W dniu poniedziałek, 6 kwietnia 2020 02:00:35 UTC+2 użytkownik Catacombs napisał: > > Hi. I will soon attempt to install Core Boot Skulls onto my Lenovo X230. > I purchased the X 230 with a Core I5 and 4 GB RAM. I have done several > things that I now know will not make the task easier. > > Some of the advice on doing this is two years old and for a slightly > different X 230. I did not have the money to buy one with a Core I7 rather > than a Core I5. I had hoped to easily find an option for a Core I5. Not am > I sure it is necessary. I installed 2 stacks of RAM that were 8 GB each. > Now I read that CoreBoot SeaBios Skulls sometimes does not like some RAM, > but no explanation is offered. Then my other mistake. I upgraded the > basic BIOS to 2.77. I did not realize it was not possible to go backwards > in the standard Lenovo BIOS very far, or that it might be useful. > Apparently Skulls does not overwrite everything in the ROM. > > I also took out the spinning Hard Drive out and put in a 500 GB Samsung > SSD evo. I tried successfully tried out several Linux distros, and have > now installed a working Qubes. I can’t seem to catch enough Wireless > Signal from our local library for Qubes to Work, although my Alienware 15 > flies on the same amount of signal. I can not go into the Library (closed > for Corona Virus Quarantine) even though the wireless is on sometimes. I > can catch enough Public WiFi Wireless Signal outside McDonalds For Qubes to > function. So Qubes works on this now. > > As I can put the Standard BIOS/EFI to 2.7, I guess I will have to put > Windows back on the X 230 to accomplish that. > > I will receive Pi W at the end of the month to attempt to install Skulls. > I have a cheap clip to attach to Program this thing. Someone suggested I > would only use it one time. Or maybe twice at one time for upper and lower > parts of the laptop chips, I probably could get away without that. Just. > If it gets messed up it might take weeks in today’s world Of Corona induced > delays to get a Pomona clip To even see if the computer could be brought > back out of Coma. > > I have brought this discussion before. I do so again thinking someone who > has more recent experience doing exactly this might suggest how I am about > to mess this up. > > I have a few weeks before I receive Pi W. So I have time to think on > this. To facilitate this. My IPhone should offer 10 GB hotspot for Pi. > > Can anyone tell me if installing the CoreBoot Skulls will be assembled > differently for a Core I5 rather than a Core I7? > > Is the threat made on the Lenovo website that I can not roll back the > current BIOS/EFI from 2.77 to earlier than 2.70 a paper tiger. And I might > go back earlier, or should I even want to? > > Which OS should I put on Pi for this? The mentions of OS used on PI by > others seem to be for earlier OS versions. > > I have purchased the Atheros WiFi chip used by Insurgo. I have been told > that the standard Lenovo BIOS/EFI will block its use. Skulls should allow > the Atheros WiFi to work, so I read. > > Worrying about all this allows me to appreciate all the effort Insurgo > goes to in creating a re-manufactured Qubes device. > > Thanks any experienced advice. > Any other preparation should I make at this time? > > You don't need an RPI or a clip to flash Skulls it can be done from software. Look up 1vyrain project on how to do that.
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