[mythtv-users] Dedicated x-box frontend? (xbox newbie question)

[Allen T. Gilliland IV]

This actually depends on the method you choose.  I
believe there are 2 options now.

1.  use one of the game hacks to reflash the xbox's
original bios and install linux.  i haven't done this,
but i believe this would make your xbox only a linux
machine.

2.  install a modchip and flash it with a new bios,
then add a new dashboard.  this is what most people do
and it is totally harmless to your xbox (assuming you
don't do something wrong).  you will still be able to
play games, dvds, linux, etc.

i don't see why you wouldn't want the second option.

--- Dane Kantner <webmaster at cmtweb.com> wrote:
> I've been following these threads... and I'm a bit
> of a newbie to the Xbox
> ( I don't have one--I am hoping to buy one soon
> kinda thing) so please
> excuse my ignorance... Anyway, my understanding of
> modding the xbox to run
> linux was that you basically modded it and redid the
> OS, and at that point
> you couldnt really use it as it originally was
> intended (a game platform).
> I vaguely remember reading that, but these seems
> wrong... Are people just
> redoing the boot sector and doing some sort of
> bootloader to choose (evox
> dashboard?), or what exactly is going on?  Are you
> still able to use the
> xbox for games *and* running linux?  I'd imagine so,
> or I don't see why so
> many people would be jumping this route (other than
> to have a very cheap
> 'pc')?
> 
> -dane
> 
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