i know thisprobably isnt anything, but on the mandriva 2007 disk i noticed that there is default.xbe..... will give this a try later if anyone thinks its worth me burning it to a disk that can be read by my xbox

If I remember correctly Mandriva does support xbox now.
So it'll definately be worth a look.

hmm it didnt work couldnt launch the xbe in any way at all, will try taking it apart and seeing what it is

EDIT: right it definitly IS an xbox executable, judging by some of the info ive found in it, anyone have an idea about this?






.Focus.Xcalibur.Unknown.Conexant.VGA.RGB SCART.SVideo.VGA SoG.HDTV.Composite.No Sense.Recovered Error.Not Ready.Medium Error.Hardware Error.Illegal request.Unit Attention.Data Protect.Reserved 8.Reserved 9.Reserved 0xa.Aborted Command.Miscompare.Reserved 0xf. %d: Not Ready..XBOXLINUX.unknown drive..ide error %02X..... %d: Drive not detected.. Drive %d: Not detected..Unlock failed!.Error getting final GET_INFO.. Drive %d: Not Ready..%08X: .%02X .Error decode picture..%02hX:.%d..<NULL>.BRFR.FatX (E:).hd%c%d.. %s.... %s..Flash bios from CD-ROM (hd%c).Lock HDD (hd%c).Display HDD password (hd%c).Unlock HDD (hd%c).Display Size: Widescreen.Display Size: Normal.TV Standard: PAL.TV Standard: NTSC-USA.TV Standard: NTSC-Japan.No.Yes.Confirm locking of drive.Locking drive....%02x ...Locking drive - please wait..press Button A to continue.Lock command failed!.Confirm unlocking of drive..Press Button A to continue.Failed!...Press Button A to continue. Bootconfig : Kernel %s ..%c. Bootconfig : Initrd %s .. - %d bytes..... Loading %s .Empty file.. No initrd from config file. - %d bytes../debian/linuxboot.cfg./debian.Error loading kernel %s.. Loading %s from FATX.Error loading initrd %s.. - %d %d bytes...Please wait.../linuxboo.cfg. Loading %s from CDROM. Kernel: %s...Starting Linux..%s/.IO APIC not responding...ReIsEr3Fs.ReIsEr2Fs.ReIsErFs.ReIsErLB.ext2fs.reiserfs.manf=0x%02X, dev=0x%02X.%s (%dK).%u.Trying to erase whole chip..MAC : .%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X .Vid: .%X .Serial: .0 .NTSC-M .NTSC-J .PAL-I . ..title.kernel.initrd.append.default.%s/%s.no.Unable to get first sector../%s [%s] (SZ:%i CL%x))..FATX Partition Table:..Partition SYSTEM..hcd-pci.c.DBG: %s: hcd alloc fail..usb%d.----.XBOX.%s %s %s.hub.%s.%d. (Audio). (!!!).Control.Isochronous.Bulk.Interrupt. Endpoint:..in.out.i/o. Alternate Setting: %2d..Configuration:.. wTotalLength = %04x.. DescriptorType = %02x.. MaxPacketSize0 = %d.. NumConfigurations = %d.. Communications class.. Unknown class.. Printer device class.. Per-interface classes.. Audio device class.. Hub device class.. Vendor class... Interface: %d..urb :%p..dev :%p..pipe :%08X..status :%d..transfer_flags :%08X..transfer_buffer :%p..transfer_buffer_length:%d..actual_length :%d..setup_packet :%p..start_frame :%d..number_of_packets :%d..interval :%d..error_count :%d..context :%p..complete :%p..usb.%d-%s.USB device %04x:%04x.%s (USB device %04x:%04x).usb-%s-%s interface %d.%d-%s:%d.%s (%s).USB device %04x:%04x (%s).OHCI.ERR: PCI device not set!..XPAD.XRemote.keyboard...BootIdeReadData data not ready......BootIdeReadData ended with an error.....BootIdeWriteData timeout or error from BootIdeWaitNotBusy ret %d....BootIdeWriteAtapiData Error BEFORE writing data (0x%x bytes) err=0x%X... Drive %d: BootIdeIssueAtapiPacketCommandAndPacket 2 FAILED, error=%02X.... Drive %d: BootIdeIssueAtapiPacketCommandAndPacket Atapi Wait for data ready FAILED, status=0x%02X, error=0x%02X..Sense key 0x%02X (%s), ASC=0x%02X, qualifier=0x%02X.....Error for drive %i: Must have 2048 byte sector for ATAPI!!!!!... - Unable to read FATX sector.Warning - ATA Bit 83 is not set - attempting LBA48 anyway...Unable to calculate drive password - eeprom corrupt?....Unable to get ASC from drive when clearing sticky DVD error, retcode=0x%x... Unable to get first sector, returned %d....0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz....0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ....Boot from CD failed..Check that linuxboot.cfg exists....Cromwell locks drives with a master password of ".XBOXLINUX."..Please remember this,....as it could save your drive!....The normal password (user password) the drive is being locked with is as follows:... .... ....Complete..Make a note of the password above, and.........This drive is now unlocked.....Unable to calculate drive password - eeprom corrupt? Aborting..The normal password (user password) for this drive is as follows:... Bootconfig : Kernel commandline :.....Unable to load kernel, Grub error %d....Unable to load initrd, Grub error %d.....Please insert CD and press Button A....Loading linuxboot.cfg from CDROM... ....for IRQ, reg 0x%08x value 0x%08x 0x%08x.....Read Only??? manf=0x%02X, dev=0x%02X....This chip requires +5V on pin 11 (Vpp). See the README.....Erase failed for block at +0x%x, reads as 0x%02X....Chip Status after Erase: 0x%02X.Chip Status after Program: 0x%02X...Program failed for byte at +0x%x; wrote 0x%02X, read 0x%02X.Chip Status after TIMED-OUT Program: 0x%02X.LoadFATXCluster : Out of data while reading cluster %i..getNextClusterInChain : Unknown cluster chain map entry size: %i....getNextClusterInChain : Cluster chain problem: Next cluster after %i has invalid value: %i..getNextClusterInChain : Cluster chain problem: Next cluster after %i is unallocated!....getNextClusterInChain : Attempt to access invalid cluster: %i..._DumpFATXTree : Invalid filename size: %i...PrintFAXPartitionTable : error on opening STORE.....DBG: %s: error mapping memory...DBG: %s: no i/o regions available...ERR: usb: raced timeout, pipe 0x%x status %d time left %d... bLength = %4d%s... bDescriptorType = %02x.. bEndpointAddress = %02x (%s)..... bmAttributes = %02x (%s)..... wMaxPacketSize = %04x.... bInterval = %02x.. bRefresh = %02x.. bSynchAddress = %02x.. bLength = %4d%s..... bDescriptorType = %02x.... bInterfaceNumber = %02x.... bAlternateSetting = %02x.... bNumEndpoints = %02x.... bInterface Class:SubClass:Protocol = %02x:%02x:%02x... iInterface = %02x.... bNumInterfaces = %02x.. bConfigurationValue = %02x.. iConfiguration = %02x.. bmAttributes = %02x.. bMaxPower = %4dmA.. Length = %2d%s... USB version = %x.%02x..... Vendor:Product = %04x:%04x... Device version = %x.%02x..... Device Class:SubClass:Protocol = %02x:%02x:%02x... Human Interface Devices class...Invalid USB device descriptor (NULL POINTER).... Mass Storage device class......B...D...?..

