[jerndl]

Now I appear to be stuck. The chromebox now boots immediately to openelec without giving any time to enter any keyboard command (using a simple wired keyboard). So I try to put unit into developer mode with the paperclip and it still boots straight to openelec. I am obviously missing something that's probably something simple but I sure would appreciate any help on how to proceed from here. Thanks.

Jay

you didn't mess anything up. Immediate boot = no bootable USB device detected, that's it. Redo your Kodibuntu install media (I recommend using the updated ISO from distroshare,com) and write the ISO to your USB using Win32DiskImager. If that doesn't work, try using another USB stick.

Also, the recovery button has no function with my custom firmware. It's only usable with the stick firmware for reloading ChromeOS (which you don't need to and shouldn't do)

Thanks Matt!