Ok, I have XBOXHDM, and i have a modded softmodded box. I copied my backup Ms dash folder to the c: folder in XBOXHDM\linux\C:, put my eeprom where it supposed to go, and did the make-iso-bat thing. All that is good. Now my two problems are 1: I have a dvd r\w, and my computer came with dvd burning software. (I bought my PC today, I LOVE IT!) I see a burning ISO option, but there's two different ones. Does it matter which one I use? Now my MAIN problem is 2: How do I put the Brand new 250GB to primary slave, or secondary master, or whatever the order is. Do I just plug the Cable that i take out of the hard drive and put it into the cd drive, and vice versa, or what. That part is confusing. I know to reboot my computer, then select it to boot from disk, put I don't understand completely about the primary slave, secondary master thing. Thanks for all help. Oh yeah, I want to just make my new drive just have the regular MS dash on it, then I will re-install the softmodd. (Krazie's Ndure) So I can correctly partition my drive, a third in G:, E:, And f:, respectively. Is this the correct way? I'll do it this weekend, So all help is really appreciated.
use a cd-rw i just did this lastnight and it worked perfectly if you want you can send me your file and i'll make the iso? or here this is the tutorial on how to make a new xbox hdd: Just follow these instructions, and using this method you will not need to do anything to your original hard drive which means that if anything does go wrong you will still have an xbox. Necessary Equipment: 1) xboxhdm 1.9 (Found at xbins’ in the directory: /XBOX/Operating Systems/linux/distributions) 2) Torx 10 And Torx 20 Screwdrivers - To Open XBOX 3) A Spare/Blank PC Hardrive 4) FTP Program (AceFTP, SmartFTP etc.) 5) A blank CD-R/W and A CD Burner Steps: 1. On your xbox's evox dashboard go to system utils and select backup. While your waiting for that to finish, extract all files in xboxhdm 1.9 to your PC'S hard drive and open up the folder 'linux'. In that folder is a folder called 'eeprom'. Once the backup is complete, on your PC run the desired FTP program and access your xbox. Go to E:\ backup_linux\ and download a file called 'eeprom.bin' to the xboxhdm\linux\eeprom folder of on your PC’s hard drive. Then go to the root of your xbox and download the full folders of C:\ and E:\ to your PC's hard drive to the xboxhdm\linux folder and overwrite the ones already there. 2. Now in the root of xboxhdm is a file named 'make-iso-win'. You must run make-iso-win and wait for it to finish once it has finished. Now burn the .iso which was created to a blank cd-r/w using nero or alcohol, dvddecrypter etc. When burning is finished shutdown pc. 3. Take out all other hard drives and put in the hard drive you wish to make an xbox hard drive and set it to be the primary master. Boot up your PC and as it is loading press whatever button to enter your BIOS setup and set your PC to boot from CD. Now reset your PC and put the cd-r/w with the .iso you created on it, in the cd/dvd drive. You should be given a list of options. 4. Choose Option 1 (by typing ‘1’) and press enter to boot VGA console with xbox-drive utilities (default). Type ‘xboxhd’ when it asks you for a login. Another list of options will show up, choose option 1 again (the one that says ‘Build a new Xbox HD from scratch’) and it will begin to format and write the partition table etc. If you put your C:\ and E:\ onto the CD then when it asks you about them type yes and when it asks you if you would like an F select yes, it is all pretty self explanatory. Now quit and reboot your PC. If this worked you now have a brand new nearly-usable xbox hard drive. 5. Now for locking the hard drive. When it boot from the cd again, this time type ‘3’ and hit enter to boot linux with locking/unlocking utilities. Next, type in ‘lockhd -a’. It will now search for the eeprom on the CD and will automatically lock the hard drive. Now turn off the PC and take out the hard drive when it has finished locking. Now put it back in your Xbox and load up and have fun! If you can't figure out how to burn the cd properly in Nero or whatever, don't worry, i NEVER do it properly lol, so just use the burn feature in DVD Decrypter and it'll burn the linux.iso in the proper bootable format for you to use it. Also, if your HD is OVER 137 gigs, you'll need to format the remaining space with UnleashX for it to be available once you're finished the upgrade. Edit - To save some people from buying a harddrive that isn't lockable and therefore wasting their money, please visit this link for a list of lockable and therefore Xbox compatible harddrives - http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/modules.php?name=Xbox_HardDrives
this is really pissing me off cause i have the linux.iso and i keep clicking burn image in nero but it wont burn the damn image, it says burning but i can even open the disk tray and nothing happens its still a blank cd...any suggestions?
