[Matt Devo]

Thanks Matt.
1. Could the script be made to inject a manual typed MAC address when restoring the original firmware?

the script doesn't have anything to do with restoring the stock firmware currently, I would need to add that functionality

2. Does it autogenerate a new MAC address when using a generic firmware

no, it uses A0:00:BA:D0:0B:AD if there isn't one found in the firmware

3. Anything else embedded in the firmware? (Like some unique Chrome serial, that let me take advantage of that 1TB google drive offer)

serial number, region, MAC address, a few more things I'm sure

4. Can I simply hexedit the firmware with the correct MAC, or is it hidden?

sure, you can simply extract the 16Kb VPD segment from the current firmware and write it back to the appropriate address in the stock firmware (basically the reverse of what the script currently does)

It might be a good idea to mention that the MAC is embedded in the wiki, since I am probably not the only one that only took backup of the first device. After all, when I upgrade the Chromeboxes somewhere in the future, I plan on restoring them to ChromeOS and hand them over to someone else in the family.

I'll add it to my to-do list ;-)

Hi,

I just wanted to say a big thanks to Matt.
I finally installed OE on my HP Chromebox without any issue. It works great AFAICS but i didn't tried yet to integrate my media library as I am concern with something you guys could help me to sort out.

My medias are stored on an external self powered enclosure pluged via usb. I read some posts on Openelec forum about unmounting usb hdd at shutdown issues (OE not unmounting the drives but just making a sync, OE shutdoqn to fast for the drives to be able to parc themselves for non self powered enclosure i imagine and so on).
Could someone know if there are some issues about this ?

Also, i was wondering what happend if one use suspend intead of real shutdown ? Does the drives stay mounted ?If not, does the shutdown.sh script could be used unmount the hdd or does the suspend mode prevent the script to be executed ?

Thanks as i am a "little" afraid to screw my hdd knowing that i will also pluged them on a windows machine from time to time.

PS: i know i can safely remove the hdd through the Kodi context menu, but it's a pain to do it each time one wants to suspend or shutdown the machine.

thanks again

if the Windows machine is on 24/7, I'd just leave the drives connected to it, and share them via SMB. Otherwise, seems like a generic OpenELEC issue that you might find more info from their forums or IRC help channel

Thanks Matt.

I assume, in regards to the PS3 remote, that we're talking this one: http://www.amazon.com/Media-Blu-ray-Remo...PS3+remote made by Sony as opposed to some off-brand version?

If anyone else has advice regarding miracast on the chromebox (using the CB as the receiver or the transmitter) or steam streaming on it, I'd love to hear about it. Or if anyone has familiarity with using a Wii remote, I'd be interested in hearing about that too.

Thanks.

correct, the Sony brand one is the one I've used/tested, but the generic ones should work as well