That would be XCromwell, the xbox-linux bootloader. Xbox support was added in Mandriva LE 2005. However that was as a seperate, Xbox specific .iso. I hadn't heard anything about Xbox support in subsequent versions and assumed it had been dropped. What's in the linuxboot.cfg file? That's another Xbox specific file with boot options (path to kernel, etc.).

linuxboot.cfg contains this

kernel isolinux/xbox/vmlinuz
initrd isolinux/xbox/initrd
append root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=36000 automatic=method:cdrom

although in isolinux there isnt a xbox folder at all

found a second linuxboot.cfg containing this:

EDIT: sorry is isolinux.cfg my bad

default harddisk
prompt 1
timeout 150
display help.msg
implicit 1
gfxboot bootlogo
label harddisk
localboot 0x80
label linux
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom vga=788 splash=silent
label vgalo
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom vga=785
label vgahi
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom vga=791
label vga16
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom vga16
label text
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom text
label patch
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom patch vga=788 splash=silent
label rescue
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom rescue
label noacpi
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz automatic=method:cdrom vga=788 splash=silent acpi=off
label alt0
kernel alt0/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt0/all.rdz vga=788 splash=silent
label alt1
kernel alt1/vmlinuz
append initrd=alt1/all.rdz vga=788 splash=silent
label memtest
kernel test/memtest.bin