Dual Boot: OSMC | Rune (Pi2, Pi3)
OSMC 2018-06-1 + Rune 0.4beta 20170229 in NOOBS lite 2.8 (with ‘silentinstall’ tweak)
view code on GitHub
Best of Video Distro - OSMC (Raspbian Kodi)
Best of Audio Distro - RuneAudio (ArchLinux MPD)
Best of Dual Boot - NOOBS
- Easy to switch with a single button from a cheap IR remote.
- Install easier than normal NOOBS itself with 1 complete package.
- Unattended offline installation.
- No need for interaction, display, mouse, internet during installation.
Situations
Shutdown / Reboot
- with normal menu
- next boot with ‘Select OS to boot’ (normal NOOBS)
Boot Switch: OSMC ↔ Boot Rune
- with [e-mail] button from the remote
- bypass ‘Select OS to boot’
Modifications
OSMC:
- Allow SSH as ‘root’ with password ‘rune’, the same as in Rune.
- Autoswitch audio output to/from USB DAC when on/off
Remote Control
OSMC:
- [e-mail] ------------- Boot Rune
- [tab] ----------------- SystemInfo ↔ Back | FullscreenInfo ↔ Back
- [open] --------------- MovieTitles | MovieTitle ↔ Fullscreen
- [switchwindow] — Settings ↔ Back | VideosSettings ↔ Back
- [blue] ---------------- NextSubtitle
- [yellow] ------------- AudioNextLanguage
- [green] -------------- ReloadKeymaps | OSDAudioSettings
Rune:
- [e-mail] ------------- Boot OSMC
- [left] ----------------- Previous
- [enter] -------------- Play / Pause
- [right] --------------- Next
- [up] ------------------ Forward
- [down] -------------- Rewind
Installation
Need:
- Raspberry Pi 2 or 3
- 8GB SD card
- $4 USB PC Remote: ID 1d57:ad02 Xenta SE340D PC Remote Control
(more detail: IR Remote - Using Cheap USB PC Remote with OSMC)
Process:
Prepare NOOBS SD card on a PC:
- Download >> RPi2-3.Dual.Boot-Rune.OSMC.zip
- Unzip and copy everything inside NOOBS_Rune-OSMC folder to a blank FAT32 SD card.
Install on Raspberry Pi:
- Power off
- Insert the SD card
- Power on
- Installation runs automatically from start to reboot.
Done!