Post by: Xbox-Scene on December 21, 2006, 10:17:00 PM
| Probutus released a new version of pSlax(info), a specially adapted Slax PC linux-bootdisc that allows you to switch any version of the Xbox360 Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L DVD-drive to 'mode-B' without connectivity kit (crossed-wire trick - which doesn't work with the new v78), so you can flash the DVD FW and dump discs in Windows: Quote
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Post by: what9612 on December 21, 2006, 11:15:00 PM
Post by: xtreme_360fw on December 22, 2006, 12:16:00 AM
=Xtreme=
Post by: shiz on December 22, 2006, 01:35:00 AM
Post by: mcmanic on December 22, 2006, 03:39:00 AM
Post by: jcdenton2003 on December 22, 2006, 03:40:00 AM
Post by: DMAddict on December 22, 2006, 06:44:00 AM
Post by: pcrat on December 22, 2006, 06:54:00 AM
QUOTE(jcdenton2003 @ Dec 22 2006, 11:40 AM) 
AWW!! I nearly crapped myself when i saw "linux" and "bootdisk"!! I thaught we had a softmod on our hands!
as long as they let ya still use the normal dashboard, 360 pretty much does it all except play backups of course,
music photos, etc, but yea a softmod version would be nice, but dont see one happening with the 360, since from what ive read its totally different setup .. but ya never know, obviously the mod dev's are smarter than m$ by a mile, and m4 is pissed because of it lol!!
its pretty bad yes when the mod dev's outsmart the system dev's lol!!!
m$ is asking themselfs .." Do we dare hire any of these mod devs"? lol
Post by: Modify_inc on December 22, 2006, 06:56:00 AM
I basically understand what that means, it's needs to be told where to save the target file, but where do I type the command? Do I need to edit the makeiso.bat file, and if so what is the exact command I type.
Thanks guys
Post by: fr3aky on December 22, 2006, 11:41:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 22 2006, 08:56 AM)
I'm trying to make it a ISO so I can burn it to disk. I clicked on makeiso.bat, but I get the error A parameter is required - target ISO file. Press any key to continue and that the ISO should be made.
I basically understand what that means, it's needs to be told where to save the target file, but where do I type the command? Do I need to edit the makeiso.bat file, and if so what is the exact command I type.
Thanks guys
you dont need to do that, the make_iso.bat is used by linux users to add modules to the installation, just burn the image like it is and boot from it .... since u dont need any extra modules
Post by: HackMy360 on December 22, 2006, 12:45:00 PM
I burned the slax cd V1 then V2 I put it in my cd-rom drive then I get and error that
says it's searching for the boot sector on the cd-rom then it just says no boot device found.
So I go to DOS with a floppy to try and run the cd from dos I open LINUX.BAT and I get a couple of
lines going down then says insufficient memory needs more than 4 MB available so I'm stuck.
By the way I'm trying to get my hitachi 47D into mode b with sil 3112 pci card
everywhere I read they say sil 3112 is the best for hitachi and I can't get this drive to even be recognized
Post by: vekro on December 22, 2006, 01:01:00 PM
Or was that more of the flash program problem?
This post has been edited by vekro: Dec 22 2006, 09:02 PM
Post by: Modify_inc on December 22, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
QUOTE(fr3aky @ Dec 22 2006, 07:41 PM)
you dont need to do that, the make_iso.bat is used by linux users to add modules to the installation, just burn the image like it is and boot from it .... since u dont need any extra modules
The one I have is not a image, it consist of a bunch of files and folders totaling 54mbs. Do I need to convert it to a ISO, or complie it using Nero and add a boot sector to it, so it knows to boot. Slax 2 was provided as a ISO so you could just open it in Nero, select the ISO, and burn. Theres more to it with this one, unless it's just me making it more complicated.
Post by: sonky on December 22, 2006, 03:45:00 PM
Does anyone know if the VIA VT6421A sata card works with this release. It did'nt on v2 of slax for Hitachi mode b. Please let me know.
