[Am-info] Xbox losses

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.05.26 12:26 PM, Sujal Shah typed: ============

>> I did hear that the Xbox is quite highlt specced and that you could run 
>> Linux on one, so I am very tempted to do my bit to help Bill Gates sell as 
>> many Xboxes as he can. AIUI, the Xbox includes a DVD player, so it may be 
>> worth getting one just for that.
>
>It is a fairly powerful box, but I'm not sure if you could get Linux to
>boot on one.  The way most console manufacturers control what makes it
>onto their box is by controlling the boot format of the media
>drive/slot.  XBox is no different in that regard, I think.  Even Sony's
>Linux Kit has to use a special DVD to boot off of the hard drive, IIRC. 
>There is something odd, I remember, about how to start it up.

    I believe the XBox DVD drive runs backwards, actually... Someone else 
on the list said that recently, didn't they? Anyone want to burn a 
backwards DVD of RedHat Linux?


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