Ubuntu7.10

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. 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.

Currently tuxuser and myself (ChrisShUK) are working on getting the newest release of Ubuntu working, so watch this space.

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"