBox PAL with 4304 dash & kernel.
I don't have live. The first time during the step 2 it tells me that there is some problem with the dir but everything is ok.

The secondo time i try, using option 2 of the CD everything is ok.

The problem is that after the initial screen splash xbox doesn't load the dashboard. Blank screen. If i press eject console reboot. No video, no ftp connection, nothing.

Any solution?

I had the same exact same problem after performing this mod on the 4304 dash. This is how I fixed it:
1. obtained the 5960 dash and related files from an extracted slayers disc.
2. create a xboxhdm bootable disc using these C:\ files.
3. restore the hd by hotswapping into xboxhdm. (I had to unlock the drive using one of the error codes, the one  where you unplug the dvd drive's ide cable.)
4. re-hotswap and mod the drive as detailed in the original post.
5. (optional) upgrade the hard drive as described several posts above