Mike,

> If I use such as the libreelec sd/usb creator tool* for any win/linux/mac
> it will use that .gz and write it to the SD that I'll put into a USB/SD
> gizmo and then I'll be able to just remove/replace the Raspbian sd w/ the
> libreelec sd and boot the RPi.
>
> Is there something I'm missing here?

The problem is not with running LibreElec, but with that its configuration
files are saved in RAM, and discarded when you turn the Pi off - to be
re-extracted from/with the libreelec kernel image the next time you boot.

And by the way: I took a noobs image, copied that to an USB stick and, on
first boot, selected LibreElec to be installed (instead of Raspbian).  Easy
peasy. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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