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[Arius]

Install a hacked bios

and use something like Slayers to install all the stuff.

You could install it all manually, but its prolly easier (if you are not experianced) to use a install Cd (slayers or the like)

[talkingwires]

I was going to suggest using a gamesave exploit, but if you're using a Cromwell BIOS, you can't run Xbox programs, can you? Hrm. The only thing I could think of would be to buy a modchip that can be flashed with a programmer or bootable disc.

[Hopeful]

QUOTE (talkingwires @ Sep 8 2004, 05:05 PM)

I was going to suggest using a gamesave exploit, but if you're using a Cromwell BIOS, you can't run Xbox programs, can you? Hrm. The only thing I could think of would be to buy a modchip that can be flashed with a programmer or bootable disc.

exactly! : P

I mean the xbox will boot in a standard mode with the modchip off, or in a mode with it on, and there's no way to hardware flash it.

In the standard mode, I mean it can play the games there, but it has no access to the modchips... And no ability to back up my library of games to save up space on vacation.

[afandiewinter]

QUOTE (Hopeful @ Sep 8 2004, 08:28 PM)

There's no flash command in linux

raincoat.

[Hopeful]

Oh ok. Thanks I'll try thisraincoat thing.  Hope it's stable. : )

[talkingwires]

Oh, thought the Dreamtech had a flashed TSOP, not a modchip. That makes things a lot easier. Gamesave exploits, raincoat, yeah. I was thinking it was a lot harder that it actually is.

[cykiller]

SSH in, or hit ctrl + c twice on the keyboard whilst the welcome screen is up. Either way, you should be at a command prompt that looks like this:

Stardust:>

c) type the following commands

mkdir /mnt/c
mount -t fatx /dev/hda51 /mnt/c
mkdir /mnt/c/bios -p
cd /mnt/c/bios

d) If you dont have your bios in this directory, you will need to upload it to a website/ ftp site and type the following:

wget http://www.somewebsite.com/bios.bin

e) To flash the bios, ensure that your modchip is writable and the correct bank is selected, then type:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/bios.bin

(Of course, replace "bios.bin" with the correct name)

f) Next time you reboot, you should be back to your old bios.

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2) Gentoox/MCE
a) Boot Gentoox

Open a console/konsole (or SSH in - you will need to SSH with MCE)

c) Type: su -

d) Enter root password (default is xbox)

e) Type the following commands:

mkdir /mnt/c -p
mount -t fatx /dev/hda51 /mnt/c
mkdir /mnt/c/bios -p
cd /mnt/c/bios

f) If you dont have your bios in this directory, you will need to upload it to a website/ ftp site and type the following:

wget http://www.somewebsite.com/bios.bin

Or, you could always send it across via the built in FTP/ Samba services in Gentoox Home and MCE.

g) To flash the bios, ensure that your modchip is writable and the correct bank is selected, then type:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/bios.bin

(Of course, replace "bios.bin" with the correct name)

h) Next time you reboot, you should be back to your old bios.

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Notes for both proceedures:

If you have to download a bios, try to keep it one word long with no spaces, i.e. "bios.bin" is good "This is my old bios.bin" isn't good.

If your bios already has spaces in its name, then you can do any of the following:

1) Tab completion
Start by typing the following line:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/

Then, type the first FEW letters of the bios name - remember, capitals are IMPORTANT! Your prompt may look like this:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/old

Then, press tab, and filename should be automatically completed:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/old bios.bin

Notice the "" the tells the command prompt to literally obey the next character as a space.

2) Just type it out
If you know how a bash-like shell works, you can just type it all out yourself:

raincoat -p /mnt/c/bios/THiS is My OlD BiOs.bin

3) If you dont know how to handle spaces:
You can encase the whole of the file path in quotes so everything is taken literally:

raincoat -p "/mnt/c/bios/my old bios.bin"

This should tell you everything you need to know on how to reflash your bios using either Stardust or Gentoox.

CyKiller