RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] can't wait till microsoft tries this....

date posted 4th January 2004 18:18

The way that the xbox works is that the "base" O/S - i.e., the boot
loader is stored in hardware. However, each game actually has the OS on
the DVD so that all drivers and anything else is specific to the DVD.
The O/S is a core win2k with custom drivers as appropriate.

As for the O/S of the boot loader, not sure but I'd be surprised if it
was linux=20


Andy
IWD2 LLP
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=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Grimshaw [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 04 January 2004 18:06
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] can't wait till microsoft tries this....


Danny Leonard, quoting Dom:
> > On Sunday 04 Jan 2004 12:11 pm, Danny Leonard wrote:
> > > To the extent that the Microsoft XBOX uses Linus as the OS as MS=20
> > > cant handle the graphical demand needed to deliver what's
required.
> >
> > Errrr... you quite quite sure about that?
>
> 100% sure

Well, that'll come as a surprise to the folks at
http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/ then.
Perhaps you should consider reading
http://www.xbreporter.com/xbox_system_specifications.php which states
the XBox has a "Windows 2000 Core OS"?

- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }


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