[Dandeman321]

So I've tried a few different guides:
http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-si...-the-cheap

http://www.interworks.com/blogs/rboyles/...spire-revo

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=53888

To try and install XBMC Live onto my revo. I installed an extra gig of ram to start. When I went into the bios the revoboot option was not there. Also, the GPU settings was labeled as something different. I deselected auto and then selected 512mb. I switched the primary boot device to USB. I restarted the revo and selected the install option. It then start some process that asks me the language and region. Then, it hangs for a second and then gives me a message asking me to mount a CDROM drive. It asks if I want to get the drivers from the removable media. I don't have a CDROM drive and I just want to install from the USB. I select no and then it says it couldn't open the preseed.cfg file stating some error that says the file should be at cdrom/install/preseed.cfg I think. Well, I know it's not finding it because I don't have a cdrom drive... So I opened up the cfg file in the main directory of the USB drive and changed the location of the preseed.cfg to usb/install/preseed.cfg (a wild guess) and that didn't work either. I've tried multiple ISOs and neither have worked. I've found guides that state you need to change boot=cd to boot=usb in the .cfg file but there isn't a boot=cd to change... Can anyone help me with this? I was hoping for a quick and easy install but I was a fucking idiot to think it would go through without a hitch...

So here are the problems:
-No RevoBoot Option in BIOS
-GPU memory options is labeled as something different than iGPU Frame Buffer
-and the installation seems to have an error when finding preseed.cfg and wants me to mount a cdrom drive.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

*Sidenote, I have run the xbmc live Nvidia option instead of the install option and it has booted up xbmc fine it seems.

[ngiardina]

Find an iso of XBMCFreak v14. (search around http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/en)
Use unetbootin to create a bootable drive.

In the revo bios, towards the last page, make sure to select usb as hard drive. (or whatever the verbage is) and then select the usb drive as the primary hard drive in the second page of the bios. Then boot the revo and install. Good luck.

[Dandeman321]

Thank you very much for the reply. I'll give it a go once I can get the file downloaded. I used the file from this post:
http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/en/xbmcfreak-livecd-9-11-v14/
That's the one you're talking about, right?

EDIT: Also, in the BIOS, I think I know the option you're talking about. It's the USB Storage Emulation, right? You can set it to Auto, floppy, and harddrive.

[Dandeman321]

That did the trick! Thank you very much! Got it all installed, now I just have to get my media from my xbox backed up! Thanks again!

[blade_bakerk]

Hican someone help me, when I try to run after install i get "mountall main process terminated" as it loads..... then i have no option when im in the video tab to change the gpu settings??

[Dandeman321]

Can you be more specific? What's doing the loading. GPU settings in XBMC?

[blade_bakerk]

I have tried following the instructions above but when i load xbmc from the hard drive i get "mountall terminated" and a load of ^[[2~, which doesnt make sense at all......

It either crashes there or it will continue to xbmc but with no sound......

[Dandeman321]

yeah... I'm not too experienced with this stuff and I have never seen that or know what that's from...