Post by: magicalbum on January 04, 2006, 01:31:00 PM
btw i also did the same thing as u and i only got around 72 GB in F: for some odd reason know any ways i can fix this? cause i tried allocating more space with XBpartitioner and it showed that i have no more free space left to allocate...
Post by: ShannanC on January 05, 2006, 08:49:00 PM
129 gb is about right. remember that hardware companies calculate gbs different- they use 1000 mb=1 gb ad it is actually 1024 mb=1 gig (if I am remembering right).....as a rule of thumb: once a hard drive is formatted you will loose roughly 20% of the advertised size of the drive due to incorrect calculations, system files (ie - c: and e: partitions) and such.
Post by: 10001110101 on January 05, 2006, 09:10:00 PM
btw, i used all space on f
Post by: ShannanC on January 07, 2006, 03:54:00 PM
to: 10001110101
You're kinda right - I have the same hd that I removed from my xbox when I installed a Maxtor 250gb with 16mb cache and it shows maximum of 149gb under Windows XP. So it is possible to have 151 gb show up on the Xbox I suppose. But what I stated about the difference in calculating size and what you actually get is still true. About 20% or so if I remember right - the larger the hd the more you will loose due to the difference in size calculation. I also used all of F with no G drive.
Post by: mungie3 on January 07, 2006, 09:26:00 PM
Post by: ShannanC on January 13, 2006, 08:24:00 PM
Post by: Rabid1 on January 13, 2006, 09:41:00 PM
QUOTE(mungie3 @ Jan 8 2006, 05:33 AM) 
You have to make sure that both F and G drives are enbaled, because I've heard of people having issues when their drive is bigger than 127.5 gigs.
Your problem is your bios you are using is not setup for LBA48 support, partitions over 137g. You need to A: edit the bios to enable support, or B: get a bios that has the support already enabled. Look for an extensin in the file name like _06 or _67. _06 is for one large F: , _67 is for F: and G:.
I suggest getting X2.5035 and using X2ool to edit it yourself though. Once you have edited it and created an X2config.ini to place on E:, you can then make any changes in the .ini without having to reflash the bios. Look on Teamxodus.com for a couple of tutorials by Pezzar on setting up the X2, and he has one for editing the M8 using Evtool. I think there is even a couple of tuts on here somewhere.
Post by: luser on January 17, 2006, 09:51:00 AM
Post by: Rabid1 on January 17, 2006, 11:29:00 AM
Post by: Rabid1 on January 17, 2006, 05:25:00 PM
Post by: _iffy on January 17, 2006, 09:07:00 PM
1)there are two m8+ v1-1.5 and one for v1.6. make sure yours is right.
2)edit m8 with EVtool - set LBA48 to "partition 6 takes up to 137/ partition 7 takes the rest"
3)re-flash
if you did this already ok.
4)with UnleashX ->settings->format (somthing like that) g:\
password Xbox
5)evolutionx dash ->settings->enable g drive = yes
6)reboot
if u haven't seen it yet you should this time.
note: there are 2 reasons why you can't see g:
bios doesn't support/drive isn't formatted.
best of luck
Post by: Rabid1 on January 17, 2006, 10:37:00 PM
QUOTE
set LBA48 to "partition 6 takes up to 137/ partition 7 takes the rest
This is not LBA48 mode, LBA48 is "partition 6 takes rest of drive" And he never set the drive up for a G:
QUOTE
Is the m8plus16 bios not capable of showing HDD partitions over 129GB?
Yes, get Evtool_1.0.9 and you should be good, although M8 does not supply live blocking when playing games.
Post by: _iffy on January 18, 2006, 10:14:00 AM
i though if the chips off it doesn't matter what bios your have.
(i was told x2 was a better bios)
Post by: Rabid1 on January 18, 2006, 10:59:00 AM
QUOTE(_iffy @ Jan 18 2006, 06:21 PM)
hey rabid1, does x2 5032/5035 supply live blocking?
i though if the chips off it doesn't matter what bios your have.
(i was told x2 was a better bios)
Yes, so does X2.4983 and the Yoshihiro Metoo M8+. Live blocking is for when you are playing a Live enabled game from backup or HD. While the bios is active the ports Live uses to connect are blocked so the game cannot connect looking for updates or you can't accidentally try and launch Live. When you disable a chip to run the retail kernel, or like with Xenium it is disabled when you run the retail kernel you don't have to worry.
