just an update, this seemed to work for my Dune version of Homatics box, but trying to update the standard Homatics box it won’t update it, is there an image out there for it you know of? Thanks
So, did the eMMC move. Looks like it worked? 
It worked, I can see so below… and box performance under CE is noticeably faster.
CoreELEC:~ # mount
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1920976k,nr_inodes=480244,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=770792k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755)
/dev/sda1 on /flash type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/SYSTEM on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
/dev/data on /storage type ext4 (rw,noatime,resgid=1065,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=4096k,nr_inodes=1024,mode=755)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/debug type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,debug)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,nr_inodes=1048576)
sunrpc on /run/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda2 on /var/media/STORAGE type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,data=ordered)
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do you still need to use usb after that ? can the box boot to coreelec without usb
hope we can make the box boot like am6b+. they can boot to ce without the need to use usb.
no you always need usb to boot into CE.
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You say it’s faster with userdata on eMMC; would it really matter if i don’t use the Kodi DB (but mostly browse NFS) ? Once fuly loaded (which can take more time), why would storage make the system snappier in my usecase ?
Regarding FEL, my understanding is that later versions convert FEL to profile 8 on the fly; is this conversion really degrading picture quality (any pointers ?) ?
Can anyone clarify if it is possible to wake the Homatics Box R 4K Plus from power off state (e.g. WoL or HDMI CEC) or are just the models equipped with IR (e.g. Nokia) capable of that ?
In my setup (Homatics > LG SP8YA > LG B1) i ended up using a smart plug, controlled by Home Assistant which detects whenever i switch to the TV source to be the soundbar and turn the smart switch on to power the Homatics box, switch the soundbar to it’s HDMI input (from eARC). In the CEC settings, i have configured CE to switch off when the TV gets shut down, and have let most options enabled. That way I only turn it on when needed, and power cycling the smart plug turns it back on
This seems to be a bit timing-sensitive (when researching this in some cases the CEC control did not work) and i’d love a simpler solution… But at least it works.