Re: [ros-general] Big FATX driver.

[TwoTailedFox]

It's only possible to use an Xbox HDD if it's unlocked. All Xbox HD's
are locked to the Motherboard ID, so it can't be accessed in your
atypical PC.

On 9/23/05, Hartmut Birr <osexpert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   Steven Edwards wrote:
>
> >  Hi Oscar,
> >
> > --- Oscar Saavedra <oscar(a)elportalito.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >  Now, i'd like to know if this fatx driver can
> > > be used to access an
> > > unlocked fatx HD connected to a i386 machine that is booting the reactOS
> > > live CD.
> > >
> > > Am i dreaming? Or can this be done?
> > >
> > > I just want to know if i could recover my multimedia files from the F
> > > partition using my PC some day.
> > >
> > >  
> > Yes it can be. Our vfatfs.sys has been tested in Windows before so it should work if you
> > wanted to
> > do it now. Installing our driver on Windows would be a bit of a pain because you would
> > need to
> > manually add the service and tell Windows to use it to mount that drive but I know some
> > people
> > have tested the driver before under Win2k.
> >  
>  I'm not sure if it is possible to access a real xbox disk on a pc . I've
>  done some testing with our vfat driver on w2k. I've used the fatx file
>  system. The fatx file system was installed in a normal partition with
>  the type 0xaa. The disk driver must identify the xbox disk and must
>  create partition device objects. I'm not sure if disk.sys is able to do
>  this. I've never used a disk from a xbox because I don't own one.
>
>  - Hartmut
>
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