[arglebargle]

Thanks much: the EZ script could not be easier.

My issue: I would like to use an external USB DVD drive with my Asus Chromebox. Before installing dual-boot OpenELEC, Chrome had no problems mounting the DVD drive (a relatively new feature, I surmise). After the installation, however, neither OpenELEC nor Chrome would mount the drive. Dual-boot Ubuntu+Kodi did see the drive, but Chrome would not boot at all. I'm assuming this is a firmware/BIOS issue? Or is there a driver missing in OpenELEC?

In the meantime, I've returned my Chromebox to stock and am running old XBMC through Crouton. It works, but I'd rather have the self-updating OpenELEC installation.

Thanks

if you're dual booting, the stock firmware isn't changed (just the legacy boot part), so there's no way that installing OpenELEC would affect the drive being recognized/usable in ChromeOS. I've used external USB DVDROM/bluray drives with OpenELEC, so the issue is likely specific to your setup

Thanks for the reply. I did suspect my DVD drive might be the problem, as it is one of these cheap Chinese drives made from standard laptop drives (slot loading) in an enclosure (with two USB plugs, one for power only). The thing clicks and whirs on boot regardless of there being a disk in there, which had me suspecting SeaBIOS/Legacy boot was checking it out for something bootable, and when nothing was found, was disabled.




I'm going to spring for a proper external drive (one USB plug) and hope that fixes the problem.