FTP problem, 553 directory not found

Hey everyone, I've googled around for a solution but this seems to be beyond my google-fu, so perhaps you can help.

I softmodded my XBox before Christmas, and installed a 500GB HDD and after a bit of toing and froing found an FTP program that likes both my laptop and my UnleashX XBox (FireFTP on Windows 8.1). So it can see the files on both and transfer the files I need.

It's been working quite well with few problems until two days ago, when suddenly I got tons of error messages saying '553 directory not found'. It appears this is some kind of permissions issue, whereby the XBox doesn't consider I have the rights to transfer files. Which is odd as until five minutes before, it didn't object.

I've tried different files and folders, including renamed versions of ones it previously liked, and it's just not accepting it. I've tried changing the permissions, but it spits back '502 Command not implemented'. So that's a no-go.

I've tried using EvoX and XMBC, neither of which let my laptop connect at all. It's just weird that one minute all's good, then the next it's pulled up the drawbridge.

Any suggestions, folks? Thanks in advance.

Oh, I have tried using linux but for some reason it hates my laptop's ethernet hardware, so Windows is my only choice.

 

Anyone at all?

 

When you FTP to the Xbox, can you see the various partitions?

Have you tried another program like Filezilla or FlashFXP just to see if it works with another program?

 

For some reason FileZilla can't see my XBox properly, but FlashFXP seems to be working I am purely mystified as to why FireFTP suddenly stopped though.

 

Argh. No, it worked for one file, but the rest it's stopped for the same reason.

 

Another user reported a bad ethernet port. This could be the case.
I've never had a permission error, but try sending something through QWIX. QWIX seems the most stable for FTP for me, FileZilla is still ok, but sometimes makes too many connections and gives up.

Are you connecting the XBOX to the router? Or using a laptop's internet connection, and somewhat bridging? That might be your issue.

 

XBox is connected via cable to the router, and I'm FTPing to it wirelessly from my laptop.

I'll move the cable to one of the other plugs, is that what you suggest?

I'll try QWIX this evening.

 

I suggest you go from XBOX to router, and nothing in between.

 

So you mean get a second cable to connect my laptop to the router?

 

Xbox to Router, nothing in between, a direct connection.

 

There is nothing in between the XBox and the router. It's XBox---cable---router---laptop. Sorry, I may be misunderstanding what you're saying

 

Try using a cable from your laptop to router rather than wireless. And double-check your IP settings to make sure the address and gateway are correct, and still set correctly on the xbox.

Or just use a crossover cable and go direct from laptop to xbox.

 

OK, I've tried with a second ethernet cable, same error as before. I've not tampered with the address and gateway settings (I don't even know how to!), so unless it has the ability to randomly change them, I have no idea what's going on.

I guess I'll have to fork out for this crossover cable then. I am seriously annoyed that it would *suddenly* stop working despite having transferred tons of files no trouble throughout January. If there seriously is no solution, does anyone at least have a theory or explanation as to what caused this?

 

You don't need a crossover cable FYI. Modern PCs should "sense" the cable and adjust accordingly. I've FTP'd directly from PC to Xbox using a straight-through cable without any issues, many times.

 

Are you using a SATA converter? Almost sounds like something has gone wrong with it if so.

 

Nope, it's a 500GB IDE. It's playing games and things just fine, and it's seeing the files already on there no trouble, but it just suddenly decided to stop accepting new ones. And there's still over 200GB of free space on it.

 

The only other thing I can think it might be is an issue with your firewall. The last time I had an issue like this where I couldn't access the Xbox properly I had to turn off my firewall before trying to connect. Not sure if that will help this issue or not but its worth a try I guess.

 

I remember having lots of problems with FTP when using the evolutionx dashboard. try to boot into another dashboard like xbmc or unleashedx and see if you have better luck. Evolutionx is also slow to send files for me.

I can try and look at my settings here in a few to see what I can help with trying to get this working

Have you looked at this guide ?
http://www.xboxscene.com/articles/evox-install.php


James

 

Sounds like FS restrictions on the XBOX, remember that the underlying filesystem is quite restrictive as regards # of files/folder in root folder and absolute path depth. Also could be that it is not formatted correctly for its size (i.e. the block/allocation unit size is too low for the size of drive so it will "run out" of allocation units before the disk is full)

 

How would I find out what format it's in, and would it work if I further partitioned the drive? If I did, would I lose what I already have on it?