Dempsey_86 Posted August 18, 2024 Report Share Posted August 18, 2024 (edited) Cerbios v2.4.2 Beta did release. Download here: https://www.xbox-scene.info/forums/topic/445-cerbios-download-thread/ Edited August 18, 2024 by Dempsey_86 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey_86 Posted August 18, 2024 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2024 Cerbios Features listed as of latest release 2.4.2: Hybrid Bios Retail / Debug for all xbox revisions 1.0-1.6b Fully compatible with Insignia Support HDD sizes up to 16TB Single & Multiple Extended Partition Support & Cluster Sizes 1-2 TB partition with 128 KB cluster size 2-4 TB partition with 256 KB cluster size 4-8 TB partition with 512 KB cluster size 8-16 TB partition with 1024 KB cluster size Native XISO Support CCI (Cerbios Compressed ISO) support Boots All Originals / Unsigned Code / Backups Boots Debug XBE's Full 128MB Ram Support Force 480I to 480P Support for an upcoming RTC hardware module to maintain time sync HD+ Support (NeMesis/MakeMhz) No Reset On Eject No Patch Hack Customise the bios with cerbios tool or trough a .ini Customising options: IGR (CerbiosTool only) IGR To Dash (Reset To Dash: LT+RT+Back+Start) IGR Reset Game (Reload Current Game: LT+RT+Black+Start) IGR Full (Full System Reset: LT+RT+Black+Back) IGS (In Game Shutdown: LT+RT+BACK+DPADUP) IGPC (In game Power Cycle: LT+RT+BLACK+DPADUP) No AV Cable Check No DVD check with no additional dongle / hardware 1 = HDD & No DVD (Legacy Mode) Same as Existing Bioses 2 = HDD & No DVD (Modern Mode) Complete Removal Of DVD Code 3 = Dual HDD (Add a 2nd HDD in place of the DVD drive) Front Led Colour Force 480p ForceVGA Fan Speed RTCEnable Block Xbox dashboard updates Boot animations path Animation Colors Dash Paths CD Paths UDMA Speed 0-6* (In case of dual HDD, both drives can support different UDMA settings) 0 = Auto setting (Startech adapter) 1 = Auto setting (Generic adapter) 2-6 = Fixed UDMA setting Debug on/off Colour of the dogs (cerbios tool only) Scaling of dogs (CerbiosTool only) Theme support (CerbiosTool only) External Boot Animations Modern, Xbox, Nyan Cat and XMV Player (Convert Your Animations To XMV Movie Files) Custom Error Messages With Full Explanation Universal Region Fix Invalid time reset Macrovision Protection Disabled Dual HDD Support Safemode, Press Eject to force UDMA2 on boot Automatic reboot into safe mode (UDMA2) if error 13 or 18 is occurring Parental Control Removal Ability To Launch Cerbios As A BFM Bios Via PBL Methods Experimental VGA Support Block Xbox dashboard updates via Cerbios.ini CerbiosTool Cerbios ISO and CCI compatibility lists * UDMA Modes explained: UDMA = transfer mode used by the kernel Increasing the UDMA mode has been profiled to improve some game load times in excess of 20% A full benchmark with SSD + StarTech shows disk IO is 70-100% faster across the board Increasing the UDMA mode will require an 80 wire IDE cable The retail Xbox uses UDMA 2 (33mb/s) by default The maximum supported UDMA mode by the Xbox southbridge is UDMA 6 (133mb/s HDD <--> CPU) UDMA 6 is experimental, use at your own risk UDMA 6 DOES NOT WORK WITH ALL IDE TO SATA ADAPTERS UDMA 6 is confirmed to be working and stable with StarTech adapters UDMA 5 and 6 are unstable on RXD-629A7-7 based adapters, but UDMA 4 seems okay WLXKG-863B are the 'worst' adapters I have experienced working and are largely untested For more info about IDE to Sata adaptors please visit the IDE to Sata adapter compatibility thread 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLamer Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 Amazing work. I know the obvious answer of more storage, but what are people with two hard drives actually doing ? With up to 16TB support on a single drive and the amount of dev changes needed for dashes/homebrew supporting multiple hard drives what is the use case? Is there a secret cool thing I don't know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 2 minutes ago, TheLamer said: Amazing work. I know the obvious answer of more storage, but what are people with two hard drives actually doing ? With up to 16TB support on a single drive and the amount of dev changes needed for dashes/homebrew supporting multiple hard drives what is the use case? Is there a secret cool thing I don't know about? 1. Being able to source old drives laying around that can add to storage instead of needing to consolidate with the purchase of twice the capacity or more. 2. Bypassing the need for Chimp to copy contents from an old drive to a new one, which is a pretty welcome development regardless of capacities involved. 