shaokhann Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Evening, guys, Having Aladdin XT modchip with ind-bios, I wish I could use xbmc4gamer or emustation as a dashboard at boot. I tried to look for a guide to talk about it to a Moon like me but without success. That's the way my partitions are: C Microsoft Dash F Dash no boot (Evolution, xbmc4gamer). Who can tell me the right guide? Thanks to everyone as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 Method 1 to Run XBMC4Gamers as the Default Dashboard Download the ind-bios.cfg file from the root folder of the Xbox's C drive. Use a text editor to modify the file. Generally, the last 3 lines contain the entries for the BIOS's dashboard boot order: DASH1=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2\evoxdash.xbe DASH2=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\Dash\UnleashX\unleashx.xbe DASH3=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\Dash\EvolutionX\evoxdash.xbe Modify the DASH1= line to contain the path to XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file. The partition names equate the to following drive letters: Partition2 = C Partition1 = E Partition 6 = F Partition 7 = G So, if XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file is located at: F:\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe the DASH1= line needs to read DASH1=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe Method 2 to Run XBMC4Gamers as the Default Dashboard Using an XBE Shortcut Instead of editing ind-bios.cfg, you can create a shortcut file to upload as evoxdash.xbe to the root of the C drive. No need to edit the ind-bios.cfg file. Download: XBE Shortcut Maker v2.0 Run the Windows executable (dot exe file) from the location you extracted it to on your PC's hard drive. Change the Target Path to where XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file is stored on your Xbox's hard drive. Next, click on the large Create Shortcut Xbe... button and save the shortcut with the name evoxdash.xbe. Upload this new shortcut file, evoxdash.xbe, to the root of the Xbox's C drive. Reboot and XBMC4Gamers should now be your default dashboard. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excaliburlives Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 That seems like a lot of work. If it's hardmodded then just put in Rocky5softmod tools on a disc and install it that way. I did one yesterday. After loading up the disc i just told it to install xbmx4gamers (or emustation) dash on e:/root folder, not the apps folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 For a hardmodded Xbox, I believe Rocky5's Extras disc installs his dashboard loader as evoxdash.xbe in the root of the C drive. It has a much longer list of files it checks the presence of on the hard drive to be the default dashboard. The first file found in the following list will be the default dashboard. If you rename the folder of a dashboard higher on the list so it is not found, the next highest executable found will become the default dashboard. (change the name back to that of a higher listed file then reboot for it to be the default dashboard) C:\XBMC-Emustation\default.xbe E:\XBMC-Emustation\default.xbe F:\XBMC-Emustation\default.xbe C:\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe E:\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe F:\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe C:\XBMC4Xbox\default.xbe E:\XBMC4Xbox\default.xbe F:\XBMC4Xbox\default.xbe C:\XBMC\default.xbe E:\XBMC\default.xbe F:\XBMC\default.xbe C:\dashboard\default.xbe E:\dashboard\default.xbe F:\dashboard\default.xbe C:\dash\default.xbe E:\dash\default.xbe F:\dash\default.xbe E:\default.xbe E:\dashboard.xbe C:\evoxdash.xbe E:\evoxdash.xbe C:\XBMC.xbe E:\XBMC.xbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Sorry for the ignorance and translation of English. In the meantime, thank you to everyone. Kaos you are a very precious resource, as well as other experts and I will never stop thanking you. I have trouble finding the iso of the extra cd from Rocky5, I've always had Hexen, but the extra cd could help a noob like me. On github I see several files to download but I don't understand how to find the so ready to burn. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Edited December 2, 2019 by shaokhann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILEeeles Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 13 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: Method 2 to Run XBMC4Gamers as the Default Dashboard Using an XBE Shortcut Instead of editing ind-bios.cfg, you can create a shortcut file to upload as evoxdash.xbe to the root of the C drive. No need to edit the ind-bios.cfg file. Download: XBE Shortcut Maker v2.0 Thank you for this. This is the solution to a problem I asked about (sadly recieved no response) about whether or not it was possible to launch the dash from another partition. I am using XBMC4Gamers, but the C partition is only a few hundred megabytes and I have already had a couple of issues with downloads not "having enough space" - they did not ask where I wanted to download them too. I had heard of something called multilaunch or multiboot or something, but that seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. At any rate, this solves the problem. Main dashboard now boots from e:\dashboard\ rather than c:\dashboard\ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Okay, that's it, my bad. I had to write everything in lowercase. Anyway without you my beloved 14 xboxes would be getting dust, at least half of them. As soon as I have the chance, I would like to contribute as I can (temporarily not lavoro) Edited December 2, 2019 by shaokhann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 3:55 AM, shaokhann said: Sorry for the ignorance and translation of English. In the meantime, thank you to everyone. Kaos you are a very precious resource, as well as other experts and I will never stop thanking you. I have trouble finding the iso of the extra cd from Rocky5, I've always had Hexen, but the extra cd could help a noob like me. On github I see several files to download but I don't understand how to find the so ready to burn. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) [Picture removed from quoted post above --KaosEngineer] You can download the pre-built Xbox Softmodding Tool Extras Disc ISO file from Rocky5's google drive repository Xbox Softmod Kit Updates - Google Drive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 No kids. I wanted to use the program to allow xbmc to boot up. But unfortunately unleashx always appears as the main one (which is installed on the F partition). Is this normal?, the bios is an m8plus fc137. In my second xbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 From the size of C:\evoxdash.xbe, 64KB, I can tell it's an XBE Shortcut to your current dashboard - UnleashX. You need to use the Windows application XBE Shortcut Maker 2.0 and create a new file of the same name that runs the dashboard you want to use. Edit the Target XBE path to the default.xbe file of that dashboard. Upload this new evoxdash.xbe shortcut file to C:\. