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OK so i decided that i want a chromebook that can run Kodi.
what i hope i can achieve here is possibly run the chromeOS on the book and run kodi off a usb stick?
I installed ubuntu as dual boot to run kodi but I want it to be more streamlined and not have to enter commands to get it running.
i also know very little about programming codes, but i can follow directions... lol
any help wold greatly be appreciated...
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2015-05-17, 04:35
(This post was last modified: 2015-05-17, 04:35 by Matt Devo.)
the easiest way to set up OpenELEC on USB such that the ChromeBox/book can boot it is as follows:
- put ChromeBox/book in developer mode
- update legacy bios (if needed, shouldn't be for c720)
- enable booting to legacy bios
- create OpenELEC install media on USB #1 (min 512MB) on another PC
- boot OpenELEC install media on another PC
- install OpenELEC to USB #2 (min 4GB)
- install syslinux 5.10 bootloader on USB #2, since syslinux 6.0, which is installed by OpenELEC, has compatibility issues with the stock ChromeBox/book firmware
if I'm bored later I'll roll it all up as a new option for my ChromeBox EZ setup script.
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Agh man your great thank you I look forward to it.
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Matt - am I misremembering or if you are using USB 3.0 flash storage you need to booth this from a USB 2.0 port (as USB 3.0 booting wasn't supported by the legacy BIOS?) I usually use USB 3.0 media (as it is usually faster to flash) and remember having issues when I first got into this (I had a Chromebook before my Chromebox - in fact the Celeron 2955U in the Chromebook was a revelation when I ran Kodi on it for the first time!)
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How does this work or will it work for C710 chromebooks?
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got it. i will be back....
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ok so coreboot firmware installed. no errors....booted 5.0.8 openelec i created with your guide, installed the os....rebooted and the mousepad doesn't work. i did read some things about it but i promise i cannot follow the instructs way over my head.
besides that i see no guides yet that descriibe the fix for C710 series...
if someone has a fix for it, i would appreciate it, but if not it's no big deal i have the keyboard to use....
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can't help you there, it's most likely an issue of the touchpad driver not being in the mainline linux kernel, so if you wanted to integrate it into OpenELEC, you'd need to compile/build it yourself. using an external keyboard/trackpad or IR remote (or even smartphone remote) is probably easiest