On Sat, 7 May 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: > Answering my own question with a partition answer, grub installs fine > but does not boot using an ext2 boot partition. > > I am told online that the EvolutionX BIOS only supports somethign > called FATX so I'll have to learn about how to format using that file > system type.
I was under the impression that you only need FATX if you want to reboot and plat XBox games? Anyway, the gentoo-xbox list is the best place to ask this stuff. > > Cheers, > Mark > > On 5/7/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > As a few folks probably know I'm playing with Gentoo on some XBox > > hardware. My interest is in XBox as a standard PC - not a gaming > > platform. I am using Gentoo-XBox but I have a more global question and > > am looking for a specific answer about boot loaders. Thanks in > > advance. > > > > The specific question: Will grub work on all X86 machines (and > > non-X86 for that matter) or is grub limited to some specific set of > > hardware devices? > > > > In my case I have an XBox with a mod chip installed. This mod chip > > allows me to completely bypass the M$ BIOS and boot a different BIOS > > installed in the mod chip. Effectively the machine has two completely > > separate BIOS's installed and depending on which front panel switch > > you push at boot time (either the power for M$ or the disk eject for > > mod chip) you boot with either the M$ BIOS or the mod chip BIOS. > > > > The mod chip BIOS does not depend on any files or information on > > the M$ XBox disk partitions. I have removed the XBox disk, set it > > completely aside for safe keeping and then installed Gentoo-XBox on a > > new drive. Booting from the mod chip BIOS the machine finds any > > bootable DVD I've tried so far, including both the standard Gentoo > > disc as well as the Gentoo-XBox and GentooX and WinXP discs. I used > > the Gentoo-XBox DVD and the installation has gone completely normally. > > Great so far. > > > > However, and this is important. from earlier tests I know that > > Cromwell does NOT work on this revision of the XBox. I would like to > > install and use grub in an absolutely normal way for a PC. > > > > Will it work? > > > > If I try it and it doesn't work can I actually remove grub and go > > some other direction (Cromwell update) later? > > > > The basic install on this machine is done and I'm at the install > > your boot loader step. I'll hang tight and see what the verdict is. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Mark > > > > -- flame war n. [common] (var. `flamewar') An acrimonious dispute, especially when conducted on a public electronic forum such as Usenet. -- [email protected] mailing list