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 the strange thing is that I have used the program several times, but it always remains 64kb I have xbmc il in F. So from the pc, starting the program I write the path where it is xbmc, I rename it in evoxdash.xbe but it always remains 64 kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILEeeles Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 2 hours ago, shaokhann said: the strange thing is that I have used the program several times, but it always remains 64kb I have xbmc il in F. So from the pc, starting the program I write the path where it is xbmc, I rename it in evoxdash.xbe but it always remains 64 kb The .xbe that you creat using the shortcut tool, doesn't matter what the size of it is. It is literally just a forwarder. It loads, tells the xbox to load the .xbe in a different place instead. That's it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 The shortcut file is always 64KB in size. Xbox hacked BIOSes have a boot order list. This list of xbe files is used to try to load an installed replacement dashboard. If the first in the list is not found, the second is tried; if it fails, the third xbe is tried; if it fails, the stock MS dashboard - xboxdash.xbe is executed. The shortcut created, evoxdash.xbe, is so named because it is the first XBE in the BIOS's boot order list; thus, loading the dashboard the user wants to run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Is there a reason why the link I made is not recognized at boot? I used the correct program and root. The xbe file is 64kb, inserted in I see unleashx at boot anyway. Could it be the bios m8? The other xbox where it works has a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Is there a reason why the link I made is not recognized at boot? I used the correct program and root. The xbe file is 64kb, inserted in I see unleashx at boot anyway. Could it be the bios m8? The other xbox where it works mounts an indbios video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 From the xbox that's showing UnleashX as the default dashboard, I need a copy of the bios flashed to it's TSOP or modchip and copy of the shortcut file you created. Post them as an attachment in this forum or on a file sharing server with the link to download them posted here. I think the root directory listing is already posted above but how about one of the Dashboard folder of the drive you have it installed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Unfortunately I find it difficult because at the moment the Xbox can not be connected via ftp, I can at most photograph . I'll see next week if I can transfer these files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep83 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 On 12/2/2019 at 12:49 AM, KaosEngineer said: Method 1 to Run XBMC4Gamers as the Default Dashboard Download the ind-bios.cfg file from the root folder of the Xbox's C drive. Use a text editor to modify the file. Generally, the last 3 lines contain the entries for the BIOS's dashboard boot order: DASH1=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2\evoxdash.xbe DASH2=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\Dash\UnleashX\unleashx.xbe DASH3=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\Dash\EvolutionX\evoxdash.xbe Modify the DASH1= line to contain the path to XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file. The partition names equate the to following drive letters: Partition2 = C Partition1 = E Partition 6 = F Partition 7 = G So, if XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file is located at: F:\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe the DASH1= line needs to read DASH1=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6\XBMC4Gamers\default.xbe Method 2 to Run XBMC4Gamers as the Default Dashboard Using an XBE Shortcut Instead of editing ind-bios.cfg, you can create a shortcut file to upload as evoxdash.xbe to the root of the C drive. No need to edit the ind-bios.cfg file. Download: XBE Shortcut Maker v2.0 Run the Windows executable (dot exe file) from the location you extracted it to on your PC's hard drive. Change the Target Path to where XBMC4Gamers' default.xbe file is stored on your Xbox's hard drive. Next, click on the large Create Shortcut Xbe... button and save the shortcut with the name evoxdash.xbe. Upload this new shortcut file, evoxdash.xbe, to the root of the Xbox's C drive. Reboot and XBMC4Gamers should now be your default dashboard. Hi, new user here. Sorry to necro this with a self inflicted problem, but I followed the shortcut method here, forwarding the shortcut to my XBMC4Gamers install on E:. I renamed the original evoxdash.xbe on C to 'evoxdash.old', thinking if anything went wrong (foreshadowing lol) I could just revert. However the shortcut appears to not have worked as I am stuck on the EvoX splash screen now. Original discs still work, but I'm unable to get any of my dashboards to load so can't FTP in to fix this. The two triggers+start+back reset still works when in game loaded from disc, but not from the stuck splash screen. I have no idea how the system was modded, but having been inside it I do know there's no modchip. Am I screwed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMartigan Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 (edited) No you’re not screwed at all. Sounds like you’ve just got some files mixed up and causing confusion, resulting in the hang at splash. Renaming the .xbe to .old seems like the issue. I’d suggest deleting that file, copying the default.xbe from your dash folder on E: to the root of C:. Then rename the file in C to “evoxdash.xbe”. Try to reboot and see what happens. Edited April 7 by MadMartigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep83 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 43 minutes ago, MadMartigan said: No you’re not screwed at all. Sounds like you’ve just got some files mixed up and causing confusion, resulting in the hang at splash. Renaming the .xbe to .old seems like the issue. I’d suggest deleting that file, copying the default.xbe from your dash folder on E: to the root of C:. Then rename the file in C to “evoxdash.xbe”. Try to reboot and see what happens. Thanks. I'm gonna need to connect the HD to a PC to do that though, right? I don't seem to be able to ftp into the xbox unless I'm missing something obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMartigan Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 No, if you have any installer disc such as Rocky5 extras or OGXboxInstaller, you should be able to ftp while running those. Assuming you have either or and your Xbox can boot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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