Thanks, Sonk
Post by: shiz on December 22, 2006, 06:30:00 PM
I then got frustrated and hooked up the sata cable to my onboard Sata on the mobo (Nf4 chipset) and it worked flawlessly
Post by: nuke field ET on December 22, 2006, 08:22:00 PM
Don't really see what difference this would make for me pertaining to my situation, but I'll try it out; hopefully miracles do happen after all 
Post by: rodpad on December 23, 2006, 05:16:00 AM
Below are various photos of the errors I get. Please bear in mind that the drive is NOT bricked and boots originals fine (the drive so far is unhacked)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax2a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax3a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax4a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax5a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax6a.jpg)
Any ideas? I've done the usual of trying different ports, trying the 8237 on it's own. There are no boot/raid options for the 8237 or 6421. I've tried booting up the 360 at different times with the same effect.
This post has been edited by rodpad: Dec 23 2006, 01:23 PM
Post by: Teamx420 on December 24, 2006, 01:41:00 AM
S1n (TeamX420)
Post by: nexxusbeatss on December 24, 2006, 02:41:00 AM
QUOTE(shiz @ Dec 22 2006, 08:30 PM)
for me it detected the drive when it was hoooked up to my 6421 ONCE. However i missed a step during the boot up procedure for slax (hitting eject during SPINNING UP DRIVE) and i had to do it over again, however hte second and subsequent attempts it failed to detect the drive again....
I then got frustrated and hooked up the sata cable to my onboard Sata on the mobo (Nf4 chipset) and it worked flawlessly
Both you and sonky dont know what your talking about, at least you didnt do it right. Flashed a Hitachi tonight with a VIA 6421.
Post by: nexxusbeatss on December 24, 2006, 02:52:00 AM
QUOTE(rodpad @ Dec 23 2006, 07:16 AM)
Still doesn't work with my VIA 6421 card or onboard VIA 8237
Below are various photos of the errors I get. Please bear in mind that the drive is NOT bricked and boots originals fine (the drive so far is unhacked)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax2a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax3a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax4a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax5a.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.evade.info/~lukecama/slax6a.jpg)
Any ideas? I've done the usual of trying different ports, trying the 8237 on it's own. There are no boot/raid options for the 8237 or 6421. I've tried booting up the 360 at different times with the same effect.
I saw you have a Promise card in there, take it out. Disable any SATA that doesn't need to be enabled. And if you need to boot of any SATA re-enable it once you press ctrl-alt-del after the drive is in mode b. Also I have to boot XP off my Promise FastTrak 100 and Slax wouldn't boot with it in there. I thought you might be using that Promise card to boot XP as well. So what I did since obviously I needed XP, I just unplugged the card when the PC was off but left it almost inside the PCI slot so it was easy to push in and when Slax booted properly and the drive was in mode b (takes two presses of the eject button to eject) I inserted the card while my PC was running and rebooted. Drive was still in mode b, booted from raid card, then flashed drive first time with 100% success. Try those methods, it basically has to work for you or your not telling us everything. This is all I could gather from your pics and what you typed. VIA 6421 works 100% I used it tonight to do a Hitachi. LMK if she works out.
Post by: probutus on December 24, 2006, 05:05:00 AM
QUOTE(nexxusbeatss @ Dec 24 2006, 10:52 AM)
I saw you have a Promise card in there, take it out. Disable any SATA that doesn't need to be enabled. And if you need to boot of any SATA re-enable it once you press ctrl-alt-del after the drive is in mode b. Also I have to boot XP off my Promise FastTrak 100 and Slax wouldn't boot with it in there. I thought you might be using that Promise card to boot XP as well. So what I did since obviously I needed XP, I just unplugged the card when the PC was off but left it almost inside the PCI slot so it was easy to push in and when Slax booted properly and the drive was in mode b (takes two presses of the eject button to eject) I inserted the card while my PC was running and rebooted. Drive was still in mode b, booted from raid card, then flashed drive first time with 100% success. Try those methods, it basically has to work for you or your not telling us everything. This is all I could gather from your pics and what you typed. VIA 6421 works 100% I used it tonight to do a Hitachi. LMK if she works out.
Hi,
the problem you have here (failed on command 0xA1 (=IDENTIFY_ATAPI_DEVICE) means that the controller is not capable to send any command to the drive(which means it's locked up); acpi linux tends to put all devices to the same irq; have you tried to manually assign different irqs to both of the sata controllers (in bios)? You can also try to remove the pci controller and stick with the internal one (or disable the internal one and use the pci card); windows normally tends to give these controllers a different irq which means that you will encounter less problems there..
