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  1. 10-14-2006, 02:11 AM #1
    epineh
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    EMC on XBox

    Would it be possible to run EMC on an Xbox with linux installed?

    I guess the lack of parallel port would be a major sticking point.

    Any thoughts ?

    Russell.
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  2. 10-17-2006, 09:46 AM #2
    VigilanteDesign
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    hi, just try the livecd or the puppy one...
    does emc do usb-controller?
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  3. 10-17-2006, 06:26 PM #3
    bkinman
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    Yeah. EMC would run under linux on an xbox with linux installed. The xbox is pretty much just a standard x86 machine.

    The problem would come with interfacing EMC to a driver... You only get USB =)


    Edit:
    Also, Normal linux distributions won't install easily onto the xbox because of the fact that the xbox does not have a normal BIOS... Special kernel options are needed in order to boot the OS as well. You will need to look for an xbox ready distro.
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  4. 10-17-2006, 10:13 PM #4
    epineh
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    Thanks guys, kinda what I thought, still might be worth a look, plenty of cheap xbox's around now since the new one came out...

    Russell.
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