Linux Trying to install OpenElec
jcfaber1
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#1
2016-12-05, 00:34
I am trying to install Open Elec on to a Dell Precision T7400. I went to OpenElec and downloaded Open Elec Generic X86 64-6.03. I extracted the file and wrote the file to the same USB drive. I changed the boot order to USB and put the USB in the drive in the machine and powered it on. It tells me there is no bootable device. I am not sure how to tell if it is the computer or if it is the USB drive. Any ideas? I am wanting to load MythTv or other PVR and create a large storage volume on this machine with Free NAS.

I tried to create a user on the OpenElec forum but their Catchpa does not show any way to complete it.

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John
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whysoserious
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2016-12-05, 01:23
Consider LibreELEC instead? Their LibreELEC USB-SD Creator app works great for making a bootable USB thumbdrive.
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jcfaber1
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2016-12-05, 02:30
I considered it but the Wiki shows that TVHeadend does not work with cable card. I did not see where MythTv can be installed on LibreELEC. Is that correct?
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whysoserious
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2016-12-05, 02:33
Sorry, I don't anything about PVR or MythTv.

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fritsch
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2016-12-05, 10:49
It works the very same way OE worked ...
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black_eagle
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2016-12-05, 11:10
(2016-12-05, 00:34)jcfaber1 Wrote: I am trying to install Open Elec on to a Dell Precision T7400. I went to OpenElec and downloaded Open Elec Generic X86 64-6.03. I extracted the file and wrote the file to the same USB drive. I changed the boot order to USB and put the USB in the drive in the machine and powered it on. It tells me there is no bootable device. I am not sure how to tell if it is the computer or if it is the USB drive. Any ideas? I am wanting to load MythTv or other PVR and create a large storage volume on this machine with Free NAS.

I tried to create a user on the OpenElec forum but their Catchpa does not show any way to complete it.

Thanks

John

For reference, you can't just extract the .img file and copy it across because that doesn't make the USB drive bootable. If you're using Windows, you need to use something like "Win32 Disk Imager" which will write the .img file to USB and make it bootable.

If you're doing it on Linux then sudo dd if=/home/user/file.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M where /home/user/file.img is the file to put onto the usb drive and /dev/sdX is where the USB drive is mounted.

Both these only apply to .img files, you need different programs if your file is .iso
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nickr
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2016-12-05, 21:47
Openelec is dead with no way forward. They don't even have a Jarvis version afaik. Go libreelec.
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jcfaber1
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2016-12-06, 01:42
Moved to Libreelec but cannot complete the installation. I will create a new thread for this problem. Thanks again all.
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