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part 2
3. Installing EvolutionX
Alright people, here's the moment of truth, weather or not you insalled you chip correctly. Power up your XBOX, open the dvdrom tray, insert your newly created boot disc, close the tray, and power down. Now power back up your XBOX and if your disc was burned correctly and your chip functioning properly, you should see the EvolutionX Dashboard on your TV. Sometimes depending on the setting of the evox.ini it may ask you to set the clock first if your xbox has been unplugged for a long time. If that is the case, set the clock, and reboot. Remember to always cold boot (power off then power on) whenever using the boot disc for best results.
Now that you are booted to the EvoX dashboard you will see a few menu items. MS Dashboard (appears in red to be explained laster), Reboot (duuuuhhhh), Power Off (duuuuhhhh), System Utils, and launch Menu.(Pic Dashboard_Root.bmp) Your's probably looks a bit different as this one is customized, as you will be cutomizing your own later, but you get what it is supposed to look like. System Utils is what you will concern yourself with now, don't worry about anything else at this point. Now you want to install EvoX on your XBOX hdd, this is the easy part.....
You must now connect your XBOX to your network. I recomend installing a Second NIC (Network Interface Card/Ethernet Card) into your computer and using a CROSSOVER cable. A 100mbit capable NIC will run you $15 at your local computer store and the cable another $10, so don't be cheap. This elimiates the hassle of configuring a router or hub to connect the xbox to. Once again you will need a CROSSOVER cable witch is completely different than a "patch" cable that would run from your modem to your computer. If you don't know what you have, i can almost guarantee you have a patch cable. This is one of the biggest newb mistakes thinking you have a crossover cable, and you don't. If you do prefer to use a hub or modem and a patch cable to connect your XBOX to your network you will have to reset the default ip address assigned to the XBOX by EvoX to your current network configuration. The default ip address setting for the XBOX in the evox.ini is 192.168.0.3. If you are using a NIC/Crossover combination you simply have to set your NIC with this setting: IP - 192.168.0.* (* means any number from 1-254 excluding 3) and the subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0. (If this is too difficult for you to understand, i'm sure there are plenty of web sites that you can learn basic networking from.)
Now, if you have the proper equipment, and set everything up properly, it is time to connect to your xbox. Open up your ftp browser software, I recomend flashfxp, but any type of ftp browser software will do. Use these settings to connect: 192.168.0.3 Port 21 Login:xbox Password:xbox Now you will see a screen that looks similar to this (Pic Evox_FTP.bmp). You will see C: D: E: F: X: Y: and Z:. The only two Partitions that you have to worry about now is C: and D:. Open up D: and you will see the contents of your boot disc. Copy default.xbe, EvoX.ini, a Bios folder and a Skins Folder to a folder in your computer. As you can see from the last pic, I made a folder called EvolutionX in which i copied those contents to (Pic Evox_FTP_D.bmp). Now that you have the files from your boot disc on your PC open up C: on the XBOX. Now go to your PC and rename the default.xbe file to xboxdash.xbe. Now in C: of your XBOX rename xboxdash.xbe to msxboxdash.xbe. Now from your PC upload to C: on the XBOX, xboxdash.xbe, evox.ini, Skins, and Bios. Your C: will now look like this (Pic Evox_FTP_C.bmp) Eject the EvoX boot disc from your XBOX and reboot, you should now see the EvolutionX Dashboard as your default Dashboard now. Guess what kiddies, YOU'RE DONE. Now you have EvolutionX installed on your XBOX HDD, now its time to have a little fun.
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