Two 1st Gen Xbox's

[Haktar]

Hey, ive got two 1st gen xboxs, i had softmodded one of them but the other hasnt been touched, just wondering if u guys had any cool ideas on hacks for it ;)

[techknow]

I have a first gen xbox which I softmodded and installed XBMC on. It works _really_ well as a media centre and I love it. It only cost €20 and it provides huge amounts of functionality. If you want you can run it as a desktop using XDSL, or you can use it as a server running xbox-linux. You can replace the hard drive if you want for both the server and media centre uses.

[Haktar]

hmm thats a really good idea ;), have u used xbox-linux? does it run well if u have?

just noticed ive got a spare 320gb IDE sitting here, could put it to some good use :D

[ZesteR]

excid3 prob. wants to post this but I beat him to it, lol

http://excid3.betaserver.org/?page_id=41

excid3 - know him from IRC

It's somewhat of a walkthru for Xbox Softmod

[Haktar]

haha thanks ;), ive actually already soft modded one of them, what would be the easiest way to install linux on the modded on?

Thanks

[gcninja]

pop one out and put it into a real case and use it as a regular computer, imagine

"cool, whats the specs?"

"xbox"

"WTF?"

[Haktar]

:o thats exactly what i was gonna do lol, ive got a brand new pc case been sitting there for ages lol

gonna hurt losing my xbox casing cause i modded it though lol

[gcninja]

put a computer into it! LOL

[Lord C]

Been thinking about buying a couple of these, they are practically giving them away now.

My servers are old Dell GX280s and they have overheating problems, so they're dying. Was considering using a couple of old xboxes maybe. Just as a torrent server n stuff, nothing exciting. That is of course assuming you can install a nice CLI Linux distro on there, not just the media centre stuff.