Tutorial written by : Eiruz

This tutorial is based off of Mac OS X 10.2 (jaguar), so some menu items and screenshots might look slightly different if you are using a previous OS. General note: this tutorial is also possible with Mac OS 9, but converting this to OS 9 requires user common sense, and I personally don’t feel its nessesary to rewrite it for os 9.

Tools Required:

01) Macintosh Computer
02) Mac OS X Operating System
03) Virtual PC 5.0 + PC HD image (win 98, win XP, or other)
04) Modded Xbox (chose your own method)
05) Crossover Cable (or hub, but again requires common sense)
06) Adaptec Toast 5.x
07) FlashFXP
08) Miscellaneous Xbox tools (i.e.: xboxisomaker)
09) Evolution X / installed on your Xbox
10) UnRarX (freeware)

Getting Started: Here is a brief project overview.

Using this tutorial, we will cover the basics of burning working ISO images with toast titanium and Mac os X, we will cover extracting and packing ISO files using xboxisomaker, and we will cover connecting to the XBOX using FlashFXP and evolution X.

Burning Xbox Games on Mac os X:

From previous experience, I have found that unRarX for Mac os X seems to be the best unraring program available, add in the facts that it’s also free, and you possibly will agree.

01) Start up UnrarX
02) Drag and drop your starting rar file of your Xbox game onto the unrarX window. (either .rar, or .r00 or, .001, or possibly other, again use common sense)
03) After the rars extract you are left with a file in the same directory with the naming scheme <filename>.ISO

01) Start up UnrarX
02) Drag and drop your starting rar file of your Xbox game onto the unrarX window. (either .rar, or .r00 or, .001, or possibly other, again use common sense)
03) After the rars extract you are left with a file in the same directory with the naming scheme <filename>.ISO
04) Launch Virtual PC (for this example I have used virtual PC with window 98, I also have windows XP, but the performance difference is at least 50 percent slower on a emulator than a emulatedWin98 environment.)
05) Launch xboxisomaker
06) Select your .ISO file (make sure your using VPC additions so you can share local drives)
07) Select target directory
08) Extract ISO

This also works the same way to pack an ISO except you start with the target directory and finish with where you’d like your final .ISO file stored.

Connecting and transferring with FLASHFXP and Mac OS X:

01) Open System Preferences

02) Under network settings / create a new location name it “Xbox”

03) Click the “Show” and drag down to “Network Port Configurations”

04) Make sure only Ethernet connection is checked ON. (Unless your using airport, then have both)

05) Click “Show” and drag to Built in Ethernet

06) Select “configure using DHCP” and leave everything else blank

07) Open up Virtual PC 5.0 and go to “settings” of your current PC.

08) Under network, make sure you select “Virtual Switch” this causes VPC to take over your “Ethernet” card, and will allow FLASHFXP to function as if it were on a PC with a Ethernet card, connected to an Xbox.

09) INSIDE WINDOWS 98 or XP: make sure you go into “Start / Settings / Control panels / and select “Network” then find your TCP/IP and edit properties. Set up your connection settings to 192.168.0.3 for your computer IP, and your subnet as 255.255.255.0

10) Launch FXP and attempt 2 connect to your Xbox over crossover cable. If everything worked out as planned, you should see your C / D / E / F etc. drives… (Make sure flashFXP is set to passive OFF)