T620 - Libreelec USB does not booting

    Hi,

    at first I want to introduce myself. I am from Poland and I am totally new in Libreelec. I registered here because I have an issue with installing Libreelec on T620 machine.

    The problem I have is that I created USB with Libreelec USB/SD creator tool. I used this file:LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0.2.img.gz. I change BIOS settings to allow legacy BOOT in BIOS settings. BIOS is recognizing my USB but it does not boot. I have error saying "no boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed". I know that people use HP T620 with Libreelec so the question is how to install it?

    I also tried the same USB with Ubuntu and it starts normally. I just want to say that I am really basic user of linux. But I want to install Kodi on this T620 becuase I would like to use it as cheap media center. I do not want to have anything else than Kodi on it. So when anyone will turn on then Kodi will open automatically.


    Thanks in advance and Best Regards

    emelsky If you are able to boot some other OS, e.g. Ubuntu Live USB, the issue is the BIOS not liking our syslinux bootloader. If that's the case you can boot into Ubuntu and perform a manual install. In short; create a new GPT partition scheme with two EXT4 partitions (BOOT = 512MB or 1GB and STORAGE = remaining space). Copy the KERNEL and SYSTEM files to the boot partition then install and configireu the working bootloader, e.g. if the Live USB uses grub2, install that, along with a boot entry to auto-boot LE (crib the content from the syslinux.cfg file). It's probably a good idea to ensure you're using the latest BIOS/firmware for the T620.

    Quote from VLouis

    In that case probably in the T620 bios could be something (boot settings). Did you tried to turn secure boot off, and legacy boot on?

    I tried different settings. I can see my USB pendrive, I can boot other systems (Ubuntu), however Libreelec USB does not boot..


    chewitt Thanks for advice, I will confirm if I have latest BIOS firmware. Regarding Libreelec installation from Ubuntu live USB. I need to copy only those 2 files into boot folder?

    In case of grub. Could you explain me little bit more about grub2 installation? I am beginner level in Linux systems. I know what is grub2, but I am not familiar with setting it. I will use Ubuntu live USB and there is grub2 bootloader. But as I understand you advise me to install grub2 into same boot folder which I need to create manually (the one where I will put KERNEL and SYSTEM files?). What I should do with syslinux.cfg file? Sorry for noob questions, but this is my level of knowledge unfortunately...

    Nevertheless, thanks for help. I also hope that my case will help others in the future.

    There are hundreds of HOWTO articles on installing grub2 out there. I don't have one to-hand so you will need to go find and read one. The main point to understand is bootloaders are installed to a root disk device like /dev/sda, not partitions like /dev/sda1, or folders inside the filesystem contained within a partition. The only files that need to be copied are KERNEL/SYSTEM. The bootloader will want a config file though, which should reside in the same partition. The grub2 config file will have some kind of 'APPEND' line for boot params and you can crib that content from the syslinux.cfg file.