I've been following some tips here trying to softmod my Xbox using the hotswap method. I don't have access to a desktop PC so have been using my laptop with a USB to IDE adapter. To further complicate my issues I'm running Ubuntu on the laptop. I've created my xboxhdm ISO and mapped the scsi drive to hda and ISO to cdrom using Qemu. Ubuntu doesn't seem to be co-operating with the Xbox hard drive however. I've posted up some queries on the Xbox Scene forums but hoped I might be able to tap into some wisdom here too. The following is the output from dmesg when I connect the Xbox HDD to the laptop. [ 4644.954170] scsi 21:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD32 00AAJB-00J3A0 3E01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS [ 4644.955213] sd 21:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [ 4644.973419] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) [ 4644.975890] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off [ 4644.975899] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 [ 4644.975906] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 4644.979866] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 4644.979876] sdd: [ 4645.009116] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 4645.009133] sd 21:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk [ 5096.401268] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 7 [ 5134.552076] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8 [ 5134.687714] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 5134.703631] scsi22 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 5134.705232] usb-storage: device found at 8 [ 5134.705244] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 5139.704377] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 5139.706167] scsi 22:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD80 EB-28CGH2 4G24 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS [ 5139.707143] sd 22:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [ 5139.717556] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] 15633072 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00 GB/7.45 GiB) [ 5139.722979] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off [ 5139.722995] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 [ 5139.723004] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 5139.726915] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 5139.726936] sdd: [ 5139.740225] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.740236] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.740247] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.740259] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.740271] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.740282] __ratelimit: 14 callbacks suppressed [ 5139.740290] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.754231] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.754243] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.754253] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.754265] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.754276] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.754289] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.771233] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.771245] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.771256] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.771268] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.771278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.771292] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.786233] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.786246] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.786256] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.786267] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.786278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.786291] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.802484] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.802496] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.802506] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.802518] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.802529] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.802542] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.802578] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. [ 5139.818235] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.818248] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.818258] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.818269] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.818281] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.818295] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.835233] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.835245] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.835255] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.835266] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.835278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.835291] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.851234] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.851247] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.851257] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.851269] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.851281] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.851294] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.867234] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.867246] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.867256] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.867268] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.867279] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.867292] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.867327] Dev sdd: unable to read RDB block 0 [ 5139.894233] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.894246] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.894256] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.894268] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.894279] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.894293] Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0 [ 5139.910492] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.910506] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.910516] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.910528] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.910539] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.927243] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.927256] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.927267] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.927279] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.927292] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 24 [ 5139.942243] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.942255] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.942265] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.942277] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.942288] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 24 [ 5139.957232] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.957245] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.957255] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.957267] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.957278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.972356] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5139.972368] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5139.972378] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5139.972389] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5139.972401] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5139.972440] unable to read partition table [ 5139.979861] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 5139.979878] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk [ 5140.002250] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.002263] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.002273] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.002285] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.002297] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.017250] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.017262] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.017273] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.017285] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.017297] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 8 [ 5140.034233] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.034245] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.034255] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.034266] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.034278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 248 [ 5140.049234] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.049246] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.049257] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.049268] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.049280] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.073231] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.073244] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.073254] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.073265] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.073278] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.092364] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.092377] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.092387] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.092398] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.092409] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.106284] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.106297] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.106309] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.106321] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.106334] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.348978] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.348985] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.348990] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.348996] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.349026] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0 [ 5140.362212] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.362218] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.362223] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.362228] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.362233] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 240 [ 5140.374206] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled sense code [ 5140.374209] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5140.374213] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [ 5140.374217] sd 22:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [ 5140.374221] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0
the drive is still locked.. try unplugging the xbox dvd drive.. when you get error12 the hdd will be unlocked.. this is close on impossible with usb to ide... hdm relies on a direct ide connection.. I use an old junker p2 set up with no operating system at all.. just a cd drive and an ide cable.. works a treat. you boot the xboxhdm disk.. you don't try to run it within another os.. because that just plain doesn't work.
