@ Ben did you make the cable yourself or do you have one of the spark fun suzyQ cables?
Vince Winter, Technology Sorcerer of the Adept Circle On Fri, May 23, 2025, 9:30 AM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@protonmail.com> wrote: > I have one of the models without the screw and was able to disable write > protect using a special USB-C cable. It wasn't very difficult, just needed > the hardware. > > > > -Ben > > > On Friday, May 23rd, 2025 at 9:14 AM, Vince Winter < > thine.technoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The protection screw went away after I think 2021 models or so (citation > > required). More complicated but very doable. > > > > Vince Winter, Technology Sorcerer of the Adept Circle > > > > On Fri, May 23, 2025, 9:12 AM Bryan Vyhmeister br...@bsdjournal.net > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, May 23, 2025, at 08:56, Mr Apps wrote: > > > > > > > Does anyone have experience installing Linux on a Chromebook? > > > > Specifically, the ASUS Chromebook Model C300S. Release period: 2015. > > > > > > > > I've seen many references on how to accomplish getting Linux on a > > > > Chromebook, but I failed. > > > > at it a couple of years ago with a HP Chromebook. > > > > > > > > I know there are things like removing a write protection screw on the > > > > mother board, etc > > > > in order to accomplish the task. > > > > > > > > If anyone could point me to a detailed reference document, it would > be > > > > greatly appreciated. > > > > > > This is where I would start. > > > > > > https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/getting-started.html > > > > > > I have installed the full UEFI ROM for various Chromebooks from this > site > > > which allows a full OS install. I tried installing OpenBSD on a couple > but > > > had issues. Ubuntu or Fedora worked fairly well with occasional issues > like > > > no sound on my Chromebook Go but that is a known issue. > > > > > > Bryan >