3. Paving the way for more developments and providing a foundation. Things will branch off from this. I'm sure some people have some in mind already. Any progress is good progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey_86 Posted August 19, 2024 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 1 hour ago, TheLamer said: Amazing work. I know the obvious answer of more storage, but what are people with two hard drives actually doing ? With up to 16TB support on a single drive and the amount of dev changes needed for dashes/homebrew supporting multiple hard drives what is the use case? Is there a secret cool thing I don't know about? One of the examples would be if you have a 4tb ssd with the full library xiso's build by repackinator (they are bigger because they have the disc structure in them unlike extracted-xiso's) then there is no space anymore for emulators and other things. Then you can add a 1tb ssd for that. This is much cheaper than buy the next ssd in line what would be an 8tb one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLamer Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 1 hour ago, Bowlsnapper said: 1. Being able to source old drives laying around that can add to storage instead of needing to consolidate with the purchase of twice the capacity or more. 2. Bypassing the need for Chimp to copy contents from an old drive to a new one, which is a pretty welcome development regardless of capacities involved. 3. Paving the way for more developments and providing a foundation. Things will branch off from this. I'm sure some people have some in mind already. Any progress is good progress. Yeah, drive cloning never thought of that, can have a utility Xbox to do all kinds of stuff with the second drive to prep up other consoles. I wonder if RAID 0 or 1 is plausible at a bios level? That would be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 3 minutes ago, TheLamer said: Yeah, drive cloning never thought of that, can have a utility Xbox to do all kinds of stuff with the second drive to prep up other consoles. I wonder if RAID 0 or 1 is plausible at a bios level? That would be amazing. I know RAID can be done in software, but don't really know much more than that. I think it can theoretically be done using one method or another. Maybe somebody will get bored enough to see if it's possible.... Calling you, @Prehistoricman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 Whoever makes second hard drive bays is going to make a fortune shortly I need one myself. I think it's a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey_86 Posted August 19, 2024 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 11 minutes ago, phrunt said: Whoever makes second hard drive bays is going to make a fortune shortly I need one myself. I think it's a great idea. You mean like this? Thats from @NeMesiS He sells them here on ebay: link 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted August 19, 2024 Report Share Posted August 19, 2024 Awesome thanks, he's in Australia too which is handy for me being close by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted August 20, 2024 Report Share Posted August 20, 2024 14 hours ago, Dempsey_86 said: You mean like this? Thats from @NeMesiS He sells them here on ebay: link Gonna need a couple more of those myself. The one I have currently sits in the console with the extra fans mod. @NeMesiS better get those printers running!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoTeamScotch Posted August 20, 2024 Report Share Posted August 20, 2024 On 8/19/2024 at 8:48 AM, TheLamer said: Amazing work. I know the obvious answer of more storage, but what are people with two hard drives actually doing ? With up to 16TB support on a single drive and the amount of dev changes needed for dashes/homebrew supporting multiple hard drives what is the use case? Is there a secret cool thing I don't know about? Potential use case: using a 8 or 16GB SD card or Compact Flash card as your main HDD and having the secondary drive be for bulk storage (games, media). Slot the card somewhere accessible from the outside, and it would make managing the drive quick and easy. Or swapping drives around between consoles. Another use case is connecting a secondary HDD from another Xbox for cloning/copying files, or other purposes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted August 22, 2024 Report Share Posted August 22, 2024 (edited) On 8/21/2024 at 6:57 AM, GoTeamScotch said: Potential use case: using a 8 or 16GB SD card or Compact Flash card as your main HDD and having the secondary drive be for bulk storage (games, media). Slot the card somewhere accessible from the outside, and it would make managing the drive quick and easy. Or swapping drives around between consoles. Another use case is connecting a secondary HDD from another Xbox for cloning/copying files, or other purposes. I was thinking of doing just that, I have some nice speed SDXC 256 and 512GB cards I could use for my Main drive and apps and then use my larger 4 TB Sata hard drive for my Games and Emulators. Once of these would be perfect converting SDXC so Sata, and read times are easily good enough on an SDXC card to make a perfect boot drive. Edited August 22, 2024 by phrunt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howeckevin Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 impresionante su trabajo, soy algo nuevo en este tema, pero quiero realizar la modificación del dual hdd , e realizado pruebas sin éxito creo estoy omitiendo algo , tengo el bios actualizada y modificada con la herramienta cerbios pero no logro hacer que