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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: FreeBSD ported to the XBox!
From:       Ed Schouten <ed () fxq ! nl>
Date:       2005-07-27 13:41:52
Message-ID: 20050727134152.GJ80282 () hoeg ! nl
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* 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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