Re: Xbox softmodding

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nobody hosts it because it's all, err, of questionable legality...

Anybody found hosting it for any length of time would almost certainly
have a visit from MS...




Paul Gordon wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
> Which process did you follow? - since it's not quite the same as a
> softmod, I'm presuming the process may be somewhat different...
>
> What *really* annoys me, is the tutorial I've just ended up at for
doing
> a softmod HDD upgrade has as its #1 instruction:
> "Get the following programs from the usual places:
> atapwd
> Hdlock
> Hdunlock
> Hddisabl
> 007 gamesave exploit (or mech assault)
> liveinfo
> hdprepar
> HDD_Driver
> Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker"
>
> ... - AARRGGHH - what usual places?? - why can't they just put a link
to
> them, or better still host them right there & then in the
downloads
> section of the same website? Jeez it annoys the t1ts off me that
> something that *everybody* says only takes between 5-30 minutes is
> nothing of the sort!!! It might well only take that long to actually
do
> it, but it's taking bloody days to get all the pre-requisites
together.
> I swear that when I track down all these items I'm gonna zip them all
up
> into a single package and bung 'em up on a website somewhere to make
it
> a whole lot easier... - unless somebody already has of course.... - in
> which case I'd appreciate a link... :-)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul G
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>
> Of
>
>> Ian Lowe
>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:34 PM
>> To: UKHA_D Group
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xbox softmodding
>>
>> This is what I did - my Xbox has a 250Gb samsung spinpoint in it,
with
>>
> all
>
>> my movies on it. I actually FTP anything off that I want to watch
>> elsewhere.
>> Not the most elegant, but it works out fine for me most of the
time.
>>
>>
>>
>> I use XBMC as the dashboard too - I put mine together using the
Slayer
>> installer disk - my XBOX is TSOP flashed rather than softmodded: a
>>
> little
>
>> tricker as it involves soldering, and a bit more permanent.
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems you can now do what you need to do with a softmod rather
than
>> flashing the ROM, so that's probably the best way now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>
> Of
>
>> Paul Gordon
>> Sent: 30 November 2006 12:10
>> To: UKHA_D Group
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xbox softmodding
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
>>>
>> [mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of
>>
>>> Gareth Cook
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:59 AM
>>> To: UKHA_D Group
>>> Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Xbox softmodding
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> If you want to store films, FTPing stuff over every time is a
PITA.
>>>
>> Youd
>>
>>> be better off expanding or creating a NAS - a lot easier.
>>>
>> Hmm... I could do this for home, but I'm thinking I want to set
one up
>> for my parents, so it would be better if it is entirely self
>> contained...
>>
>>
>>> As for dashboards, do you need it ? Mine (both XBOXes) just
boot
>>>
>> straight
>>
>>> up into XBMC
>>>
>>>
>> GAH! - that's exactly what I meant, - I just want to go power on,
wait
>>
> a
>
>> few seconds, XBMC... that's it, nothing in between. I presume that
if
>>
> a
>
>> game disk in the drive that process would not apply, and the game
disk
>> would be booted in preference to the HDD, and thus my nephews
would be
>> able to continue to play games as normal...
>>
>> Paul G.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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