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You should post the sollution - it could help others facing the same problem..


Steinar T

Actually , it looks like you have just installed the Home edition without the GUI - and your monitor has a slight "overscan" problem - where the prompt isnt showing.. (it could be just below the bottom of the screen) Connect to your xbox with putty, and try starting the GUI.. (or hook up a keyboard ...

refan22 wrote: Item "Gentoox","E:gentooxx.xbe"

Sure this shouldn't read

Item "Gentoox","E:\gentooxx.xbe"


(note the backslash after E:)


Steinar T

Ok, first off - a word of warning, experimenting with these tools may render the disk unreadable (you might lose all data) - if we had the correct procedure the first time - everything might be saved.. After that word of warning - this is a tip I found (google.com) (your problem may be a damaged sup...

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/fsck.ext3.8.html


For more on fixing corrupt files on ext3.


Steinar T

I'm submitting this from memory - so it might not be 100%.. Download putty to your laptop ( http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ) Download Resctoox, and burn the iso ( http://gentoox.shallax.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=10 ) Boot from the rescue tool cd (rescto...

yes - you'll be exctracting the files locally to your PC - and then burning the ISO file to a CD. When burning - do not simply burn the stardust.iso file to a cd - burn this AS A ISO file - which means your cd-burner software exctracts the files from the stardust.iso and makes a new "full CD". An IS...

As far as I know - gentoox do not support Kernel 2.6 yet - Do you really need it? - I'm quite happy running the new 2.4.32 kernel..

The native tut describes every step (except one step formatting with ext3).

Steinar T

Ok - most of us has an xbox running linux - but what do we use it for?? Here is my list : :: OpenDP500 (daemon) Media source for my DP558 mediaplayer http://www.kiss-technology.com/?p=558&v=users :: Slimserver (perl daemon) Media source for my Squeezebox http://www.slimdevices.com/ :: WWW For variou...

Congrats on the exam results.. You must be sort of superhuman to manage this and still getting enough free time for Gentoox..

Are these your final exams? What's the plan now? - Job hunting?


Steinar T

I've just reinstalled my xbox to Pro 3.0 - didn't try any upgrades, just went for the complete reinstall.. Native tutorial worked great - just changed the format command to do a ext3 format instead for reiserfs. And I'm now working on restoring user data.. Not much difference as I see it (between pr...

RensoreK wrote:When I was having difficulties emerging squid I tried this command and it worked wonders. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback - RensoreK

Steinar T

I've suggested this - but no-one has confirmed it..

You might try it and give us some feedback..

(it worked when I it..)
Steinar T

I'll try to give you some tips.. First off - reading the manuals on gentoo.org would give you the sollution. Now for my tips.. The hosts file will not solve this - it's there to resolve ip names.. (lookup) - First off - this command will open up your network config nano -w /etc/conf.d/net To get bac...

Search the forum for 'fbset'..


Steinar T