cbagger01
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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,01:12 |
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As I previously said,
at it's core, DSL is a stripped down KNOPPIX livecd. KNOPPIX is based on Debian.
There already is a Xebian project that brings Debian Linux to the XBOX.
So my first advice is to try installing Xebian and then stripping down the package list so that it looks like the DSL package list (apt-get remove command).
Here is the DSL package list. It is a little bit out of date and it does not list any non-Debian programs that are part of DSL:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/packages.html
The key to a successful Linux on an XBOX is RAM usage. This is achieved by removing all of the other crap that autoloads into memory for standard linux distributions. It is also achieved by using the Fluxbox window manager instead of bloatware like KDE or GNOME. Finally, a big assist goes to the TinyX/Kdrive/Freedesktop.org Xserver that saves memory over a full-blown XFree86 install.
You will have difficulty using these servers because 1.6 rev XBOXes use a different video interface and I doubt that they will do VESA compliant video.
You may be able to get it to work with a custom XEBIAN kernel that includes an XBOX framebuffer and then use the TinyX "Xfbdev" server.
It is not an impossible task, but it can be done and it is probably easier to tweak XEBIAN than it is to do a full port over of DSL.
Good Luck.
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