Re: FreeBSD ported to the XBox!

From: Ed Schouten (ed_at_fxq.nl)
Date: 07/27/05

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:41:52 +0200
    To: loader <loader@freebsdmall.com>
    
    
    

    * loader <loader@freebsdmall.com> wrote:
    > I got my XBOX with an Aladdin modchip. Today I downloaded the LiveCD
    > and tried to boot from it, but failed. (I don't have the Cromwell BIOS
    > installed on my XBOX ). Then I booted XBOX with GentooX install CD (Home edition),
    > and replaced GentooX CD with FreeBSD XBOX live CD after it booted into
    > GentooX Loader, selected CD option, then the XBOX was try to boot from it,
    > I can see there's four choices (FreeBSD 5.4 ... CD/HDD,
    > FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1 ... CD/HDD). I tried all of them, it just stopped there,
    > it didn't show any FreeBSD boot messages.

    Well, the GentooX bootloader doesn't support ELF files yet. If I recall
    correctly, Rink has also put a patched Cromwell binary on the CD, so you
    could chainload it from within the GentooX loader. Good luck!

    Yours,

    -- 
     Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
    
    



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