Get the kodi install script
Pick the option to install the
Custom UEFI Firmware
Upgrading the Asus Chromebox CN60 / M004U: In this instructable, I'll be upgrading the stock Asus Chromebox. From 2GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM.Ironically, Asus gave their Chromebox a number depending what you wanted to buy. I.e.:Chromebox CN60 (VESA mount included)Chromebox M004U (No Key. You can create a recovery image from Chrome OS by browsing to chrome://imageburner or follow instructions for other OS on the Chrome OS help center site. You can build and run Chromium OS on your Asus Chromebox (versions R32 and later). Follow the quick start guide to setup a build environment. The board name for the Asus Chromebox is 'panther'.
Backup your firmware when prompted, using a USB drive
Create a USB boot disk for Ubuntu 16.04. I like using Etcher
Put in the USB drive and reboot
Pick the
Install Ubuntu option and install as normal.
On the partitioning page, pick the LVM option, so you can expand the root disk easily later.
After selecting partitioning layout (I chose automatic), you may be prompted to continue in UEFI mode. Do this, continue in UEFI mode.
Now, you'll probably be stuck in EFI mode. Also, my keyboard (an Apple USB keyboard) wasn't working, so I had to go find another. If you're at the EFI promot, type 'exit' to return to the UEFI settings menu, then select Boot Maintenance Manager. From there, select Boot From File.
I then picked the first option and navigated through the prompts till I found the
grubx64.efi file. Choose that and Ubuntu will boot.
Once you're into ubuntu, you can copy the
.efi boot file to the right location with:
Then reboot. For some reason I had to hard-shutdown the first time, but after that, everything was golden.
![]() Extend root partition to the SDCard
Note: doing this means the computer won't boot without the SDCard
Plug in the SDCard
Use
fdisk -l to find the SDCard /dev/ name, then run fdisk /dev/sdb or whatever the name of your device is.
In fdisk:
If you get an error message, eject it, put it back in and try again
Now extend the disk with:
Done. Don't try to boot your computer without the SDCard plugged in. It won't work :)
Going back to ChromeOS
Boot to a live linux CD or use your linux install and open a terminal
Download and run the firmware util:
Select option 9 ->
Restore Stock Firmware (Full)
Say no, unless you have the backup still and choose 1 for the
Asus CN60 firmware
per the guide here: http://kodi.wiki/view/Chromebox#ResettingtoStock
Developer mode
enables ssh, set a password here when prompted
VT2
On the login page, press CTRL + ALT + F2
use the login root with the password you configured in development mode
as suggested, run the
chromeos-setdevpasswd as suggested and set the chronos root password
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Hit the escape sequence CTRL + ALT + F1 and you'll be back at the login screen
croshAsus Chromebox Specs
Login to the chromebox and hit CTRL + ALT + t to get a crosh shell
now run
shell to get into bash and you can sudo with the password you set with the chromeos-setdevpasswd command, above
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