Installing xbmc from cd

This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package git-core has no installation candidate. First, many thanks to you. Great site. Great information. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:. I followed the instructions, launched XBMC on desktop pc, linux Aeon65 is listed but greyed out and nothing happens when i change to it. I did all the steps and I have the skins in the correct folder. If you have left your boot options at default, you should not need to do anything. If you have removed all boot options apart from your OS drive to speed up boot, you will need to do the following.

Now your computer is set up to boot from USB. Make sure to save the settings before rebooting otherwise you will have to go through it all again. Make sure your media is still in the computer and then reboot. It should only take a few seconds and you should see the Kodibuntu desktop. From here you can jump straight into watching something or configuring your setup.

After the installer has been loaded, just select the quick installation option and when the installation is finished, reboot the computer. If you are using an additional media hard drive, you will need to format and mount it before it is available in the OpenELEC. The default Confluence skin is quite nice to begin with, but if you want to have a truly beautiful media center, you should install a more advanced skin such as an Aeon Nox skin.

If you are not using an external network attached hard drive, you will need to copy your media files to the HTPC using a FTP software such as Filezilla. The default username is root and the password is openelec. Now, you are ready to transfer the media files to your computer. If you are using a network attached storage, it is even easier to get all the media files visible in the OpenELEC.

Just follow these steps to add your NAS as source:. Congratulations, now you are all set and don't need to alter the shortcut again, unless you change location of XBMC's default.

This way is only recommended for experienced users. Changing your bios may cause your XBOX to not boot any more. Note you will not be able to use this method if you intend to persist with an X2 Circled in the picture is where you set your custom boot path for your bios The diagram is for XBTool but EVTool is almost identical in interface and execution.

Then save the bios with the edited boot-path you can also edit the 2nd and 3rd boot sequences- they will only load if there is no. First of all you will need to know what size of bios your mod-chip takes. Having a bootdisk in this situation will not help you! Once the bios has been correctly sized and saved, choose the method of flashing your bios.

Older modchips will need to be flashed from the Xbox- Apps like XFlash and the EvoX dash both have the options to do this you will need to ftp the edited bios over to their default bios directories. Newer mod-chip owners may be able to flash their bios externally via their pc using their Modchip Manufacturer's software and either a parallel or USB cable to connect to their mod-chip. Download here: Xbe Shortcut Maker v1.

Creates shortcut xbes for Xbox titles keeping your current method of organization intact so you can keep your hard drive roots as uncluttered as possible, as well as add items to dash menus without moving or creating duplicate installs.

Simply point the target path to the xbe you wish to launch and the output xbe will be a 60kb shortcut that will simply launch the given title. It will now save a shortcut XBE, 60kB in size. Don't forget to backup any files on C: if you plan to overwrite them! Below, are the bios boot sequences for the most widely used modded bioses that people use to run Xbox Backups and Home-brew Applications. Each bios will have one or more.