DamnSmallLinux for xbox needs a way to access fatx

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DamnSmallLinux for xbox needs a way to access fatx

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hello I was wondering what gentoox's method is for viewing files on the xbox hard drive, we've put together a version of damn small linux for the xbox it boots and runs great but one of our problems is that the scripts to automatically create a swap file for it on boot do not like fatx. We have managed to create and mount a swap file manually however once the system has booted.

the commands used for that are

dd if=/dev/zero of=/cdrom/knoppix.swp bs=1000k count=128
that creates blank file 128mbs in size
mkswap /cdrom/knoppix.swp
to make the file into a swap file
swapon /cdrom/knoppix.swp
to mount it

any thoughts? we need this to happen on boot
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I need a copy of the fatx driver for sure compressed and ready for compiling.
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Maybe you should try looking for it then? xbox-linux cvs.
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yeah I found it but it would not compile for some strange reason the config file kept spitting out errors
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Post by ShALLaX »

I guess youre doing it wrong then.
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more than likely, I couldn't get it to checkout with cvs. It kept telling me that the connection was refused and to try with a password which doesn't make much sense to me... so I saved each file the old fashioned way and it didn't work.
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Heheh, the SF CVS server has been having some "issues" lately. I guess keep trying to checkout.
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