XBMC and LBA48?

[r0rschach]

just curious if anyone has had problems running xbmc with a large lba48 f: drive? it's running fine on both of my non-lba48 boxes, but when i try to launch it on my 300 gig box it just hangs before displaying anything to the screen. i have all extra space going to the f: drive, and no g: if that matters. looks pretty good so far, can't wait to see more.

r0rs

[Frodo]

strange, drive f: / g: should work in xbmc
unfortunaly i dont got such a big harddisc to try it
so hopefully somebody could look @ it?
if you look in xbmc/application.cpp you'll see:

in
hresult capplication::create()
{
...
helper.remap("g:,harddisk0\\partition7"); // used for lba-48 hack
}

i hoped/thought this should enable lba48
frodo

[StarsWan]

Originally Posted by (r0rschach @ oct. 02 2003,22:20)

just curious if anyone has had problems running xbmc with a large lba48 f: drive? it's running fine on both of my non-lba48 boxes, but when i try to launch it on my 300 gig box it just hangs before displaying anything to the screen. i have all extra space going to the f: drive, and no g: if that matters. looks pretty good so far, can't wait to see more.

r0rs

hi,
me too...

it's strange, i flashed with a bios 4977+lba48 patch (partition 6 takes rest of the drives)
*
i changed my hdd 120go for a 250go, and xbmc doesn't work !
i replaced my old hdd 120go where xbmc functioned well before flash my bios, and now with this bios(lba48hack), xbmc doesn't work.

i think that xbmc is for the moment incompatible with a bios lba48 patched

frodo, you can check the problem right by flashing your bios with lba48, because it's not necessary to have a big hdd (more 120go) to note the bug.


thx.

xbox v1.1
samsung
executor 2.1 (bios 4977+lba48 patch)
hitachi 250go

[Frodo]

i got some code from the avalaunch team
(thx guys)
which should handle the lba48 stuff. its in cvs as of 14-10-2003 so in theory lba48 should work now
however i dont have an lba48 partition on my disc, so i cant test it.

pls try it and lemme know the results
frodo

[budwizer]

what i don't understand is why does xbmp work with lba48 and a large f partition but xbmc doesn't? i can't remember what build i tried last night, but i will try the 14-10-2003 cvs and see if it helps.

[StarsWan]

Originally Posted by (frodo @ oct. 15 2003,07:22)

...its in cvs as of 14-10-2003 so in theory lba48 should work now
...
pls try it and lemme know the results
frodo

ok, i will make a feedback when a new cvs compiled is available.

[StarsWan]

i have just tested the version cvs 10-16, and i confirm the problem is always there. *xbmc freezes at startup

maybe for the next release

[townfool]

hi all

i've just put todays build of xbmc (16-10-2003) i have lba48 enabled on my bios, however under settings -> system info *the f:\ drive is showing as unavailable. in addition to this none of the bookmarks are showing in any of my menus and selecting my videos make the box hang.

i am running a 200gb drive with x2_4977 (lba48 enabled) xbox v1.0

hope this helps, if you need any more just ask

townfool

[Frodo]

k, i spoke with the avalaunch team.
the confirmed that the autodetection of lba48 isnt working yet. i'll change xbmc a bit so you can specify if you wanna use the f: and/or g: drive in xboxmediacenter.xml

that should always work
frodo

[townfool]

hi frodo,

let us know when you've made the changes, i've got two boxes here id be happy to this test on.

1, x2_4977 lba48 patched (partition 7 takes rest), 160 gb hd evox 3921.

2, x2_4977 lba48 patched (partition 6 takes rest), 200 gb hd evox 3921.

townfool