A very generous $1000 bounty has been put up to allow the usage of external storage devices for the Apple TV. There are a couple of big hurdles to accomplish to complete this bounty, however once it has been claimed, Apple TV will be easily hackable without opening the case and without voiding the warranty.
Here are the Rules:
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* Patch must allow a USB hard drive, plugged into the Apple TV’s USB port to act as the default and primary storage for the Apple TV.
* The Apple TV must still boot from the internal drive and cannot use a complete replacement OS (the kernel may be patched, and additional kexts added).
* Patch must allow the media to be accessed as it would be were the internal drive being used (i.e if you couldn’t see their was a USB drive attached you wouldn’t know).
* Patch must be able to be applied without opening the case.
* Patch must be able to be removed (and the Apple TV to original configuration) without opening the case.
* No commercial files can be used asides from those found on the Apple TV or Mac OS X Intel. All others must be freely and legally distributable.
* The process cannot have been previously published, or demonstrated / distributed publicly.
* Judges decision is final.
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If you've figured this out already, head on over to AppleTVHacks.net to claim your prize.
http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/04/...sb-drive-hack/