[Am-info] Xbox losses

[John J. Urbaniak]

Paul Rickard wrote:

> ========== 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?

Xunil Tahder fo DVD?

John