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Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: phizzat on February 21, 2004, 10:30:00 AM
This may sound like a stupid questions....

I have my everything set up properly now. My questions are:

When my F: drive is all used up, will my games automatically back up to the G Drive?  If so, which directory will it go to?

Secondly, do i have to edit my EVOX.INI file to search for games in the G-Drive?
eg:       

Section  "X-BOX Games"
{
   Line "- Installed X-BOX Games -",2
   SortStart
   AutoAddItem "f:\HDDLoader\"
   AutoAddItem "e:\HDDLoader\"
   AutoAddItem "g:\HDDLoader\"
   SortEnd
}
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: louie14 on March 04, 2004, 05:17:00 PM
Wait...IM consfused. Slayers 2.5 says it has >137 Gb support, but in order to get more than 137 the bios has to be edited?
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: amps on March 05, 2004, 08:06:00 AM
Most of the New Bioses support > 137GB, please read Slayers Manual, if you goto the Flash Bios option in  then menu you will see different Bioses and few with > 137GB at the end.  You don't have to manually edit your Bios, you can if you wish but it is already provided, meaning either edit the BIOS or Reflash with a Bios that is provided by Slayer.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: amps on March 05, 2004, 08:14:00 AM
HD ISSUES  here is another thread where some of these issues are covered...
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: enemy hero on August 02, 2008, 11:57:00 PM
i thought i might put this up in relevance to this situation. i've been a modder now for quite some time now, and just recently i put 320gb hdd in my xbox. its quite full of various media, and the f: got partiotioned with about 312gb of that space after an evox format. i never really went past filling 256gb worth of the f:/ partition until the other day when i decided to bak up sum stuff off my computer and then reformat the pc. so anyway, i put the stuff on that i wanted to backup, reformatted my pc and then begin the rebuild. when it came time to put the files back on, i went into my f: and there was nothing in any of the directories, they were totally empty. the thing was that i didnt get the space back. so naturally, somehow the fatx has been screwed with and the data cant be gathered. so i tried to scrape the underlying data using a scalpel, to no avail. as it turns out, the fatx cant support a single partition being bigger than 256 gb, sure u can see it, but the balance of the free space (post 256gb) isnt writable to. the drive starts to re-image over the top of itself. sure you can have a drive bigger than 256gb, i just wouldnt suggest partitioning more than 256gb to any drive. using frosties recovery disk and xb partitioner which is very straight forward, u can set up to about 6-7 media partitions. i ended up having to reformat my xbox aswell, and lost a 600gb library in total off my network. now i've got 2 drives of 155gb set to g:/ and f:/. i've written this post for anyone seeking answers as to why there xbox makes files disappear without giving bak the space. this is the reason, its happened to a lot of people and no-one seems to know why. i hope this sheds some light on the subject.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: 1hotjob on August 03, 2008, 12:16:00 PM
Why you brought up a 5 year old post to report your data corruption is baffling me.

Closing.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: shjon25 on September 18, 2003, 05:40:00 AM
Ok, this is great and all that this feature has been implimented but I would like to know what the max HD is that can be used now. I have a 160 in there now and it works great, I'm using all 160gb. If I choose to put a 250gb in there, will I get the full 250? i.e. Get 137 in c:e:f:x:y:z: and another 113 in g:? If so that'd rock, I didn't see mention of this anywhere as to what it's new max gb is.
:uhh:  
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: oz_paulb on September 18, 2003, 05:11:00 AM
QUOTE (shjon25 @ Sep 18 2003, 02:04 PM)
Ok, this is great and all that this feature has been implimented but I would like to know what the max HD is that can be used now. I have a 160 in there now and it works great, I'm using all 160gb. If I choose to put a 250gb in there, will I get the full 250? i.e. Get 137 in c:e:f:x:y:z: and another 113 in g:? If so that'd rock, I didn't see mention of this anywhere as to what it's new max gb is.
uhh.gif

People have used 300GB drives with success - and can use the entire 300GB (of course, there will be FATX filesystem overhead, but it's minimal).

If you're putting a new 250GB drive in, there's no need to create a G: for the space above 137GB - you can just make your F: drive fill-up the entire remainder of the drive.  You only really need F:/G: split if you're upgrading an existing hard drive (which already has an F: up to 137GB that you want to preserve), or if you plan on booting non-LBA48-enabled bios's, and still want access to your F: drive in that situtation.

