• This thread is for discussion of the setup/installation of OpenELEC/LibreELEC/Kodi on the Haswell and Broadwell-based ChromeBoxes using the Kodi E-Z Setup Script as detailed below, and any related ChromeBox-specific hardware issues.
  
• Other configurations, including installing Windows, dual-boot setups not involving ChromeOS, etc, will not be supported in this thread.
  
• Video playback related issues should be discussed in the Linux support forum (or, if add-on related, in the correct forum/thread), as they are 99% likely not ChromeBox-specific.
  
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• When reporting a problem, be sure to include whether you are running a standalone or dual boot setup, date stamp from SeaBIOS version string, OS / OS version, and kernel version (if not running OpenELEC/LibreELEC).
  
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• Open the ChromeBox and remove the write-protect screw
  
• Put the ChromeBox in developer mode
  
• Perform a factory reset using Google's recovery tools
  
• Download/run the Kodi E-Z Setup Script, choose desired dual boot configuration, select partition size
  
• (reboot and allow ChromeOS to "repair" itself after partition resizing)
  
• Download/run the Kodi E-Z Setup Script again, choosing the same dual boot configuration option, install LibreELEC or GalliumOS
  
• Reboot and verify dual boot functionality by manual selecting legacy boot option ([CTRL-L)
  
• Reboot to ChromeOS, use Kodi E-Z Setup Script to select desired default OS, boot delay (optional)
  

• Open the ChromeBox and remove the write-protect screw
  
• Put the ChromeBox in developer mode
  
• Download/run the Kodi E-Z Setup Script
  
• Select the Standalone / coreboot Install option, which will backup your stock firmware/BIOS and flash a custom one
  
• Create install media for desired OS. Script includes option to create install media for LibreELEC
  
• Power off ChromeBox
  
• Connect/plug-in USB install media (if not using LibreELEC media you just created)
  
• Power on ChromeBox, Press [ESC] from boot menu, select USB device (no longer needed with UEFI firmware; USB devices will boot automatically)
  
• Install LibreELEC, GalliumOS, or your OS of choice
  

• Open the ChromeBox and remove the write-protect screw
  
• Put the ChromeBox in developer mode
  
• Download/run the Kodi E-Z Setup Script, select option to Install LibreELEC on USB
  
• Reboot and verify legacy boot functionality by manual selecting legacy boot option ([CTRL+L)
  
• Hit ESC, select USB device from which to boot
  
• Reboot to ChromeOS, use Kodi E-Z Setup Script to select desired default OS, boot delay (optional)
  

• Power on and boot to ChromeOS. DO NOT LOG IN TO ChromeOS, but do ensure a network connection is set up
  
• Hit [CTRL+ALT+F2] to get to command prompt ([CTRL+ALT]+left arrow] for ChromeOS keyboards)
  
• Login with user chronos (no password required)
  
• Download and run the setup script using the following command (then hit enter):
  

(2014-05-07, 21:39)tetsuya Wrote: Matt, you may want to add the tearing fix to your script for the ubuntu installation. Just add the following

Code:

echo -e "Section \"Device\"
    Identifier      \"Intel Graphics\"
    Driver          \"intel\"
    Option         \"TearFree\"    \"true\"
EndSection" > /tmp/urfs/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Were there a bunch of mceusb that weren't working? I just poped my dongle in and it just worked right after
installation without having to use the fix.

(2014-05-07, 21:45)underworld123 Wrote: Wow....this is impressive. I do not own a Chromebox, but I want to get one just to try this script

BTW, few more screenshots will be great.

What will happen if I run the script twice? Will it overwrite the previous installation? Can I use it to try OpenElec first and then Ubuntu, if I don't like OE?

(2014-05-07, 22:10)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-05-07, 21:39)tetsuya Wrote: Matt, you may want to add the tearing fix to your script for the ubuntu installation. Just add the following

Code:

echo -e "Section \"Device\"
    Identifier      \"Intel Graphics\"
    Driver          \"intel\"
    Option         \"TearFree\"    \"true\"
EndSection" > /tmp/urfs/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Were there a bunch of mceusb that weren't working? I just poped my dongle in and it just worked right after
installation without having to use the fix.

fix added.

Depending on the type of USB transfers a particular MCE device used, certain ones would not work when connected to USB 3.0 ports. I submitted a patch to fix this in the Linux kernel, but it has not yet been accepted. OpenELEC has implemented my fix already in v4.0.0. And installing Ubuntu with this script will update the kernel and apply the patch

(2014-05-07, 21:45)underworld123 Wrote: Wow....this is impressive. I do not own a Chromebox, but I want to get one just to try this script

BTW, few more screenshots will be great.

What will happen if I run the script twice? Will it overwrite the previous installation? Can I use it to try OpenElec first and then Ubuntu, if I don't like OE?

Well, that depends. If you set up a dual boot setup with either OE or Ubuntu and want to switch to the other, you'll need to restore ChromeOS first using Google's recovery tool (outlined in the wiki) since each modifies the internal HDD structure differently, and trying to change it all dynamically is more work than I care to put in. If you dual boot Ubuntu and want to switch to a different metapackage or different linux distro, then no problem. But if you've installed OE (or anything else in standalone) you'll have to restore ChromeOS (which is pretty trivial) since you can't run my script other than in ChromeOS when booted from the internal HDD.

what else did you want screenshots of?

(2014-05-07, 23:39)Netix Wrote: So if I already have Ubuntu 13.10 dual booted. I just have to run the script to install Ubuntu 14.04 over it without needing to reset the chromebox ?