2014-05-27, 15:49
(2014-05-25, 20:03)Matt Devo Wrote:(2014-05-24, 16:25)Kietunes Wrote: Hi Matt,
Firstly apologies, I've tried everything I think of to sort the issue but I just haven't had any joy.
I followed the instruction in the original post, I made sure I followed the Device Prep section, downloaded & ran the script no problem.
I was then able to install the Coreboot firmware, I didn't backup a copy as I had already done so using the ChromeOS Recovery Tool.
perhaps I need to make this more clear in the OP/script. The recovery media created by the Google ChromeOS Recovery Tool will allow you to restore the ChromeBox provided you are running the stock firmware. The Recovery button operation/function is part of the stock firmware. Without it, the recovery media is useless. That's why you need to back up your stock firmware.
Now, the stock firmware is also contained within the recovery media image, but it's a bit of a pain to extract it, and it's not an exact copy since it doesn't contain your unique serial number, etc. But it's enough to get the box back running ChromeOS.
Hmm sounds like I made myself a bit of a problem by not making a copy during the installation process. Could you possibly point me in the direction of an explanation of how to extract the stock firmware from the recovery media image and/or how to reflash this?
Thanks again Matt, loving my Chromebox currently, it's so much smoother/slicker than my old HTPC