Talk:HOWTO Gentoo for Xbox

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[edit] SoftMod Method

I have installed Xebian on my XBox using the MechInstaller. Is it possible to install Gentoo from the Xebian Live CD (chrooting in Xebian partition, deleting contents and putting the stage tarball on it?

Thx

[edit] Followed step by step not working

getting error when i chroot "kernel too old" . Is this guide up to date ?

one answer is to :download the 2006.0 stage3. and then once all running do a world -avuD now sure on how well it updates but im sure it will be fine

[edit] xbox 360

does this apply?

JAmes says "yup im getting the same darn error pluss all the mirrors lack a xbox stage tarball i dunno what to do, i really dont want to use gentoox instead but i guess i might havetoo

[edit] linuxboot.cfg & cromwell 2.40

I've not be able to boot the gentoo-xbox-livecd whith cromwell 2.40 (seems that's a known bug, read link below)

You should upgrade to cromwell 2.40-r2 (see link below) use the lastest raincoat as well to flash your bios.

the thread on gentoo forums about this issue, here you can also find a precompiled 2.40-r2 cromwell image.

[edit] Disk Setup with FATX

I haven't gone through with it yet, but in the Disk Setup with FATX section, don't you have to mk<fs> the file before you can mount it?

[edit] # emerge defvsd

  1. emerge defvsd 
    (Needed for devfs and not installed by default)

some typos here ?

[edit] Disk Setup with Native FS

Native FS versus using loopback is not the only choice IF you have a 10Gb drive - you can use the extra 2Gb that the xbox doesn't use.

In fdisk create an 8Gb partition to effectively mask the standard xbox partitions (xbox voodoo means the standard partitions are still seen - Is this hardcoded in the xbox kernel sources as it is in the xbox itself?). Then create your linux partitions in the remaining space as normal.

Also note, by doing it this way you can use one of the temporary partitions as swap space 

mkswap /dev/hda52 && swapon /dev/hda52

(from: www.xbox-linux.org)

[edit] xorg configuration page

The article says that trying to autoconfigure x.org in the xbox will probably crash it, and contains a link to a downloadable xorg.conf file. The link is broken.

here's the new link http://xbox-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/xbox-linux/Xorg/xorg.conf?revision=1.1.1.1&view=markup

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