How to Install Ubuntu onto Your Xbox 360 Hard Drive Options

[brilliantdonkey]

CHan163, did you ever get your split XBox360 + Ubuntu hard drive idea working? I'd love to do that, too, since I don't have two HD enclosures, and would need to swap the hd every time (I remember reading that the SATA connectors are too fragile for frequent swapping.)

[hellawacked]

might not go here but anyways would it be possible to install a more user friendly OS like windows after this by installing the ubuntu to ur hard drive then get a windows 2000 or xp cd and install it to ur hard drive like a normal computer?>

[Icekiller2k6]

might not go here but anyways would it be possible to install a more user friendly OS like windows after this by installing the ubuntu to ur hard drive then get a windows 2000 or xp cd and install it to ur hard drive like a normal computer?>

moan.. Xbox360 = PPC
windows = x86 aka.. you need to a install linux op xbox360 && then in a virtual machine Windows.. so.. speed will be like sh*t

[clousr]

Would it be possible to intall linux to an external hdd so i do not have wipe my 360 drive?
Also could i play backups of my 360 games in iso form?
and are there any emulators for ps2, xbox, etc.?

This post has been edited by clousr: Dec 16 2007, 05:37 PM

[xmugen360]

there is an app called tiny xp and yes search the threads can be installed to thumb drives or external hd

[iwanttheagrocrag]

HOLY S*** not only is linux possible its also my favorite distro. UBUNTU rocks

EDIT: wait before i get anymore excited, is it actually Ubuntu or is it xubuntu ect. , and is it mostly intact like are you able to change settings?

This post has been edited by iwanttheagrocrag: Jan 18 2008, 05:39 PM

[Icekiller2k6]

HOLY S*** not only is linux possible its also my favorite distro. UBUNTU rocks

EDIT: wait before i get anymore excited, is it actually Ubuntu or is it xubuntu ect. , and is it mostly intact like are you able to change settings?

its Ubuntu 7.04 (not 7.10 won't start)

not xubuntu .. well you CAN install KDE or XCFE or whatever window manager you want..

[Icekiller2k6]

Just a heads up,

Ubuntu 7.10 now works @ xbox 360.

Install script @

http://www.free60.org/wiki/Ubuntu7.10

thanks ssmurf

[sparticus13]

Well I don't think this can be done yet but can't hurt to ask. Would it be possible after installing ubuntu on the HDD to boot directly from the HDD with out the use of the xell boot cd? Looking for a way to use the dash to select it and boot just like a demo game.

Reason I am asking is because I have a few 360s I got off ebay and were dead. I fixed them but a few had a swapped DVD drive and of course no DVD Key that matched. I keep looking for ways to boot up linux without the use of the DVD drive. I could get it all installed of a working 360 and then hope to boot it from the HDD on the systems that needed the DVD key. From that point I can get the key off the motherboard.

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

[rapidmovies]

how would the speed suck? I thought the 360 had 3 core 3.4 ghz PPCs? I can run windows + mac fine on any core 2 duo machine. Qemu greatly speeds up emulation speeds when using ubuntu as well. The only problem i can think of would be the ram.

[utar]

Just a heads up,

Ubuntu 7.10 now works @ xbox 360.

Install script @

http://www.free60.org/wiki/Ubuntu7.10

thanks ssmurf

Bonus!

As a matter of interest how was the Gnome issue fixed?



Utar

[Icekiller2k6]

Bonus!

As a matter of interest how was the Gnome issue fixed?
Utar

libfbdevhw.so from 7.10 is replaced with the libfbdevhw.so of 7.04

[battery]

after you install Ubuntu, how do you put the original 360 save game files back on the hdd, assuming you've created a backup image of the hdd prior to the installation of Ubuntu?

[Menzis0]

how about a philips, benq or liteon?
im just asking because i got really tuned up by the guide, i'd love linux on my xobx, allways been a fan of the os, but now im torn because my drive isnt the one described, what would you have me do, leet 1.post-guide?

Thanks in advance and sorry if i missed a smilair question...

cheers
-Menzis0

btw: love the guide

This post has been edited by Menzis0: Apr 16 2008, 06:52 PM

[Grim187]

Run debootstrap:

CODE

debootstrap --arch powerpc edgy /mnt/ubuntu http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu

bash: debootstrap: command not found

im pretty sure im doing everything right, this is my 2nd attempt and i got the same error the last time (on a different box).

i noticed there where 2 unextracted files in the dir (pic) making the usr/lib/debootstrap and /usr/sbin directory's invalid so i tried extracting the 2 files and it didn't make a difference (pic), so beyond that im not sure whats going wrong.

Edit: Spellcheck

This post has been edited by Grim187: Apr 22 2008, 10:01 PM