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[rashid420]

QUOTE(Heimdall @ May 17 2009, 11:29 AM)

Correct, and correct. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Okay, I disabled the wireless network on my Laptop.

I changed the XBox IP to static 192.168.0.15

I tried telnet to 192.168.0.3 into Chimp. I do have a crossover cable made sure of that.

I am unable to telnet. I tried changing the IP of the laptop to 192.168.0.8. I get invalid IP error. Dunno if the PC also has to have an IP that is in the 192.168.0.* range. Wouldn't think so.

So at this time, I have done everything I possibly can based of the tutorial and your input.

Can you please think of something else I can try and / or doing wrong?

Thanks much.

[rashid420]

QUOTE(rashid420 @ May 18 2009, 06:48 PM)

Okay, I disabled the wireless network on my Laptop.

I changed the XBox IP to static 192.168.0.15

I tried telnet to 192.168.0.3 into Chimp. I do have a crossover cable made sure of that.

I am unable to telnet. I tried changing the IP of the laptop to 192.168.0.8. I get invalid IP error. Dunno if the PC also has to have an IP that is in the 192.168.0.* range. Wouldn't think so.

So at this time, I have done everything I possibly can based of the tutorial and your input.

Can you please think of something else I can try and / or doing wrong?

Thanks much.

Okey Dokey, I was actually able to do this !!!

There is one crucial piece of information missing from all the Chimp 2.6 guides with XBox versions 1.6+. And that is, before you can telnet from your PC to the XBox, you need to set the Subnet Mask on the PC Network adapter to 255.255.0.0. Most people have it at 255.255.255.0 for normal networking. Phew !!!

The telnet display was also a little garbled. Luckily since I already upgraded one drive in a version 1.2, I was able to muddle through the interface after a couple of attempts. The bummer was after I locked the slave. It still shows as unlocked. So I didn't know it was done until I put the slave as master and rebooted.

Still one problem outstanding. This time after upgrading I put latest version of UnleashX. Sure enough, this has the "Format Menu" with password "Xbox". Now I have enabled "G drive" under Settings->Storage. So then I go inside the "Format Menu" and say "Format G". It asks a question to confirm I really want to do that. I say "Yes". It does absolutely NOTHING !!!

I have a 160GB drive. So anything over 137 GB should be G drive. Well, it isn't. So I'm still losing 20GB odd of Hard Disk space. Oh well...

[Heimdall]

Glad you got there, but you didn't read the instructions! You DON'T change the Xbox IP address to 192.168.0.15, you change the PC IP ADDRESS to 192.168.0.x. The Xbox IP address when running Chimp is fixed at 192.168.0.3.

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I tried changing the IP of the laptop to 192.168.0.8. I get invalid IP error. Dunno if the PC also has to have an IP that is in the 192.168.0.* range. Wouldn't think so.

This is why it didn't work, and yes, it does have to have an IP address in the 192.168.0.* range. Changing the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 just puts 192.168.0.* and 192.168.1.* in the same range, but you were lucky - changing that at one end (the PC) doesn't always work.

Try using XBPartitioner 1.1 to set up the spare space as partition 7 - it will give you more information about how much spare space there is on the disk, and allow you to see exactly how the space is currently allocated.

[rashid420]

QUOTE(Heimdall @ May 19 2009, 12:10 AM)

Glad you got there, but you didn't read the instructions! You DON'T change the Xbox IP address to 192.168.0.15, you change the PC IP ADDRESS to 192.168.0.x. The Xbox IP address when running Chimp is fixed at 192.168.0.3.

This is why it didn't work, and yes, it does have to have an IP address in the 192.168.0.* range. Changing the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 just puts 192.168.0.* and 192.168.1.* in the same range, but you were lucky - changing that at one end (the PC) doesn't always work.

Try using XBPartitioner 1.1 to set up the spare space as partition 7 - it will give you more information about how much spare space there is on the disk, and allow you to see exactly how the space is currently allocated.

Okay the tutorial I read said to make sure the XBox IP was in the "0" range. In any event, we have put that baby to rest :-)

I will try XBPartitioner some day. As I said it is not that much of a big deal right now. My only outstanding "problem" right now is transferring around 30GB of stuff from one xbox to another. Wirelessly :-). I tried the FTP client in XBMC. Crapped out after a couple of hours. Tried it twice. Need a PC FTP client that lets me coordinate transfers between two remote XBox'es I guess. Tried FlashXP. Piece of junk will not work.

Trying to avoid FTPing everything to PC from one XBox and then back to the other XBox using FileZilla. Heard there was something called XBoxFTP. Dunno if it only works in EVoX or UnleashX as well.

In any event, this was an awesome learning experience with stellar results. Thank you ONE and ALL.

Best Regards.

[ldotsfan]

QUOTE(rashid420 @ May 20 2009, 12:19 PM)

Trying to avoid FTPing everything to PC from one XBox and then back to the other XBox using FileZilla. Heard there was something called XBoxFTP. Dunno if it only works in EVoX or UnleashX as well.

XBMC as a dash can do this.

[rashid420]

QUOTE(ldotsfan @ May 20 2009, 08:30 AM)

XBMC as a dash can do this.

First, I must correct myself. I meant I tried SmartFTP. I haven't tried FlashXP, which I have heard is the best FTP program out there. Now there is open source version called xlFTP which is supposed to be close. So I'll try that at some point.

I did try the FTP tool in XBMC dash of course. It craps out after couple of hours. I thought I mentioned that. I tried twice. Approximately after couple of hours it errors out.

Thanks.