Re: best HD media player to replace xbmc

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/9/22 James Reed <james.reed@xxxxxxx>
>
> It's actually pretty easy to upgrade the hard drive on a Xbox once you
>
> have softmodded it. The key to it is extracting the EEPROM dump, which
> can then be used to 'unlock' the hard drive and write out the correct
> format for the new drive. This is done routinely as part of the
> softmodding process.
>
> You can then get a bootable Xbox linux distribution called 'xboxhdm'
> which runs on a normal PC, and understands the xbox filesystem. From
> memory, all you have to do is supply it with a copy of the EEPROM file
> (from the modded xbox) and it will then format up the new drive. I'm
not
> sure what the size limit is, but you will need to partition it up a
bit
> to manage the space.
>
> How much storage did you have in mind? The other advantage of doing
this
> is that it makes the Xbox a lot quieter and cooler, if you get the
right
> drive (Samsung spinpoint etc).
>
> I'd be happy to help out if you wanted to do this. It's well worth
> trying the softmod out as it's again pretty easy. Unless you're a hard
> core modder I don't think you really need hardware modchips any more.
>
> James
>
Hi James,

I've softmodded a couple of Xboxes for XMBC duties, but have never
bothered with a hard drive upgrade (use network share for media
source).

If you have any links to more detailed info on the steps to upgrade
the disk/eeprom, I'd be grateful if you could pass them on.  With a
large enough disk, one of my Xboxes could be great for a standalone
player when one's not network connected (rip some favourite DVD's and
music to it, and away you go).

Sounds like it could also be a great solution to John's original question!

Thanks,

R.

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