[IDEA] Boot XBian from USB

[dharmabm]

i'm not sure if this matters now as i believe this has been solved in staging and is pending move to stable, but i recreated this issue and am able to get some info. wasn't sure whether to post it here or to the '[PROBLEM] Suddenly read-only :0' thread, but here it is.
i don't have a display connected right now, but i installed a fresh beta2, upgraded to RC1, and used xbian-copy to /dev/sda1. changed root=/dev/sda1 and rebooted, on reboot could not ssh in but (thanks to mk01) telnet worked! several services had failed to start, probably because of this

Code:

xbian@xbian ~ $ ls -l /dev/sda*
brw------- 1 root root 8, 0 Jan  1  1970 /dev/sda
brw------- 1 root root 8, 1 Jan  1  1970 /dev/sda1
brw------- 1 root root 8, 2 Jan  1  1970 /dev/sda2

so /, /home and /lib/modules are read only and wrong group. i will keep this test install for a bit in case you want any more info, and tell me if we should move this discussion to github.

[Kodi_addict]

(10th Feb, 2013 06:15 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  this option was always here
Start from USB

hi, i know this is from 2013 but the start from usb link is dead. my problem is i want to install kodi on my smart tv vizio. i downloaded the xbian installer file . i don't understand the rasberry pi thing. i am using a usb flash drive and not a sd card . i didnt see any instructions on the kodi sight. btw where can i find the isengard 15 file to download,if not possible then where can i find step by step for jarvis.

SRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, I AM NEW TO THIS, DON'T MEAN TO BE OUT OF ORDER.

[rikardo1979]

(19th May, 2016 02:22 PM)Kodi_addict Wrote:  

(10th Feb, 2013 06:15 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  this option was always here
Start from USB

hi, i know this is from 2013 but the start from usb link is dead. my problem is i want to install kodi on my smart tv vizio. i downloaded the xbian installer file . i don't understand the rasberry pi thing. i am using a usb flash drive and not a sd card . i didnt see any instructions on the kodi sight. btw where can i find the isengard 15 file to download,if not possible then where can i find step by step for jarvis.

SRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, I AM NEW TO THIS, DON'T MEAN TO BE OUT OF ORDER.

Im not sure where you got your information from but you simply can not do what you trying to do.
XBian can not be install on any smart TV. Please always read official information and not some 3rd party blogs or video tutorials
http://www.xbian.org/what-is-xbian/

[IriDium]

@rikardo1979

Do you think it would be an idea to create a separate thread for installing XBian on smart TV's.

Something like.

Subject: Installing Kodi on Smart TV's Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Vizio etc

There are a number of YouTube videos that purport to install XBian on a smart TV. These videos are fake, and if you watch closely, there is no video of the installation process and the final screen of XBian installed is just a jpg picture and NOT a running system.

These videos have nothing to do with XBian and were posted by a prankster, hoping to waste gullible peoples time - and possibly money. We have requested YouTube to remove the offending videos.

XBian can never be installed on any Smart TV. It can be installed on Raspberry Pi's, Cubox-i and Hummingboard only.


!!!!! It might show up in google, and save some people a lot of grief !!!!!

[Nachteule]

@IriDium
Doesn't help. Those completely stupid guys are not able to read comments, they just want to believe that this works

[rikardo1979]

no point to start thread for something what does not make any sense
We can just ignore it

OP2

[IriDium]

I bow down (The opposite of Toast!!) to your comments :-)

[rikardo1979]

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=233012

OP2

[pyraylos]

(10th Feb, 2013 06:15 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  this option was always here
Start from USB

dead link

[Nachteule]

@pyraylos
Take this one

[rikardo1979]

(15th Jun, 2016 10:24 PM)pyraylos Wrote:  

(10th Feb, 2013 06:15 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  this option was always here
Start from USB

dead link

not sure if you realised, but it was posted back in 2013

Thanks to @Nachteule, hes got it covered

[duno]

(15th Jun, 2016 11:41 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  not sure if you realised, but it was posted back in 2013

Another thing ...

http://wiki.xbian.org/doku.php/installation_usb

Quote:installation_usb.txt · Last modified: 2015/10/18 19:19 by abdulmueid

My PI3 is set by

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md

to

Code:

$ vcgencmd otp_dump | grep 17:
17:3020000a

So the RPI3 is able to boot via USB or LAN.

How to modify the latest Xbian-Image, that it is also able to boot via USB (exp. sda)?

[Nachteule]

@duno
IMO everything you need to know is documented in the very good wiki article

[duno]

(14th Aug, 2016 03:59 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  ... everything you need to know is documented in the very good wiki article

Ehm, maybe i missed something since 07/2016 - 08/2016, but what wiki article do you mean?

[Nachteule]

Yeah, seems you have completely lost the track

http://wiki.xbian.org/doku.php/installation_usb