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== Ubuntu 7.10 ==
Restored from /old by decima7e


From Free60
'''Install Ubuntu 7.10 from the Gentoo LiveCD
Gnome Issue Resolved
Warning: This script will WIPE your Xbox 360 harddisk (/dev/sda) and install Ubuntu 7.10
ubuntuinstall.sh will create two partitions. 1 GB swap on sda0 and the rest of the disk as a root-filesystem on sda1. Run the script as root from the Gentoo LiveCD v2. 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://www.ep-comps.com/free60/ubuntuinstall.sh
sh ./ubuntuinstall.sh
Reboot the 360 when you are told. Boot with http://home.comcast.net/~ssmurf/XeLL-Bootloader-sda2-v2.6.24.3.tar.gz and login as root. You will be asked to set new password. //This is where I am having a problem; gives me many errors related to xorg\\ The rest of the installation will start automatically. The download is about 600Mb. After a while it will ask you to setup the screen resolution, select 1280x768 with the space bar.
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: Xenonfb
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
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.
ubuntuinstall.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 ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.3build1_all.deb
  ar -xf debootstrap_1.0.3build1_all.deb
  cd /mnt/ubuntu
  zcat < /mnt/ubuntu/work/data.tar.gz | tar xv
  export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=/mnt/ubuntu/usr/lib/debootstrap
  export PATH=$PATH:/mnt/ubuntu/usr/sbin
  debootstrap --arch powerpc gutsy /mnt/ubuntu ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/
  # create needed files on hdd
  echo Falcon > /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
  deb ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
  EOF
  cp /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc.orginal
  # create .bashrc script on hdd
  cat >> /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc << EOF
  date -s 1/1/2009
  passwd
  mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.24.3
  touch /lib/modules/2.6.24.3/modules.dep
  apt-get update
  apt-get install ntp wget -y --force-yes
  aptitude 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 http://home.comcast.net/~ssmurf/xenosfb_drv.so
  cd /etc/X11/
  wget http://home.comcast.net/~ssmurf/ubuntu.conf
  mv ubuntu.conf xorg.conf
  cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/
  mv libfbdevhw.so libfbdevhw.so.bk
  wget http://home.comcast.net/~ssmurf/libfbdevhw.so
  rm -r -f /work/
  echo "" > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom
  sed -i 's/AllowRoot=false/AllowRoot=true/' /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
  rm /root/.bashrc
  mv /root/.bashrc.orginal /root/.bashrc
  /etc/init.d/gdm start
  EOF
  # done
  echo "Base installation completed."
  echo "To finish the installation. Reboot then load the sda2 bootloader CD."
  echo "This may take up to two hours"

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