Linux on an XBox

[tuxgirl at gmail.com]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 11:23:25AM -0600, Steve Jibson wrote:
> I've been reading up on installing Linux on an XBox and I was wondering
> if y'all have any experience with this.
> 
> Supposedly, the way to do it these days is to take advantage of a defect
> in the load/save game process for the MechAssault XBox game.  To do
> this, you need the game and a memory unit with the corrupt savegame
> image on it.  There are ways of getting the savegame image onto the XBox
> using a homemade USB cable and a USB storage card, but the easiest way
> is to find a "friend" who already has an XBox with Linux on it who can
> put the images on an XBox memory unit for you.  So... does such a
> "friend" exist here locally?

extremely similar thread just popped up on the UUG this week.  
http://uug.byu.edu/pipermail/uug-list/2005-April/017636.html

not sure how helpful it'll be, but there's some people who are on there
who have done this, so you could try talking to them :)

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