Post by: rodpad on December 24, 2006, 06:17:00 AM
I have tried removing the PCI card and only using the onboard, and vice versa with disabling the onboard - still no luck.
XP is on an IDE drive so I don't need to boot of any of the SATA interfaces.
Post by: probutus on December 24, 2006, 06:49:00 AM
QUOTE(rodpad @ Dec 24 2006, 02:17 PM)
I don't have any Promise controllers as far as I'm aware? Only the onboard VIA 8237 and PCI VIA 6421.
I have tried removing the PCI card and only using the onboard, and vice versa with disabling the onboard - still no luck.
XP is on an IDE drive so I don't need to boot of any of the SATA interfaces.
Have you tried to put the controllers on different irqs or disable one of them?
Post by: rodpad on December 24, 2006, 06:57:00 AM
Post by: rodpad on December 24, 2006, 01:14:00 PM
Post by: Lavarte on December 25, 2006, 05:10:00 AM
I used Slax 2.1 and have 2 sata hdd's and a pata dvdrom player connected to the motherboard.
Post by: Lavarte on December 25, 2006, 05:58:00 AM
Bothered with why it didn't work in the first place, the motherboard manual learned me that i had been trying to connect it to the onboard sata raidcontroller instead of a normal sata port.
So i can safely state that the flashing will work fine with an Asus P5B and Intel ICH7 sata chipset.
Also for trial and error future notice, if your xbox light on the front starts flashing red you probably forgot to connect the video cable.
Post by: shivadow on December 28, 2006, 10:05:00 AM
Post by: shiz on December 28, 2006, 06:23:00 PM
QUOTE(nexxusbeatss @ Dec 24 2006, 10:41 AM)
Both you and sonky dont know what your talking about, at least you didnt do it right. Flashed a Hitachi tonight with a VIA 6421.
wow, what a constructive response...
any more gems?
Post by: Brenf86 on December 30, 2006, 09:08:00 AM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1 its a Silicon Image SATALink 3112A chipset which I guess you would think wouldn't work but I did read in these forums that someones worked fine so anymore confirmations on this before I cancel my order.
I also seen this one one ebay also
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1 this one seems to be a VIA VT6421A which I beleive work. So which one should I go for.
I've got everything else I need and I just need a sata pci card now.
Thanks for your time.
Post by: jesterrace777 on January 01, 2007, 06:52:00 PM
This post has been edited by jesterrace777: Jan 2 2007, 02:54 AM
Post by: tiger72 on January 16, 2007, 08:13:00 PM
QUOTE(jesterrace777 @ Jan 1 2007, 07:23 PM)
The issue that I have isn't that it doesn't work but the fact that it bogs down my machine so much that it becomes unuseable. I mean in order for me to get into windows and open up Maximus Tools it takes me about 10 minutes. Then it freezes when I get to the raw dump. The drive is detected in Windows though so at least that is an improvement. BTW this is with the new accursed V78 Hitachi and it is hooked up with the connectivity kit and the USB 360. Neither of them work by nature with the V78 but with Slax to put it in mode b some people are reporting success.
So, you got the 78 to work with the USB 360? Or not?
Post by: mattxo on August 10, 2007, 11:12:00 AM
i booted this disk up and it asked for a login. then i logged in and now i dont know what to do
what am i supposed to do, it came up with a list of commands i can do. can someone tell me how i am supposed to make the drive in go in B mode.
Post by: MASTERXOX on October 08, 2007, 07:50:00 AM
QUOTE(mattxo @ Aug 10 2007, 06:48 PM) 
hi guys.
i booted this disk up and it asked for a login. then i logged in and now i dont know what to do
what am i supposed to do, it came up with a list of commands i can do. can someone tell me how i am supposed to make the drive in go in B mode.
I am having the same issue? I have 59 drive......
Post by: mungus on October 09, 2007, 10:52:00 AM
QUOTE(MASTERXOX @ Oct 8 2007, 03:26 PM)
I am having the same issue? I have 59 drive......
Check for mode b if yes, reboot your pc to windows and start the flashing process.
Post by: macblows on July 27, 2010, 03:22:00 AM