Ubuntu11.10
Install Ubuntu 11.10 from a Linux LiveCD
WARNING: This script will WIPE your Xbox 360 internal harddisk (/dev/sda) and install Ubuntu 11.10
If you have XeXmenu or another dashboard homebrew on that drive, you will loose it all: Follow these instructions only if you understand what you are doing.
ubuntu_oneiric.sh will create two partitions. 1 GB swap on sda1 and the rest of the disk as a root-filesystem on sda2. Run the script as root from the a Linux LiveCD. You will need a DHCP-server on your network for this script.
How do I run it?
Click "Application > Accessories > Terminal" and type the following commands:
sudo su wget http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/script/ubuntu_oneiric.sh sh ./ubuntu_oneiric.sh
Reboot the 360 when you are told. Boot with http://file.libxenon.org/latest_kern, supply correct "root=" parameter via kboot.conf (*kboot currently only supported via xell-reloaded-testing builds), boot the kernel/system and login as user: xbox, password: xbox. Have fun :) (If you are not having fun, let us know about the errors you are experiencing.)
debootstrapping script
ubuntu_oneiric.sh
#!/bin/bash # set the date to anything except 1/1/1970 since this causes issues # time is now also set after first boot by .bashrc script below date -s 1/1/2009 # if /dev/sda is mounted then paritions get wiped by dd but sfdisk fails! swapoff /dev/sda1 umount /mnt/ubuntu # partition and mkfs hdd (all data is lost!) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 sfdisk /dev/sda << EOF ,124,S ,,L EOF dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512 count=1 mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda2 mkswap /dev/sda1 sync; sync; sync swapon /dev/sda1 # setup paths mkdir /mnt/ubuntu mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/ubuntu cd /mnt/ubuntu mkdir /mnt/ubuntu/work cd /mnt/ubuntu/work # download extract and run debootstrap wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.38_all.deb ar -xf debootstrap_1.0.38_all.deb cd /mnt/ubuntu zcat < /mnt/ubuntu/work/data.tar.gz | tar xv export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=/mnt/ubuntu/usr/share/debootstrap export PATH=$PATH:/mnt/ubuntu/usr/sbin debootstrap --arch powerpc oneiric /mnt/ubuntu http://ports.ubuntu.com/ # create needed files on hdd echo Xenon > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/hostname cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/fstab << EOF /dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 EOF cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/network/interfaces << EOF iface lo inet loopback auto lo auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp EOF cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list << EOF # Main deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric main restricted deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric universe multiverse # Updates deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-updates main restricted deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-updates restricted deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-updates universe multiverse # Security deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-security main restricted deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-security main restricted deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-security universe multiverse deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ oneiric-security universe multiverse EOF #Change root-pwd to "xbox" inside chroot chroot /mnt/ubuntu echo "root:xbox" | chroot /mnt/ubuntu /usr/sbin/chpasswd # Add user: xbox with password: xbox and add it to the sudo-group chroot /mnt/ubuntu /usr/sbin/useradd -m -d /home/xbox -p paRRy2CC47LXY xbox chroot /mnt/ubuntu /usr/sbin/adduser xbox sudo # create .second_stage script on hdd cat >> /mnt/ubuntu/root/.second_stage << EOF #!/bin/bash date -s 1/1/2009 apt-get update apt-get install ntp wget openssh-server locales -y --force-yes dpkg-reconfigure locales apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -y echo "AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0" > /etc/default/avahi-daemon /etc/init.d/networking restart cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ wget -O xenosfb_drv.so http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/xenosfb/xenosfb_drv.so_oneiric cd /etc/X11/ wget http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/xenosfb/xorg.conf rm -r -f /work/ echo "Installation completed." echo "To boot the system: Reboot and load the kernel with correct root= params." echo "You should be greeted by a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric" EOF chmod a+x /mnt/ubuntu/root/.second_stage # Execute second part of installation in the chroot environment mount -t proc none /mnt/ubuntu/proc mount --rbind /dev /mnt/ubuntu/dev cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf chroot /mnt/ubuntu /root/.second_stage umount /mnt/ubuntu/dev /mnt/ubuntu/proc /mnt/ubuntu
Fix possible xorg fail
After it has finished installing and has rebooted into gnome open a new shell by typing Ctrl+Alt+F6 or Ctrl+Alt+F1 and type,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Then follow the instructions below.
1. Attempt to autodetect video hardware? > No
2. X Server Driver: Xenosfb
3. Generic Video Card > Enter
4. Video card’s bus identifier: Press enter for default
5. Amount of memory: Press enter for default
6. Use kernel framebuffer device interface? > Yes
7. Autodetect keyboard layout? > Yes
8. Keyboard layout: us
9. XKB rule set to use: xorg
10. Keyboard model: choose your rule set based on the options
11. Keyboard variant: leave blank if you’re in the U.S.
12. Keyboard options: Leave as default
13. Mouse Protocol: ImPS/2
14. Emulate a 3 button mouse? > Your choice
15. Xorg server modules: Default
16. Write default Files section to configuration file? > Yes
17. Attempt monitor detection? > Yes
18. Use generic monitor if it doesn’t detect it.
19. Video modes to be used by the X server: 1280x768 (1024x768 if garbled)
20. Method for selecting the monitor characteristics: Medium
21. Monitors best video mode: Choose what’s best for your monitor.
22. Write monitor sync ranges to the configuration file? > Yes
23. Desired default color depth in bits: 24.
After that go back to gnome by typing Ctrl+Alt+F7.
Reboot X by typing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.