360 - Loading Linux on a 360 just got easier

Braen · 03-30-2007, 04:56 PM

Continuing my thread starting domination of the Games forum...

Hacking Linux onto your 360 just got a wee bit easier - Engadget

Once again, we're a far cry from PS3-Linux-easy, but those 360 kids seem rather hard to dissuade. The latest development on the XeLL bootloader front is that you no longer need a serial cable hooked up for executing the boot loader, all you need is a 360 set up for running burned DVDs, a modified version of the King Kong disc -- you'll want the original game, Windows and a DVD burner to get that together -- and of course a Live CD with XeLL and your Linux distro all prepped to go. By now we're sure we don't need to tell you that this is limited to those lucky 4532 and 4548 kernels, but if you've got all of the above ingredients, plus a little bit of patience and complete disregard for warranty voidance, it looks like Linux on the 360 is within your reach at last. Peep a video after the break of the previous version of XeLL doing its thing.

Rensho · 03-30-2007, 06:36 PM

so fucken what

Vorph · 03-30-2007, 10:15 PM

It's a small step towards the possibility of XBMC360, that's what.

03-30-2007, 04:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Braen Watches the Watchmen Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas Posts: 3,763 -4 Internets	360 - Loading Linux on a 360 just got easier Continuing my thread starting domination of the Games forum... Hacking Linux onto your 360 just got a wee bit easier - Engadget Once again, we're a far cry from PS3-Linux-easy, but those 360 kids seem rather hard to dissuade. The latest development on the XeLL bootloader front is that you no longer need a serial cable hooked up for executing the boot loader, all you need is a 360 set up for running burned DVDs, a modified version of the King Kong disc -- you'll want the original game, Windows and a DVD burner to get that together -- and of course a Live CD with XeLL and your Linux distro all prepped to go. By now we're sure we don't need to tell you that this is limited to those lucky 4532 and 4548 kernels, but if you've got all of the above ingredients, plus a little bit of patience and complete disregard for warranty voidance, it looks like Linux on the 360 is within your reach at last. Peep a video after the break of the previous version of XeLL doing its thing. __________________ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming "That is not dead which can Eternal lie, and with strange Eons even death may die" - H. P. Lovecraft

03-30-2007, 10:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,297	It's a small step towards the possibility of XBMC360, that's what. __________________

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03-30-2007, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rensho Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 86 +0 Internets	so fucken what