Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:40 am Post subject: Please explain "tray state" function...
I'm coming up to speed on the softmod'ing scene, and would like to understand how the dual boot / tray state functionality works. What files are involved (c:/SID/ ???). Does something in the c:/SID directory point to c:/xboxdash.xbe if the tray is closed and to some other file if it open?
Just trying to wrap my brain around the whole picture.
BTW... SID and AID ROCK!!!
masterwill Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Holland
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:25 am Post subject:
Hey Sparcie,
If you startup your xbox and you leave your tray open, you don't come into the EvoX, Unleash or another program, but It'll startup The Softmod menu, it's just the savegame from Mechassault or another.
If you leave your tray closed you just enter the Normal evox menu.
If you don't want to open the Softmod menu, you can indeed mess in your C:\SID there is an open en close file, these will bring up the menu.
If you copy your close to another directory and there rename it to Open, and then copy it back, it overwrites the original open file.
If you done that you don't have the TRAY OPEN menu anymore, because both "open" and "close" will close the menu and then your normal Evox menu will startup.
Greetings Will
sparcie Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: Mar 23, 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: How to edit the open.bin file...
Thanks Masterwill for the reply
A few more questions...
Does the open.bin file point to the default.xbe file in the exploited game save directory?
And does the close.bin point to c:/xboxdash.xbe or to a bios hack file?
What tool would one use to edit or create a "open or close.bin"?
What are the files in the c:/SID directory? Are they the bios hacks or the nkpatcher?
Lectro Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:
This is an excellent question. I have been wandering the same thing. I modded mine last weekend and have played around with it a bit. (restoring the back-up a few times as well )
But what I would like to find out how to do is boot to evox with tray open and msdash with it closed. Then also set a password for the evox configuration options (just in case my son or friends try to change anything) Any info would be helpful for a newbie
Lectro
TREFALKM Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 180 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:
open.bin and close.bin are bios files used for the pbl (Phoenix Bios Loader), which is now very obselete.
Tray state functions in a certain way, and when it's detected, you can set your optoins via pbl or nkpatcher or some other hack.
pbl has a boot.cfg file that defines what bios.bin file to load up acording to tray state.
same for nkpatcher and same for dual-habibi/retail.
so it's not like "closed=xboxdash.xbe" and "open=dash".
It's more like closed/open=tray state, than your exploit detects it and what ever you compile for it to load, it's what it's going to do. _________________ Xbox v1.1
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TREFALKM Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 180 Location: Vancouver, WA
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject:
I guess I need to get with the times...
I am still using AID101 and SID2.0.... I guess it is because I want to see all of the problems others are having with AID3.0 and SID4.5 before loading it up... and I am just used to the software after using it for so long. Thanks for the nfo. _________________ http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-211.html
TREFALKM Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: 1.6 Modded: Softmod (SID2)
Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 180 Location: Vancouver, WA
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject:
I altered the config.xml in sid and disabled the menu items by replacing them with some info on who modded their box and how to contact me. (Plus a little plug to HQ) Which works for me.
but, your saying that if I was to edit the boot.cfg file then I would be able to define a path on what to boot in the open tray state?
I took out all of the hex next to the EEPROMKey's and RC4Key just in case somebody could.... well, you know. (CYA)
If I were to change the "AltRomfile open.bin" to "AltRomfile closed.bin" then it would probably do the same thing as changing the name of closed.bin to open.bin and replacing the file, right? So how are you able to edit the boot.cfg to boot a different path? Since the open.bin is a "Romfile" and romfiles are just .bin's then I would have to create my own??? I am going to open up the open.bin file after I get home and see what's going on in there. _________________ http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-211.html
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