Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:32:44 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Mohan Khurana <mkhurana@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xbox Message-ID: <3A59893C.5D4FD5D3@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21L.0101071731250.3620-100000@unix8.andrew.cmu.edu>
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Mohan Khurana wrote: > > Well, this is going to seem like a rather strange question. I understand > that Xbox is simply IA-32, however I have heard that the Xbox has a > special ROM that boots Windows CE, to ensure that people do not purchase > the Xbox for the sole reason of running FreeBSD or any other operating > system on it. Does anyone know enough about Xbox internals to verify that > FreeBSD will or will not be able to run on Xbox without any type of > hardware modification? I heard that too, and I heard that it will use DVD protection to ensure non-certified applications won't run. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@a.crazy.bsdconspiracy.net "There is no spoon." -- Kiki To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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