(2015-01-24, 05:40)Matt Devo Wrote: FYI, I added a proper legacy BIOS (SeaBIOS) for Haswell ChromeBook users, who can now safely use the dual boot features of the script. It's completely transparent, and I'd appreciate it if you could give it a test for me. Just run the script and choose the legacy BIOS update option (#4)

(2015-01-25, 19:01)VanillaXtract Wrote: I gave it a test. Now when I boot OpenELEC with the HDMI connected. Unlike with the 01/07 bios, the chromebook screen still works. But the HDMI out doesn't work. Most of your older SeaBIOS worked for my chromebooks. Is there a way to see what version is installed? If so, I can tell you what version is on my C720 that has one of your custom bios and hdmi out works.

In the meantime, is there a way to restore the stock bios without a restore?

(2015-01-25, 19:12)VanillaXtract Wrote: I checked my C720, the script version that is on there is 2.2 and I believe the HDMI out used to work. Right now for some reason when I hit ctrl+l at startup it beeps twice and continues booting to ChromeOS.

(2015-01-25, 20:51)VanillaXtract Wrote: Legacy boot was set to 0. I set it to 1 and booted to legacy. I connected the HDMI and booted, the output was on the TV and I was able to disable the the built-in screen. Inserting a USB didn't slow the process down, but I took a video and got it that way. The date is 20140906. I want to say I had a working one with a later date than that, but I can't be sure.

EDIT: In fact, I know I had a later one because I used a script that installed Kodi shortly after it was finalized and the HDMI out worked as expected.

(2015-01-26, 05:43)JSieffert Wrote: I think I dug myself a hole I can't get out of...

I attempted the OpenELEC/ChromeOS dual boot setup and ended up stuck at the "Booting from Hard Disk" issue I have read so much about. I ran the setup several times more with no luck.

Quote:At this point I should have jumped on here and asked some questions but I wanted to solve this on my own and didn't think I would ever use ChromeOS so I went ahead and tried the OpenELEC standalone setup.

After flashing the firmware and creating the OpenELEC installation USB stick I rebooted and was presented with the "ESC to boot from USB" prompt but the escape key didn't work and I ended up back at the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

Quote:I rebooted hoping I would get the "ESC" prompt again but no luck I can only get to the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I can't seem to do anything at this point. I can only see the "Booting from..." message almost instantly after turning on the machine.

I think I bricked it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

(2015-01-26, 05:47)Matt Devo Wrote: $1 says you didn't do the factory reset beforehand.

(2015-01-26, 05:47)Matt Devo Wrote: so try another keyboard, like the wiki suggests

(2015-01-26, 05:47)Matt Devo Wrote: no, you just have a regular PC with no bootable OS installed.

(2015-01-26, 06:00)JSieffert Wrote:

(2015-01-26, 05:47)Matt Devo Wrote: no, you just have a regular PC with no bootable OS installed.

Okay, cool.

Is there info on how to get it to boot from a USB stick and how to build a ChromeOS stick if it is different than a recovery stick built using the Google tool?

(2015-01-26, 05:43)JSieffert Wrote: I think I dug myself a hole I can't get out of...

I attempted the OpenELEC/ChromeOS dual boot setup and ended up stuck at the "Booting from Hard Disk" issue I have read so much about. I ran the setup several times more with no luck.

At this point I should have jumped on here and asked some questions but I wanted to solve this on my own and didn't think I would ever use ChromeOS so I went ahead and tried the OpenELEC standalone setup.

After flashing the firmware and creating the OpenELEC installation USB stick I rebooted and was presented with the "ESC to boot from USB" prompt but the escape key didn't work and I ended up back at the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I rebooted hoping I would get the "ESC" prompt again but no luck I can only get to the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I can't seem to do anything at this point. I can only see the "Booting from..." message almost instantly after turning on the machine.

I think I bricked it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

(2015-01-26, 18:06)sjskent Wrote: I have the HP box loaded with openelec in dual boot. I have a lot of lag/freezing when scrolling through my video library and was wondering if upgrading the ram to 8gig might help this? Any suggestions?

(2015-01-26, 18:43)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-01-26, 18:06)sjskent Wrote: I have the HP box loaded with openelec in dual boot. I have a lot of lag/freezing when scrolling through my video library and was wondering if upgrading the ram to 8gig might help this? Any suggestions?

unlikely, since OE barely uses 1GB of ram, let alone the 2 you have installed. But this question is probably best handled in the general Kodi support forum since it's not ChromeBox specific (and there's likely already threads there discussing the issue).

(2015-01-26, 06:59)skeetz Wrote:

(2015-01-26, 05:43)JSieffert Wrote: I think I dug myself a hole I can't get out of...

I attempted the OpenELEC/ChromeOS dual boot setup and ended up stuck at the "Booting from Hard Disk" issue I have read so much about. I ran the setup several times more with no luck.

At this point I should have jumped on here and asked some questions but I wanted to solve this on my own and didn't think I would ever use ChromeOS so I went ahead and tried the OpenELEC standalone setup.

After flashing the firmware and creating the OpenELEC installation USB stick I rebooted and was presented with the "ESC to boot from USB" prompt but the escape key didn't work and I ended up back at the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I rebooted hoping I would get the "ESC" prompt again but no luck I can only get to the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I can't seem to do anything at this point. I can only see the "Booting from..." message almost instantly after turning on the machine.

I think I bricked it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Try another USB drive.
I had exactly the same experience as you. Initial 'ESC to boot from USB' but in my case I was late hitting ESC. And after that I was only getting 'Boot from Hard Disk' message. My keyboard was fine but the culprit was the USB thumb drive.. and it was a brand new recently bought 4gb drive. I had an 4yrs old 16gb OCZ USB drive so I downloaded the disk image from openelec's site onto it and lo and behold it finally showed the "ESC to boot from USB". So I suggest trying any other USB drive.