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byhansh64Today,13:34
Hiall,
IgotabittiredofconstantlyswappingSDcardsinordertoruneitherRuneAudioandOpenElec.
GooglingaroundIonlycameacrosssolutionslikeBerrybootandsimilarwhichsupportOpenElecbut
failtosupportRuneAudio.HoweverthesolutionissimplerthanIhaveeverthought!
IhavebeenabletocreateasingleSDcardcontainingbothRuneAudioandOpenElecusingRPi2based
onexistinginstallationsofbothsystems.TodothisIuseoneSDcard(8GBminimum)andcreatethree
partitionsusinggparted:
part1:256MBFAT16(flags:boot,lba)
part2:appr.3.5GBext4
part3:appr.3.5GBext4
InthisexampleIwillbeusinganUSBSDcardreaderwhichpropagatesitselfas/dev/sdbonmysystem
whenconnected(Note:couldbe/dev/sdcor/dev/sddifyouhavemorethanonephysicaldiskinyour
system!Usesudofdiskltocheck).Ialsoassumeyoustartedtheterminalloggedinintoyourownhome
directory.Donotchange(cd)directorieswhileintheprocessbelow.Alsodonottypeinthe"$"and"#"
inthecommandlines.
1.Loginasroot
Code:Selectall
$sudosu

2.Create4directoriesformountingtheSDcardpartitionsand4directoriestoretainthecopiedcontents
ofthesepartitions
Code:Selectall
#mkdiroebootrunebootoerootruneroot
#mkdiroebootnewrunebootnewoerootnewrunerootnew

3.InserttheOpenElecSDcardintheUSBSDcardreaderandplaceitinoneofyourUSBports
4.Mountbothpartitions
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#mount/dev/sdb1oeboot
#mount/dev/sdb2oeroot

5.CopythecontentsoftheOpenElecSDcardpartitionstoyourcomputer(dontforgetthe"."afterthe
"/"!)
Code:Selectall
#cpaoeboot/.oebootnew/
#cpaoeroot/.oerootnew/

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6.UnmounttheOpenElecSDcard
Code:Selectall
#umountoerootoeboot

7.RemovetheUSBSDcardreader,replacetheOpenElecSDcardwiththeRuneAudioSDcardandput
itbackintheUSBportofyourcomputer
8.Mountbothpartitions
Code:Selectall
#mount/dev/sdb1runeboot
#mount/dev/sdb2runeroot

9.CopythecontentsoftheRuneAudioSDcardpartitionstoyourcomputer
Code:Selectall
#cparuneboot/.runebootnew/
#cparuneroot/.runerootnew/

10.UnmounttheRuneAudioSDcard
Code:Selectall
#umountrunebootruneroot

11.RemovetheUSBSDcardreader,replacetheRuneAudioSDcardwiththenewlypartitionedempty
SDcardandputitbackintheUSBportofyourcomputer
12.Create2directoriesintheoebootdirectory
Code:Selectall
#mkdiroebootnew/openelecoebootnew/runeaudio

13.Copythecontentsoftherunebootnewdirectorytothenewlycreatedruneaudiodirectory
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#cparunebootnew/.oebootnew/runeaudio/

14.EditthecontentsoftheRuneAudiocmdline.txtfilewiththeeditorofyourchoice(nanoorgedit)
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#nanooebootnew/runeaudio/cmdline.txt

andreplaceroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2withroot=/dev/mmcblk0p3andleavetherestofthefileasitis
15.Savethefile
16.MountthenewSDcard
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Code:Selectall
#mount/dev/sdb1oeboot
#mount/dev/sdb2oeroot
#mount/dev/sdb3runeroot

17.CopythecontentsofthreedirectoriesbacktotheSDcard
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#cpaoebootnew/.oeboot/
#cpaoerootnew/.oeroot/
#cparunerootnew/.runeroot/

18.UmountthenewSDcard
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#umountoebootoerootruneroot

NowthenewSDcardisreadytobeplacedintheRaspberryPi'sSDslot.Putitthereandreconnect
power.IfalliswelltheRPishouldstartinOpenElec'skodi.Pleasecheckifkodiworksasitshould.
NowwehavetocreatetwoscriptstobeabletoswitchbetweenOpenElecandRuneAudio.Inorderto
switchyoushoulduseSSHtologinintoeithersystem.
19.LogintoOpenElecusingSSH(e.g.sshroot@openelec.localorsshroot@<ipaddressofOpenElec
system>)
20.Yourcurrentdirectoryshouldbe.storageasseenintheprompt
21.Createascriptcalled"rune"usingnano
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#nanorune

22.Insertthefollowingcode(makesuretoscrolldowncompletelyasthecodewindowmightnotshow
all)
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#!/bin/sh
mountoremount,rw/flash#OpenElecmountitsbootpartitionreadonlyso
needstoberemounted
cd/flash
find.path'./*'prunetypefexecmvf{}openelec\;
mvoverlaysopenelec/
sync
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mvruneaudio/*/flash/
sync
reboot

23.SavethescriptwithCtrlXandmakeitexecutable
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#chmod+xrune

Someexplanation:the"find..."commandmovesallfilesexceptdirectories(topreventtheruneaudio
directorytobemovedaswell),justincaseImoveoverlaysalsoastheremightbedifferentoverlay
versions...?.Ialsouse"sync"alottopreventfilecorruption(maybeIcouldskipthefirstsync,
paranoia?).IusemoveinsteadofcopytopreventSDcardwearout
24.Runthe"rune"script
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#./rune

TheRPishouldbootupwithRuneAudiothistime.Pleasecheckifeverythingworksasitshould.
NowweneedtocreatethescripttobeabletoswitchbacktoOpenElec.
25.LogintoRuneAudiousingSSH(e.g.sshroot@runeaudio.localorsshroot@<ipaddressof
RuneAudiosystem>)
26.Yourcurrentdirectoryshouldberootasseenintheprompt
27.Createascriptcalled"openelec"usingnano.Insertthefollowingcode(makesuretoscrolldown
completelyasthecodewindowmightnotshowall)
Code:Selectall
#!/bin/sh
cd/boot
find.path'./*'prunetypefexecmvf{}runeaudio\;
mvoverlaysruneaudio/
sync
mvopenelec/*/boot/
sync
mpcstop
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umountf/mnt/MPD/NAS/Music#thisisjustanexample,seebelow
reboot

28.SavethescriptwithCtrlXandmakeitexecutable
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#chmod+xopenelec

Toprevent"stopjobs"duringrebootwhichtakeappr.1minuteand30secondsIusedthe"umount"
commandinthisscript.Thiscommandmaybeomittedorchangedtounmountanymusicdirectory
configuredintheSourcespageoftheRuneAudiowebinterface
29.Testthescriptbyrunningit
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#./openelec

TheRaspberryPishouldnowrebootintoOpenElecagain.
Run./runetogobacktoRuneAudioetc.etc.etc.
IamnotanoobregardingLinuxbutIamnotanabsoluteexpertaswell.IfthereareanyLinuxexperts
amongyoupleasefeelfreetocommentandmakesuggestions,additionsoranyotherimprovements.
Happyswitching!
Greetz,
Hans.
hansh64

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