!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a beta release. Use at your own risk. The LBA48 code has not undergone rigorous testing. All other BIOS options and combinations of options have not been fully tested. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***** LBA48 Warning ***** If you choose the partitioning option "Partition 6 Takes Rest of the Drive", and if your drive is greater than 137GB and has a partition 6, data corruption will result. Only use this option if you plan on reformatting partition 6. ********** ============================================================ Thanks -Paul Bartholomew for xbflash and LBA48 support and kernel expansion. -Superfro for his original BIOS mods. -k3rn3l and MomDad for ideas, info and other support. -SantMat for his ultra-smooth no-animation, no-DVD-check, LED color patches, and more. -Team Phoenix for info and other support. -Pixel8 ============================================================ Extracts, Compiles, and Patches XBOX BIOS/Kernel Files. ============================================================ See XBtoolDoc.html for more info. ============================================================ LBA48 Notes (see XBtoolDoc.html) Please give all credit for the LBA48 stuff to oz_paulb. He's done what many said couldn't be done. See the documentation for more details on the LBA48 and partition options. Also check http://forums.xbox-scene.com/ for help. ============================================================ Fan Speed Notes I set the minimum to 20%, which is the default. The maximum speed is 100%. The max speed is 100%. Internally the speed percentage will be rounded down to the nearest even number, so a setting of 25% will result in an actual setting of 24%. Use with caution. I don't know if there are any issues with user selected speed settings. Turning it up may help cooling but if the Xbox automatically shifts up the speed when it gets hot (does it?) then that feature could become disabled. ============================================================ RC4_key_encrypt Keyword (xbflash) The XBFlashLib included with XBtool supports the RC4_key_encrypt keyword for both packing and unpacking. RC4_key_encrypt=0: no RC4 encryption is used. RC4_key_encrypt=1: only the kernel is encrytped. RC4_key_encrypt=2: both 2bl and kernel are encrypted. For example, you can make BFM BIOS's (presumably for use with the Phoenix Loader) without an RC4 key using the config key RC4_key_encrypt=1. See "Clear 2bl Debug.ini" in the "More Configs" folder. ============================================================ History 1.0.12 Fix: crash when converting to BFM via save. Fix: patched x2 4979 no recognized after patching. Tweaked config handling for better error catching and logging (xbflash). Optional installer. 1.0.12.b3 Extended dash pathname patch for X2 4979. 1.0.12.b2 LBA48 partition scheme options for 4979 (experimental). Fix: disables Save As... button for unsupported kernels. 1.0.12.b1 Experimental: support for X2 4979 BIOS's ("experimental" means it might not work). Use at your own risk. Experimental: Dash on partition 7 (G). Note: extended dashboard pathnames not yet supported for X2 4979. 1.0.11 Fix: boot flags were not being written when using the pack function. 1.0.10 Fix: splash logo toggle for M7 (thanks Arcann). 1.0.9 Fix: fan speed over 50% reset to 50% on read (did not effect actual setting of the speed). Unencrypted 2bl support (actually added a few versions ago). 1.0.8 Fix: led/fan settings reading after save. Fix: third dash setting on Evox BIOS's. 1.0.8b19 DVD drive check skip for M7. Fixed a minor patching bug. 1.0.8b18 Experimental support for M7 BIOS's ("experimental" means it might not work). Use at your own risk. 1.0.8b17 Using Paul Bartholomew's (oz_paulb) updated xbflash (adds 5101 unpack/pack support). I've made several modifications to Paul's code. Please report bugs. 1.0.8b16 Fix: dashboard pathname max length resetting to standard length after reloading a patched ROM file. 1.0.8b15 128 character dashboard pathnames. 3 editable dashboard pathnames (including evox). Fourth dashboard is C:\xboxdash.xbe (not displayed). See boot options section of the documentation. Fan speed displayed as a percentage. Will probably not recognize ROM files edited with older versions. Numerous patch engine changes. Internal front-end application tweaks. 1.0.8b12 Patches changed. Always use the patches (in the "Patch Data" folder) which came in the archive with your version of XBtool. The same goes for the DLLs. Fixed LBA48 code (no, really, I did this time). Sorry, but it's hard to test this using my puny little 100GB drive. Fixed error reading LBA48 options. Miscellaneous XBpatch changes. 1.0.8b11 Fix: partiton table option was being reset to the default (< 137GB = 6 / > 137GB = 7). This only affected users with > 137GB drives set for one large partition 6. Fix: Fan speed might not get changed if LED color set to green. 1.0.8b10 Added fand speed control option. Made oz_paulb's kernel expansion independent of LBA48 code so that future patches can utilize the kernel expansion (the fan speed patch takes advantage of this). Redid the LED patch to use the kernel expansion. This build has been tested on every supported BIOS, but only BFM version. The LBA48 code has been sightly modified and not fully tested. 1.0.8b9 Added option to use the folder name when packing a BIOS. This behavior is similar to the way older versions of XBtool worked. It only applies to BIOS packing--not saving. Access this option through the menu (click the icon in the upper-left corner of the dialog). Made the output files size selection persistent. Added CleanRegistry app in the Config folder (for getting rid of XBtool's registry entries). 1.0.8b8 Added LBA48 patching for 4976.02. Fixed issue where LBA48 code might not get patched in under certain circumstances. This might happen, for instance, if a kernel patched with an unreleased version of Paul's LBA48 patch was loaded into XBtool. These kernels are now repaired automatically. Fixed new kernel ID code to recognize LBA48 patched kernels. Tweaks to the kernel ID engine. Minor display changes. 1.0.8b7 X scale patcher removed. There was an issue with the X scale patch which could cause some BIOSes to hang. May be added back later if anyone wants it. This has been a long standing issue, but no one reported it as a bug. I just happened to discover it while redoing the kernel ID engine. Since it could lead to a frag, I decided to do this release now rather than later. The kernel ID engine rewritten. It should be much more precise, but please report unrecognized or misrecognized kernels. Tested BFM versions of all BIOSes, but not fully tested with all possible options. 1.0.8b6 Paul Bartholomew's LBA48 and partition table patches. (Not fully tested) 4978.03 support added (dropped other two 4978 BIOSes, since they hang some machines). Fixed crash in general dash patching function. Changed the way colors are patched so rounding errors don't happen when the colors aren't changed. 1.0.8b5 4978 patcher should be fully functional now. Don't test it if you can't recover, but if you can I'd love to here some feed back. 1.0.8b4 Fixed a crashing bug in 4976 and 4977 dash name patchers. 1.0.8b3 Fixed 4978 patcher a bug that could allow patching with dash names which were too long (that would be very bad). More display bug fixes. 1.0.8b2 Miscellaneous display fixes. Fixed 4978 dash name patching (actually patches the embedded FTPd app). Removed x2 4976 support, which was broken anyway (4976.02 still supported, but will probably be dropped soon). 1.0.8b1 Major rewrite of the patch engine for the purpose of easier maintence and code sharing. Added experimental x2 4978 support. Miscellaneous changes to the front end code related to above changes. -NghtShd