now we need to connect to the xbox, you need to use a telnet client - i recommend Putty (its free and works well) from Click HERE . Putty is just an exe file, download it to where ever you want. I put it in my My Documents folder.

Double click putty to launch it.

in the hostname or ip address field type in: 192.168.0.10

in the port field make sure 22 is in there, and SSH is selected below that.

Press open.

If all works well, you should be seeing a certificate, select yes (or ok, or accept), if you dont dont worry. The best thing to look for is it connecting to the xbox.  you should see

type in root and press enter

now you will get

type in "xebian"

and you should be logged in to the system

you should now see something like this
 

now we need to get it back on to your network

type in:

and hit enter (doing this will cause putty to close with a connection has ended error, just close the window and continue)

(the 192.168.1.107 number is specific to your network's subnet, mine is 192.168.1.107)

now close putty down, and set your computers ip back to default (control panel - network connections - local area connection - properties button - tcp/ip (double click) select obtain ip automatically)

Open up a new putty windows and in the ip field type in the new IP 192.168.1.107

Setup the default gateway of the XBox to allow for internet access.
once connected and logged in (user:root password:xebian)

type in: route add default gw 192.168.1.1

and hit enter

Now to install Xebian to your xbox HD

 we need to retreive the installation archive into the /tmp directory and
extract its contents.
type in the following at the command prompt

The following are the approximate steps you will need to go through in the first stage of the installation.

1. Select install type for Xebian base (Fatx E:, Extra space F:, NFS)

2. Select install details. Varies according to installation type.

3. Select media storage. (NFS, local)

4. Setup network details.

Now launch the MythTV-XBox installer in bootstrap mode.

 ./install.pl -b

doing so will bring up this screen

Hit Enter

1) If you want to use your xbox for use with mythtv and keep your other software on it unchanged select option 1 - "Install MXB inside the Gamesave Partition" - This option is the only option we cover in this walkthrough

After selecting this option (using the up and down arrows) hit enter and you will see a warning message telling you it is going to write to your Hard Drive, and to make sure you have a backup. Move cursor to yes and hit enter:

Now it will ask you for sizes of your Ram Drive (swap space) and Maximum File Size. Type in what you would like to use and hit enter.

i use 512mb for the ram drive, and 1500mb for the actual space that mythtv can use - feel free to adjust these to your likings.

After hitting enter on the ram drive, it will ask you how big you would like the Root File System, personally I am using 1500mb's, again you can have what you want there but it shouldn't exceed you 5gb E Drive partitions space.

Hit Enter

hitting enter on the last one will make it create the Ram Drive space (swap space), and all the proper partitions on your xbox for Xebian (linux) to run.

once  this is complete it will ask you 2 options:

Choose Use an NFS Server Option, and Hit Enter

The next screen will ask you what the ip address of the NFS Server is (this is your backend server, and you must have a NFS share setup on it)

Type in your NFS Severs (backend) IP Address: and hit enter

And now it asks you for you path to the nfs share, my backend is sharing out /mnt and i have a symbolic link to my main mythtv directory in there. Type in your NFS path and hit enter.

Since im using debian linux on my backend, i choose no to this option, it may be different for you.

Hit enter and let the copying begin!