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  From: Anthony Symons <ant@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : John Edwards <isplist@adam.com.au>
  Date: 28 May 2002 13:50:28 +0930

Re: Linux on Xbox - confirmed!

Eeeek!

http://linuxkernel.foundries.sourceforge.net/linuxkernel/02/05/19/0946216.shtml?tid=49

"The work in port Linux to XBox game console go ahead. A filesystem
module (Xbox FatX filesystem) for the Linux Kernel 2.4.x is already
done. 
The XBox-Linux project. They have published the roadmap and tons of
documentation for the project. Could you think that Linux in games
consoles is a bigger step?"

http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/

Ant

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 13:42, John Edwards wrote:
> Evan Bourlotos wrote:
> 
> > Sony has begun shipping a kit for turning the PlayStation 2 into a Linux
> > console, at this stage the kit is only available in the US and Europe and
> 
> http://www.playstation.com.au/technology/linuxkit.jhtml
> 
> It's $AU499.95 including shipping.
> 
> What's more interesting are some of the mod chips coming out for the
> microsoft Xbox. It already has hard drive and Ethernet for something
> like $399, and one of the xbox hacker groups has discovered a backdoor
> bios hook to allow it to load arbitrary x86 code.
> 
> In English, that means there's a strong possibility that it will be able
> to run Linux, despite all the crypto requirements for booting the OS.
> 
> John Edwards
> 
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