- Paulb
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: moistness on September 18, 2003, 05:49:00 AM
i believe the maximum hdd size is now several terrabytes!!
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: oz_paulb on September 18, 2003, 06:14:00 AM
QUOTE (moistness @ Sep 18 2003, 02:13 PM)
i believe the maximum hdd size is now several terrabytes!!

Theoretical limit: about 2.2 Terabytes (max physical size of drive when using 32bits for a sector #).

Actual limit: unknown (but quite big) (I suspect FATX may have some max partition size issues - but you could create multiple partitions if that's the case)

- Paulb
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Cannibalistic on September 18, 2003, 07:27:00 AM
How can I use my current 120GB HDD and "ghost"/"clone" its image to a new and bigger (200+GB) HDD? Do I need to create this G: partition?

If so, what program should I use?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: eightbit on September 18, 2003, 12:01:00 PM
QUOTE (Cannibalistic @ Sep 18 2003, 03:51 PM)
How can I use my current 120GB HDD and "ghost"/"clone" its image to a new and bigger (200+GB) HDD? Do I need to create this G: partition?

If so, what program should I use?

Thanks in advance.

Its the same process you used to put the 120gb in the first time.
FTP Your current hard drive off, install new hard drive, format new hard drive, FTP your data back.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: hoju22 on September 18, 2003, 12:27:00 PM
i think what he's asking is if you had a 120 before and say you upgrade to 250, can you use norton ghost and clone the 120 onto the 250 and have the remaining 130 in g.

i wanted to know if you need a special bios for all this?
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Cannibalistic on September 18, 2003, 03:46:00 PM
That's exactly what I was trying to say. I bet they can't recognize the XBox's File System.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: olftboy on September 18, 2003, 07:40:00 PM
Yes, you can use norton ghost.  Check http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/clone-hdd.php

He mentions using identical size drives for the copy, but I did copy a 120 to a 160 with no noticable problems.  Do this at your own risk though.

Cannibal - using the method described above doesn't require the computer to "understand" xbox lingo....  ;)  
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Agen_T443 on September 18, 2003, 07:56:00 PM
so if i put a 200gb hdd in i would get 190gb or so in f dirve
is that right
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: HeadCse on September 18, 2003, 08:52:00 PM
I have installed a 160GB Maxtor HDD in my system. I have also added the EvoX 3921 to Slayer's Install. I have added the "Format G: & Use G Drive in the evox.ini file. However when I go to format the drive all partitions show up including G. But, there is no space on G and F isn't any larger. What am I doing wrong? Will slayer's install not do this correctly? Is there another way to properly partition the drive and format correctly? Do I need to add anything to the Executer Bios? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Grammaton on September 18, 2003, 08:56:00 PM
Are you using bios that supports HDs larger than 137?
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: quik22 on September 18, 2003, 09:32:00 PM
you need to get a clean copy of a bios, and then use xbtool to make it support hard drives bigger than 137 gb.  then send that file to your bios folder within evox, and flash it onto your chip.  make sure that you have the correct file size flashing over, or else you'll have an incomplete flash which could render your modchip useless...
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: HeadCse on September 19, 2003, 07:49:00 PM
Is there a good tutorial on how to use XBtool to modify a bios to make it compliant with larger hard drives? I've read alot about modifying the evox dash, but somewhere i missed modifying the bios?
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: loupham on September 20, 2003, 04:01:00 PM
I have evo 3921 install and xbtool bios 4976.02 to have LBA48 enable and "Partition 6 Takes up to 137GB/ Partition 7 take rest".  Flash new bios, reboot and everything is good so far.  I ftp using flashxp and do a raw formatpath DeviceHarddisk0Partition7 and see the number and did a formatdrive 'number' ...

I see the G drive on flashxp but there is no free space ... am i missing a step or something ....
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: loupham on September 20, 2003, 09:20:00 PM
yes i did enable in the ini
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Hong Kong Phooey on September 26, 2003, 10:18:00 PM
I updated to EvoX 3921, I formatted drive G.  When I FTP, it shows up.  Is there any way to make it show up on tha dash itself, along with E & F?
Title: Evox 3921 - Drive G Support
Post by: Hong Kong Phooey on September 27, 2003, 06:49:00 AM
Thanks!