(2014-08-21, 17:16)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-08-21, 17:04)m0ngr31 Wrote: Got my Chromebox setup yesterday with this script! It's brilliant, thanks a ton for making it! My only suggestion so far would be for it to have an extra option to download XBMC only instead of all the other desktops so it'd just boot into that.

Other than that, it's been great. It's locked up a few times, but if it happens again, I'll post some logs. Also, is the processor supposed to be hitting 70%/20% at all times when it's just sitting there?

If you want something that boots directly into XBMC, OpenELEC is the easiest solution; otherwise, you're on your own.

If you're dual booting Ubuntu and only have a single 2GB stick of RAM, and haven't manually updated the kernel, then yeah there are some CPU usage issues, as noted in the wiki.

(2014-08-21, 18:52)Matt Devo Wrote: yeah, I don't think it's ever completely silent, but the HP could be using a different fan. Care to take it apart and snap a pic?

Quote:define "worked" - there's only a limited number of situations where you can make a direct comparison between the two. Are we talking at the SeaBIOS boot menu? in a specific OS?

(2014-08-21, 19:10)Stereodude Wrote: Yes, at the boot menu. Pressing 1 or 2 with it doesn't work with Coreboot. However, I could CTRL+D or CTRL+U with it when it had the stock SeaBIOS. The Lenovo keyboard/mouse work fine in OpenELEC once its running.

(2014-08-21, 19:12)Matt Devo Wrote: I assume it doesn't work to hit ESC to bring up the boot menu either.

(2014-08-21, 19:18)Stereodude Wrote: From memory I think that's correct. Once I got OpenELEC installed to the internal SSD I haven't been trying it. I know I needed a real wired USB keyboard to boot from a USB device to install or update OpenELEC.

(2014-08-21, 19:48)Matt Devo Wrote: updating openelec doesn't require USB booting, just a network file copy and reboot

(2014-08-21, 19:53)Stereodude Wrote: Hmm... Well, I got a special test build from sraue to fix a crashing issue and wasn't sure how to install it other than put it on a USB stick and do a repair/update install. I'm pretty darn new to XBMC/Kodi and OpenELEC. I certainly don't know all the ins and outs yet.

(2014-08-21, 20:02)Matt Devo Wrote: there's these wonderful things called wikis that have lots of useful information on them, including, in this case, how to update

(2014-08-22, 02:47)Stereodude Wrote: Matt, is there any way to force the fan speed from a SSH session (or similar) so I can listen to the fan to figure out what fan speeds I want without having to build & reflash the firmware over and over?

(2014-08-19, 19:04)JonniMR Wrote:

(2014-08-19, 17:17)JonniMR Wrote: Can anyone help me here.

My Chromebox wont boot it goes to a black screen and displays the following at the top left corner:

Code:

***Error in check_disks: could not repair filesystem, dropping to debug shell, try to run 'fsck' manually: ***
### Starting debugging shell... type exit to quit ###
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
#_

Not sure what happened here.

Anyone know what caused this?

(2014-08-22, 06:52)mit-s2k Wrote: Hi Matt,

Just got my box, and your script has helped a lot. Initially I dual booted ChromeOS and Ubuntu, which worked well and was a lot of fun to play around with. Now I'm attempting to install Windows 8.

I first tried to install it after I used your script to dual boot ChromeOS and Ubuntu. I rebooted, entered legacy boot (Ctrl-L), and then hit Esc to go into SeaBIOS's boot menu and select USB boot. I then proceeded to install Windows on the whole disk (deleting all other partitions using the Windows' installer partition tool). It seemed to install successfully, copying over all the files, until it rebooted. Then I did Ctrl-L and selected boot from disc (SSD) and then Windows showed a Windows 8 BSOD (a face) and reported the error "Page Fault in a Non Paged Area" (underscores in between, don't know exact formatting). In the same line, it looked like it said something about "Display" also -- could not read it, it was too blurry. After an automatic restart, Windows boots and shows the error "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation".

I then recovered ChromeOS and re-downloaded your script and did the standalone coreboot install/update (option 5) and attempted to reinstall Windows, to the exact same result. Any input on how you got Windows to install, and what this error is trying to tell me? Thanks!

(2014-08-22, 07:25)JonniMR Wrote: Matt?

(2014-08-19, 19:04)JonniMR Wrote:

(2014-08-19, 17:17)JonniMR Wrote: Can anyone help me here.

My Chromebox wont boot it goes to a black screen and displays the following at the top left corner:

Code:

***Error in check_disks: could not repair filesystem, dropping to debug shell, try to run 'fsck' manually: ***
### Starting debugging shell... type exit to quit ###
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
#_

Not sure what happened here.

Anyone know what caused this?

(2014-08-19, 17:17)JonniMR Wrote: Can anyone help me here.

My Chromebox wont boot it goes to a black screen and displays the following at the top left corner:

Code:

***Error in check_disks: could not repair filesystem, dropping to debug shell, try to run 'fsck' manually: ***
### Starting debugging shell... type exit to quit ###
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
#_

Not sure what happened here.

(2014-08-22, 06:52)mit-s2k Wrote: Hi Matt,

Just got my box, and your script has helped a lot. Initially I dual booted ChromeOS and Ubuntu, which worked well and was a lot of fun to play around with. Now I'm attempting to install Windows 8.

I first tried to install it after I used your script to dual boot ChromeOS and Ubuntu. I rebooted, entered legacy boot (Ctrl-L), and then hit Esc to go into SeaBIOS's boot menu and select USB boot. I then proceeded to install Windows on the whole disk (deleting all other partitions using the Windows' installer partition tool). It seemed to install successfully, copying over all the files, until it rebooted. Then I did Ctrl-L and selected boot from disc (SSD) and then Windows showed a Windows 8 BSOD (a face) and reported the error "Page Fault in a Non Paged Area" (underscores in between, don't know exact formatting). In the same line, it looked like it said something about "Display" also -- could not read it, it was too blurry. After an automatic restart, Windows boots and shows the error "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation".

I then recovered ChromeOS and re-downloaded your script and did the standalone coreboot install/update (option 5) and attempted to reinstall Windows, to the exact same result. Any input on how you got Windows to install, and what this error is trying to tell me? Thanks!