Re: Xbox (classic) HDD upgrade

[Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15 Jan 2009, at 08:18, Marcus Warrington wrote:

> On a 1.6 xbox I believe the actual Chimp menu doesn't work at all
> and you HAVE to telnet in to do the upgrade from a PC front end.
>
> http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-255.html
>
> > I don't actually know what version my xbox is.
> > I know it's chipped.
> > How can I find out what version it is?
>
> http://www.xbox-scene.com/versions.php
>
> or , if you have XBMC installed I'm pretty sure I've seen it
> mentioned in one of the system status screens ... couldn't swear too
> it though.
>
> Just to clarify..
>
> 1. You have started the XBOX, let it boot then hot swap the IDE lead
> to the new hard disk ?
> 2. You have run Chimp on the Xbox and can see the menu ?
> 3. You can run option 1, and it "sees" the second hard disc
OK.
> (scroll down past the first device / hard disk)
> 4. You have chosen option 2, and this is where it hangs ?
>
> Marcus
> ________________________________
>
>


Marcus,

I gave up in the end and got a copy of Slayers Evox 2.7 - it took
about 10 minutes (max) to get the new disk installed

Thanks for hte help anyway :D

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