How
to install
Debian
Linux
using
Ed's Live
CD 0.0.9
(v0.2)
Tutorial
written
by : Col.Havoc
&
NokiaChic
(Modified
from Splouce's
How to
Install
Linux
on your
XBOX,
Boot it
from EVOX
menu and
keep the
contents
of your
F Drive)
Important:
This document
is outdated.
It is
only kept
online
for historical
reasons.
What
you will
need:
* A
copy
of Ed's
Xbox
Linux
v0.0.9
CD (available
here)
* A
modded
xbox
(that
should
be a
given
:) )
* A
WORKING
network
connection
so your
xbox
can
access
the
internet
* boXplorer
* WinRAR
(available
here
* Xiso
or another
Xbox
ISO
extractor/re-compactor
* Primo
DVD
or other
burning
program
* USB
Keyboard
and
Mouse
Step 1
After
you have
download
Xbox Linux
(xbox-linux-install-cd-0.0.9.iso.bz2),
extract
the ISO
file (xbox-linux-install-cd-0.0.9.iso)
using
Winrar.
Now, open
XISO (or
your choice
of ISO
burner
software)
and BURN
IT to
CD.
Step 2
Turn
on your
Xbox boot
from the
CD you
made in
step 1.
Xbox Linux
should
start
and you
will see
Tux on
your screen.
A BLUE
welcome
to Xbox
Linux
logo at
the top
of your
screen
and messages
flash
by on
your screen;
wait until
you see
a login
screen.
Login
using
your keyboard
and the
following
username
&
password:
Username
= root
Password
= xbox
You will
be now
in what
appears
to be
an MS-Dos
Prompt,
good,
because
essentially
that's
what it
is. Now,
type in
XBOXLinuxInstall
(!!!CASE
SENSITIVE!!!)
The Xbox
Linux
install
program
will start.
Select
OPTION
1: to
install
in the
game partition,
this option
won’t
overwrite
your F
drive,
instead
it creates
2 files
on E:
rootfs
and swap.
Select
option
1, only
pick option
2 if you
don’t
care if
you lose
your data,
you have
been warned.
Next select
swap size,
256 in
good.
Next select
Partition
size,
2000-3000
is good,
too big
and it
may interfere
with game
or music
save space.
Now wait,
this takes
awhile,
you will
see error
messages,
this is
normal
and happens
to everyone
just let
it run
and when
you are
back at
the prompt,
eject
your boot
disc and
reboot
your XBOX.
It should
boot to
your normal
dashboard
(Evox
I presume).
Step 3
Now using
Winrar
extract
the file
BOOT_FAT.ISO
from the
xbox-linux-install-cd-0.0.9.iso
file.
Using
Winrar
extract
the 4
files
from BOOT_FAT.ISO
to a directory
on your
PC called
Linux.
Next copy
the files
you just
extracted
to your
Xbox.
I FTP’ed
them to
E:\applications\linux
on my
Xbox.
Add Linux
to your
Evox.ini
if you’re
not using
autoloader
then reboot
your Xbox.
Select
Linux
from your
menu and
it should
boot up
from your
HD.
Step 4
Now comes
the tricky
part,
you must
have that
working
connection
to the
net now
if you
want to
install
packages
(such
as a GUI).
Go to
your computer,
if you
have a
PC goto
Start---Run
and type
in winipcfg.
It will
open a
program
telling
you what
your IP,
Gateway,
and Subnet
Mask are.
Write
these
down,
and go
back to
your xbox.
Type in
cd /etc/network
(again,
case sensitive,
welcome
to the
world
of Linux)
Now, we
must modify
the settings
for it
to work.
Type in
nano interfaces
You are
now in
a basic
editor
that can
change
your xbox-Linux's
internet
settings.
Enter
in the
IP address,
Subnet
Mask,
and Gateway.
Now, press
F3 on
your keyboard,
it will
ask you
if you
want to
save,
select
yes and
yes to
overwrite.
Press
F2 to
quit.
Now, type
ifdown
interfaces
and then
type ifup
interfaces
This restarts
your network
connection.
Now, lets
see if
the settings
are working.
Type in
ping
-c 4 google.ca
This
will ping
google.ca,
you should
get 4
responses.
If you
did, congratulations!
You now
have a
working
internet
connection
to download
packages
with,
if now,
go back
to the
beginning
of this
step and
try again.
Step 5
Now that
we have
a working
connection,
lets get
a GUI
(Graphic
User Interface).
Type apt-get
update.
This goes
through
a list
of Debian
servers
and gathers
information
on where
to download
packages
off the
internet.
When thats
done,
type in
apt-get
install
x-window-system.
It will
ask you
a Yes/No
question,
type in
y and
press
enter
(wow,
this really
is DOS,
back to
the good
old days)
Now, this
will take
a while
depending
on your
net connection.
When it
is done
it will
ask u
questions,
just ignore
them and
hit enter
all the
way through.
After
that,
you should
be back
to the
prompt.
Type:
cd /usr/lib/xbox
cp XF86Config-4
/etc/X11
( as always
CASE SENSITIVE)
it will
ask u
if u want
to overwrite,
say yes.
Now type
in
startx
This is
the Debian
Linux
GUI, not
much to
look at
huh? Well,
why don't
we upgrade
our GUI
to the
wonderful
KDE? Hold
down your
left mouse
button,
click
Apps---Shells---BASH.
This looks
familiar
again
doesn't
it? Now,
lets get
KDE. Type
in apt-get
install
kdebase.
Answer
yes to
everything.
This will
take a
while
too, it
took me
about
an hour
with a
DSL connection,
just let
it have
it's time,
it will
get there.
Wow, now
when you
boot up
you should
be in
KDE.
Congrats,
you are
now the
proud
owner
of a Linux
Operating
System.
Tutorial
written
by : Col.Havoc
&
NokiaChic