Post by: _iffy on January 19, 2006, 10:38:00 AM
i assume that with "partition 6 takes the rest/no partition 7" selection i would be ok.
but i simply don't know.
my problem was i was "missing" 20gb i really didn't care were i had to go to get it, i just wanted it.
also if you want to upgrade your HDD later (i will once i fill my extra space) with a HDD around 300gb
400gb or even a tetrabite G: will end up being the biggest anyway.
avalaunch/unleashx/evolutionX were written before LBA 48 support, when g: was "impossible" now they are patched for g: drive support
with xbmc it really doesn't matter, cause it makes your xbox more like a home PC than a video game console.
xbmc see's everything even x/y/z
i don't care were my space is, i just want it.
sorry i can't answer your question, but i hope this helps
Post by: Rabid1 on January 20, 2006, 02:35:00 PM
Post by: _iffy on January 20, 2006, 08:04:00 PM
"partition6 takes up to 137gb/partition 7 takes the rest"
save
FTP your bios to C:\bios
in EvolutionX select setting\flash bios
select your new edited bios and hit "y" to start
-it will say erasing than writing.
your new bios is in.
in UnleashX settings (you'll find it) enable g:
in UnleashX choose format g: (password Xbox - case sensitive)
in the main menu in UnleashX you should see g with your missing space.
if you did these three things you do have a G:
evolution X won't show G: underneath F: and e: but it is there.
dvd2xbox u should see it/boxplorer u should see it but in xbmc u have to "scan the HDD" (so to speak)
u do this by clicking right thumb stick then the next menu to the right of "turn off" (directions from t3ch's cvs builds) by the way to see your default.xbe's in xbmc/evox u have edit your .XML/.INI to look in your g:
i highly recomend getting UnleashX for formating and xbmc for a new dash.
now please note : me and rabid1 seem to be giving u conflicting info regarding partitions. understand that this method worked for me, but there might be something i don't know that he's trying to tell you.
keep at it your almost there
Post by: _iffy on January 22, 2006, 10:14:00 AM
but you do have to format
get UnleashX
u can delete it when this is all done if you want.
question
1) can u see "g:\" anywere? DVD2xbox/boxplorer?
2) is there space on it? eg: 0.00bytes
3) what apps do you have - list
i'm pretty sure you have to "enable g:\" in dvd2xbox's settings for dvd2xbox to see it
UnleashX can format the g:\ only.
you do have to format g:\
keep at it your almost there.
Post by: Rabid1 on January 22, 2006, 11:51:00 AM
Post by: zep25 on January 22, 2006, 02:16:00 PM
_iffy,
G: shows as unavailable under XBMC. Evox settings shows G: 0 MB. DVD2xbox shows no G: partition and cannot set enable to yes in settings. Boxplorer shows G: 0 MB as well.
Programs: All from Slayers, Evox 3539, XBMP, XBMC, Avalaunch dash, DVD2xbox (upgraded to 7.2), PxHDDLoader, Boxplorer
Post by: _iffy on January 22, 2006, 07:13:00 PM
Post by: Rabid1 on January 22, 2006, 08:47:00 PM
QUOTE
I tried formatting just the g: drive with slayers, still 139G
so if you now got another 6g that's 145g which is about all you are going to get. If you format F: you will not loose save games they are kept on E:. F: is not recognized by the MS system.
Post by: _iffy on January 22, 2006, 09:54:00 PM
so u will never get all of whats advritised.
Post by: _iffy on January 23, 2006, 09:52:00 AM
zep,
i want you to re-read this entire topic.
your first post u said u have 127gb/ later you said u have 139gb
then i want you to give me your HDD numbers
c:\
e:\
f:\
g:\
x:\
y:\
z:\
total space = ??.??GB
we will go from there.
Post by: zep25 on January 23, 2006, 08:46:00 PM
C: 327.338.816
E: 5.103.435.776
F: 114.149.392.382
G: 0
XYZ: 786.300.921 each
my G: drive has four games loaded which equal about 15GB total
Total for all drives: 135GB
Post by: _iffy on January 23, 2006, 08:53:00 PM
Post by: _iffy on January 24, 2006, 12:34:00 PM
you can tell if it says online on my post (next to card/pm)