I've tried using the "good" Debian usb stick and got the same result.
After a lot of googling, it seems that the older HP machines can't boot from sticks with GPT format. So the question is....is it possible to create a bootable LE installation usb stick with an MBR instead of GPT?
Yes he knows how to boot from usb on the hp, he can boot other oses on it from usb.Try putting the le image on the other (debian) usb stick.
Thanks for replying. Do you mean dd to the Debian stick (i.e. overwrite it) or just copy the LE files onto it, leaving the Debian boot on the device?
All I did to boot from USB was reset BIOS defaults and change the boot order. Interestingly, the Debian 8.5 stick boots ok but I tried to run live desktop last night and it seems to go into a hardware loading loop about halfway in. Maybe I have a hardware issue? Kodibuntu runs fine but does lockup on reboot and then won't boot at all unless I power off for a few minutes....
Still no joy. This is frustrating. I've upgraded the BIOS to the latest (2009 release date) version and there are no new options available. There is no option for UEFI, so this is just a plain old BIOS. Can LE be installed on this machine, or does the installer only work with EFI boot?
I'm convinced it's related to the 32/64 bit issue
Thanks for replying, but I'm not convinced....
birchy@kodi:~$ uname -a
Linux kodi 3.13.0-91-generic #138-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 24 17:00:34 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxIt's running x86_64 KodiBuntu, so I can't see any logical reason why it would not run LE (or any other) 64-Bit O.S. Besides that, I know from past experience (with Debian) that a 64-bit image will normally boot on a 32-bit but complain about the architecture being incorrect at the beginning of the installation.
Personally, I think it's purely a boot issue. Possibly related to EFI or the GPT format that LE writes to the USB stick, however I don't know enough about either of those to be able to create a solution. I am wodering if a BIOS update might help but am reluctant to try at this early stage.
Hi, thanks for replying. Here are the outputs from a SSH session in KodiBuntu...
birchy@kodi:~$ lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 15
Model: 4
Stepping: 9
CPU MHz: 2990.486
BogoMIPS: 5980.97
L1d cache: 16K
L2 cache: 1024K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,1
birchy@kodi:~$ getconf LONG_BIT
64...so I'm positive the DC7600 is 64-bit capable. The image I am using is:
LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.2.img
I believe this should be compatible with my hardware?? I've disabled "Quickboot" in BIOS settings but still no joy. The Debian installer boots within seconds from an identical USB stick, so I'm at a loss to why the LE stick won't boot. Gparted (on my desktop PC) does complain about the LE stick having GPT tables, but I click "ignore" when prompted to fix them. The Debian stick does not do this. Also worth mentioning is that the LE stick has the first partiton as 512MB FAT16 with the "legacy_boot" flag, however the Debian stick has "unknown" filesystem (1.22GB) and "boot,hidden" flags.
I'm going to try changing the flags on the LE stick to see if that helps. I'm thinking it may be BIOS related as the LE stick boots fine on my AMD64 machine.
If that fails, what's the next step?
Hi all, first post cos I'm having a bit of trouble. I'm by no means a Linux newbie but am just setting up my first HTPC, which is a HP DC7600. Specs are a P4 CPU, 4GB RAM, Radeon 1GB graphics for Hdmi output.
I'm currently running Kodibuntu on it but want to try LibreElec. I've created an installation USB stick using the dd command. The stick boots fine on my desktop pc but not on the DC7600. I also have another identical stick with Debian 8.5 iso on it (also created using the dd command) and that boots fine.
Any suggestions on what is different with this USB and/or PC?