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What method do you suggest to create installation media? My ISO image of Windows 8 (not 8.1) is from Technet, and I've burned it to DVD and installed from it multiple times. I used UNetbootin to make the USB drive, which failed. I also tried Rufus, selecting the "MBR Partition scheme for BIOS and UEFI computers." Both times I faced the exact same errors. Could it be a problem of the USB drive itself? Should I try an SD Card? What about an external DVD drive? Somehow it doesn't seem like an install media problem to me -- Windows mostly installs, but when it reboots and loads off the SSD to finish the installation, it fails then. It still says something about the display next to the error message - something like 'basic display'.
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2014-08-22, 11:56
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-22, 12:01 by DocG.)
Maybe try a different USB stick? I had no issues with Rufus.
Or did you mean the Windows install failed, but creating the install media was successful?
Have you tested your hardware? RAM ok? SSD ok? Just to exclude it?
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Does audio over HDMI work yet? Any other issues with Windows on these boxes?
TV:
VIZIO E-Series 43”
HTPC: Raspberry Pi 3
STORAGE: Windows 8 Server with DrivePool (Currently with 24TB)
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Nevermind, fixed the issue myself. For whatever reason the OpenELEC release that the script created was not bootable. I downloaded the ChromiumOS img file and it gave me the 5 sec timeout and I was able to choose boot from USB.
Might start over and reflash the backup of my rom
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2014-08-23, 00:08
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-23, 00:09 by devz3ro.)
I didn't actually do that :-).
Found a old 1gb flash drive I had laying around and used that to install OpenELEC (downloaded the latest version from their website and used their tools to create the usb installer)..
Everything is working now as expected.
Thanks again for your development work it's very much appreciated
OpenELEC was the reason I bought the thing (was a toss-up between the chromebox and amazon firetv).
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figaro
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Hi Mat,
Thank you for creating this install and keeping it going and all your help for people in implementing it.
I just purchased a new Asus Chrombox and would like to install XBMC with openELECT and change Chrome to Android under dual boot.
Is this doable? and how do you do it? I do not see it mentioned in your first great post.
Best Regards.
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Hey Matt. Loving the chromebox. Got 4 more converts for your cult over the past two weeks when I demo'd it to them.
Kind of off-topic, but what NAS setup are you running? I'm looking to get one and rather than go down the research rabbit hole, I would rather blindly trust a man's judgment of whom I trust.
More Kool-Aid!