reconozca ambos discos, ya que me manda error al iniciar , también ya le di formato al segundo hdd con fatxplorer con la nueva función y no lo logro..... algún consejo para poder lograr la modificación ? gracias y saludos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 4 minutes ago, Howeckevin said: impresionante su trabajo, soy algo nuevo en este tema, pero quiero realizar la modificación del dual hdd , e realizado pruebas sin éxito creo estoy omitiendo algo , tengo el bios actualizada y modificada con la herramienta cerbios pero no logro hacer que reconozca ambos discos, ya que me manda error al iniciar , también ya le di formato al segundo hdd con fatxplorer con la nueva función y no lo logro..... algún consejo para poder lograr la modificación ? gracias y saludos Impressive his work, I am somewhat new in this subject, but I want to make the modification of the dual HDD, and carried out tests without success I think I am omitting something, I have the BIOS updated and modified with the Cerbios tool but I cannot make it recognize both disks, since it sends me error when starting, I also already formatted the second HDD with FatxPlorer with the new function and I do not succeed..... Any advice to be able to achieve the modification ? Thank you and greetings Firstly, this is an English based forum. Please try to use English whenever possible. Second. Do you have the cerbios.ini set to dual hdd mode? The line in the ini should say DriveSetup =3 Google translated version---- En primer lugar, este es un foro basado en inglés. Por favor, trate de usar el inglés siempre que sea posible. Segundo. ¿Tiene el cerbios.ini configurado en modo de disco duro dual? La línea en el ini debe decir DriveSetup =3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howeckevin Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 how do I make the .ini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NokSueCow Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Howeckevin said: how do I make the .ini Load your bios into Cerbios Tool, and select Export cerbios.ini. Edited September 10, 2024 by NokSueCow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 15 minutes ago, Howeckevin said: how do I make the .ini The ini is included with cerbios when you download it. Edit it to your liking and copy it across to the root of your C drive. I have attached one to to this post, it is completely standard apart from being set to DriveSetup = 3 (dual hdd mode). Just download this and copy it to your xbox C drive. cerbios.ini 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howeckevin Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 Thank you very much friends, I was able to do it now, but the games in .xbe do not open, I am using the explorer LimthiumX-DualHDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 20 minutes ago, Howeckevin said: Thank you very much friends, I was able to do it now, but the games in .xbe do not open, I am using the explorer LimthiumX-DualHDD Dual HDD support is VERY NEW, most apps and dashboards are not updated to support it yet. You will need to make sure your paths are pointing to HDD0 or HDD1 depending on where your games are stored. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howeckevin Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 friends I was able to play with the second disk and the waiting times and the fluidity are very good, I hope that the other launchers update so that they can recognize the secondary disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 1 minute ago, Howeckevin said: friends I was able to play with the second disk and the waiting times and the fluidity are very good, I hope that the other launchers update so that they can recognize the secondary disk Work is being done on XBMC and it variants I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howeckevin Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 Great, I'll be on the lookout since I use xbmc as the main one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matador Posted September 19, 2024 Report Share Posted September 19, 2024 Hello. Friends, is there a tutorial explaining and showing how to perform the procedure to add the new hard drive? I've followed the topic so far, but I don't have in-depth knowledge of some of the information that has been shared here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted September 19, 2024 Report Share Posted September 19, 2024 1 hour ago, matador said: Hello. Friends, is there a tutorial explaining and showing how to perform the procedure to add the new hard drive? I've followed the topic so far, but I don't have in-depth knowledge of some of the information that has been shared here. It is still early days for the Dual HDD setup tbf, most dashboards/software don't yet support it. But, syaing that if you want to give it a go then you will need to use the latest UIX Lite dashboard as that is the only dash that supports it at the moment. You will also need to se FatXplorer to format the second drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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