I run a modchip, its the easiest way IMHO. Cromwell (which is completely legal and ships installed on most modchips) will allow you to load linux. I use Executer chips and use solder. Its really not that hard and pays off in a more reliable connection. I have never tried solderless but I hear they pop off easily. The soldering really isnt that bad except for 1 point thats pretty freakin tiny. If you need more info contact me off-list. Chris
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Muralidar Chakravarthi Sent: Tue 11/16/2004 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] PIC programming? So you guys use the mod-chip method / the mechinstaller hack? I am still thinking of getting a modchip (esp the one with a solderless connector). http://www.xbreporter.com/chameleon_xbox_mod_chip.php I am going to try gentoox next ... Regards, Murali On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 18:06, -ray wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Christian Tortorich wrote: > > > Also, if you have FTP access, you could just FTP the xebian stuff over > > there (Im not 100% on this but I think you can do that, I know gentoox > > works this way). > > Yea that's how i got gentoox on my Xbox. The xebian guys don't support > that anymore since FTP access assumes you've already got a modchip and > illegal MS bios, and there are "better solutions" now. Although i think > the legality of simply running Linux on Xbox is still questionable. > > > I had aspirations of surfing the web from my TV... Got a wireless > > keyboard/mouse. Basically the conclusion I came to is > > > > - It hurts my eyes, even at 720p > > - There isn't enough ram to do much but annoy me > > Same conclusion here. I loaded up KDE and mozilla. It was painful. I > went to papajohns.com and ordered pizza from my TV... i had it ordered in > 30 minutes or less! Now i mostly use the Xbox as a media box > (music/video). > > ray > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 5793 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20041116/537cde8a/attachment.bin From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 16 13:26:20 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (-ray) Date: Tue Nov 16 13:26:10 2004 Subject: [brlug-general] PIC programming? In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Christian Tortorich wrote: > I run a modchip, its the easiest way IMHO. Cromwell (which is completely > legal and ships installed on most modchips) will allow you to load > linux. The Cromwell BIOS is legal. Circumventing the protection built into the Xbox seems to be a clear violation of the DMCA. > I use Executer chips and use solder. Its really not that hard and pays > off in a more reliable connection. I have never tried solderless but I > hear they pop off easily. I concur. I would not try the solderless. Soldering is not that bad, just make sure you have a steady hand and plenty of light. My chip was supposed to be solderless (way back on a 1.1 box) but i ended up soldering the points anyway since anytime you'd breathe on the Xbox the wrong way, the chip would get unaligned. ray
