SillyDog701

[DJGM]

As title suggests, the Linux on XBox Project have managed to successfully
install and run SuSE Linux 8.0 distribution on a Microsoft XBox. An article
about this acheivement has been posted on The Register website here:

Xbox Linux Project gets SuSE 8.0 running.
http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/26932.html

(Oh, to be a fly on the wall of Microsoft's legal department, right now!)

[Antony: topic changed to more general]

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[Antony]

thanks, I might buy an Xbox then.

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[Antony]

I guess I am tempted. However I spent a lot for this website...

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[Antony]

I bought an Xbox today, the Halo combat pack (with DVD unit and unwanted Halo game, and one extra DVD movie).

DJGM, how do I get Linux installed into my XBox? They have a number of PHP errors there.

See Calendar List for more detail about it.

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[DJGM]

Well, seeing as I don't have an XBox myself, my first answer would probably
be that I don't know exactly how to get an XBox to run a copy of a Linux OS.
The only thing I can really suggest is to download the relevant files from the
downloads page of the XBox Linux Project site, and burn them to a suitable
recordable CD, that can be used to boot the XBox as though it's a real PC.

All the downloads are here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=54192

As you have a broadband connection, the large files on that site shouldn't
take too long to download to your PC. I would imagine that you'd have to
unpack the files, as they're all zipped or packed in some way. If you're
dead set on loading your XBox with a Linux OS, I'd say it would be
best to read as much of the info that's relevant on the XBox Linux
project's site: http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/index.php

I'm sure the PHP errors are only temporary, as I can see the website
perfectly OK in both Netscape 7.0 and Mozilla 1.1. Dunno if I'd have
any probs viewing the site in IE, but to be honest, I can't even be
bothered to view anything in IE, except when I'm testing my
webpages in browsers other than Netscape or Mozilla.

Ideally, this whole Linux on XBox thing is really not much more than
an experiment to get non-Microsoft approved system software on
a games console that's little more than a modified PC that runs
some cut down, embedded, hidden version of Windows as it's
in-built operating sysytem. It's good that they've managed
to get a Unix based OS like Linux to run on XBox. I'm
pretty sure that Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer ain't
too happy about all of this though!

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[Antony]

Thanks for the direction.

I guess I will do some safe (normal) task first with that green/black box first.
If I don't appear on this forum for a while, it is likely I am working on my Xbox tweaking and learning Linux.

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[DJGM]

UPDATE:

Indeed, Microsoft are clearly not happy some Linux people perverting their
oh so precious XBox gaming console, as this article printed on The Register:

MS seeks 'game hacker' to beef up Xbox security...
http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/27020.html

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[Antony]

Microsoft zaps Xbox-hacking chipmaker

Microsoft appears to have shut down one of the world's largest distributors of "mod chips"--gray-market add-ons that allow Microsoft's Xbox and other video game consoles to play pirated games.

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[Antony]

Xbox Linux Project announced that Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 has been released. This is the first complete Linux distribution for the Microsoft Xbox gaming console.
A 350 MB installation CD of Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 is available for download free of charge from the Xbox Linux website.

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[Edward]

The July 2003 issue of Linux Journal had an article on running Linux on the Xbox, but the online article is only for subscribers.

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