Re: [Xbox-linux-user] Headless Optional Booting of Xebian with XBMC asDashboard

[Power B. <pow...@ya...>]

Hi Robert and all,

Thanks for the tip, I think I do know how to get that
done.

One question though: so howcome booting from the disc
doesn't work? Is that supposed to only work via
Cromwell?

--- Robert Gingher <gi...@op...> wrote:

> You need a dual boot option, the details of which I
> am not at liberty to 
> discuss.  The xbox will boot a dash based on whether
> the large DVD button or 
> small power button is pressed.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Power Box" <pow...@ya...>
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.ports.xbox.user
> To: <xbo...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:29 PM
> Subject: Headless Optional Booting of Xebian with
> XBMC asDashboard
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an Xbox with Xebian and XBMC installed. I
> want
> > XBMC as the default dashboard. But I would also
> like
> > to start Xebian sometimes. How can I boot Xebian
> > without having to turn on the TV or plug in a
> > controller?
> >
> > I thought I could just use the Xebian boot disc,
> but
> > when I start the Xbox and put it in the drive, it
> just
> > shows two lines with a version number and nothing
> more
> > happens. There is no error message. I had the same
> > problem with the Xebian Live CD. I had to use XBMC
> to
> > start Cromwell as an application and then boot the
> > Live CD from there. I installed Linux on the hard
> > drive, but to start it I still have to start
> Cromwell
> > as an application from XBMC and then boot the
> > hard-drive installed Xebian. Am I doing something
> > wrong or what might the problem be?
> >
> > Or is there some other way than using a boot disc
> that
> > I can use to tell the Xbox to start Xebian without
> > having to plug in a controller or turn on the
> screen?
> > (The remote control receiver is usually plugged in
> > though, but I don't want to have to remember how
> to
> > press 8 buttons in the correct order to start
> Xebian
> > without looking at the screen ;) )
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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