(2014-06-21, 19:14)Matt Devo Wrote: for the original flash drive you tested, did you create the OpenELEC install media using the script, or did you run OE's USB creator tool? The latter, under Windows, doesn't re-partition the drive, which can create problems if there's a small hidden partition in front of the larger/bootable/FAT32 one.

(2014-06-22, 19:01)falgarin Wrote: I used the script and ran it on an ASUS i3 version first time it partitions and reboots and repairs the chromeOS. I run it a second time and it says openelec install complete. First let me say that I did not remove the screw from the motherboard because while reading instuctions it says to do so if you want to remove the 30s wait or if you want to install stand alone versions, wait on boot up does not bother me so I left in screw. I run chromeOS by pressing cntr'l d on dev screen , no problem it works fine. I assume that to open openelec I press cntrl l on dev screen to run it, when I do that it says booting from Hard Drive and hangs with a blinking line.
First I want to say that I am a complete NOOB at doing this and would appreciate any help, what I want to do is run the xbmc part of openelec.
Thanks

(2014-06-22, 17:23)smitbret Wrote: I hope I can answer everything the way you'd find useful.

I originally tried to install OpenELEC, following this guide: http://geekfreely.blogspot.com/2014/...chromebox.html

Per those instructions, you do some CMD Line changes to boot from USB & Legacy. That went fine and I went through and installed the OpenELEC image from USB but it didn't "take". I had installed the image according to directions from that site, using Win32 Disk imager.

Quote:At that point, the Chromebox would only let me get into the ChromeOS Recovery Screen by sticking the Paper Clip in the reset button while turning the Chromebox on. I could still perform a Chrome OS recovery at this point but it would never actually repair anything and upon reboot I would be in the exact same situation.

Quote:I would end up on a screen that said:

Booting from Hard Disk
Early console in decompress_kernel
KASLR using RDRAND

Decompressing Linux....Parsing ELF...Performing Relocations..done
Booting the kernel

Any method of rebooting the box (except Paper Clip in the reset button) would just get me to that BIOS screen that ignored keyboard commands like ESC or CTRL-<whatever> and just stalled out at <Booting the kernel> with no option to change the boot device and would not respond to any keyboard commands.

Quote:<snip>
Finally, I installed a bootable image to a MicroSD card in an SD adapter (Using Win32 Disk Imager) using the original OpenELEC image. By itself, it did nothing. But then I stuck the ChromeOS recovery flash drive AND the OpenELEC flash drive AND the OpenELEC image on SD into the Chromebox. That got me the 3-5 seconds to hit ESC and got me into the menu to choose my Boot Choice. I was able to install OpenELEC from the SD card at that point and everything has been working great since. Boots up great from the SSD and things have been smooth sailing since I got my Harmony Remote + FLIRC combo working with XBMC.

If there's some add'l info I can provide, I'd be happy to try to get it, but keep in mind I do not have any measurable experience with computers outside of Windows and basic Home Networking.

(2014-06-22, 17:45)YellowDog Wrote: I didn't use your script to create a OpenELEC flash drive. I think I used Linux but I might have used Windows. Will this cause me any problems? or am I miss interpreting your statement. My partitions are

/dev/sd1 is 230.4M and /dev/sd2 is 14.3G

Quote:Some Wiki comments:

Taking the back off the Chromebox was tricky. Use the VESA mounting screws to grab the back more easily. This was probably the hardest step

Once the Chromebox is in developer's mode, it boots a little slower. The recovery screen stays up for a little while, you just need to wait till the Chromebox beeps twice.

Other than that the install was flawless. Much easier than jailbreaking or rooting a device.

(2014-06-22, 19:01)falgarin Wrote: I used the script and ran it on an ASUS i3 version first time it partitions and reboots and repairs the chromeOS. I run it a second time and it says openelec install complete. First let me say that I did not remove the screw from the motherboard because while reading instuctions it says to do so if you want to remove the 30s wait or if you want to install stand alone versions, wait on boot up does not bother me so I left in screw. I run chromeOS by pressing cntr'l d on dev screen , no problem it works fine. I assume that to open openelec I press cntrl l on dev screen to run it, when I do that it says booting from Hard Drive and hangs with a blinking line.
First I want to say that I am a complete NOOB at doing this and would appreciate any help, what I want to do is run the xbmc part of openelec.
Thanks

(2014-06-22, 22:05)noggin Wrote: I removed the screw, and have a Celeron 2955U, and exactly the same thing happened to me. I switched to a full standalone OpenElec install - following the instructions again - and it worked fine.

(2014-06-23, 03:49)Igor2014 Wrote: BTW before flashing new Matt's firmware with disabled TPM, I was playing with it today a little bit and found that TPM in fact is used by random number generator. Rngd thread is the one which prevents the box from going asleep.

(2014-06-23, 04:55)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-06-23, 03:49)Igor2014 Wrote: BTW before flashing new Matt's firmware with disabled TPM, I was playing with it today a little bit and found that TPM in fact is used by random number generator. Rngd thread is the one which prevents the box from going asleep.

the issue with the TPM is that the Linux kernel will timeouttrying to talk to the TPM on resume because it expects a defined TPM to be sent the TPM Resume command before returning to the OS. Coreboot would need to have more robust TPM support for that to work outside of ChromeOS, so that's why I disabled it for now.

(2014-06-23, 16:48)falgarin Wrote: Thanks for all the help I received from Matt and the members, I did the factory reset, but did not remove the screw and it works just fine, Seems like the second time arround is the charm.
Thanks

(2014-06-23, 18:19)knightbird Wrote: Anyone have any idea if we can get Windows 7 installed Chomebox m004U? XBMC with Netflix would make a killer setup...

(2014-06-23, 18:21)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-06-23, 18:19)knightbird Wrote: Anyone have any idea if we can get Windows 7 installed Chomebox m004U? XBMC with Netflix would make a killer setup...

Windows 8+ only

(2014-06-23, 21:36)Netix Wrote: They're still hdmi sounds issue running Windows 8 on the Chromebox right ?