Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread David Coppa
Il Sab 29 Ott 2022, 01:02 Jeff Ross ha scritto: > Hi all, > > I got a nice new laptop at Costco for under $200. I did the developer > mode to get to a linux shell and installed a bunch of programs but I'd > rather just wipe the whole disk and install OpenBSD. > > All of places I'm finding with

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Chris Eidem
You can't just boot any old USB from a Chromebook. It has a locked down BIOS. More information here: https://mrchromebox.tech/ On 10/28/22 17:59, Jeff Ross wrote: Hi all, I got a nice new laptop at Costco for under $200.  I did the developer mode to get to a linux shell and installed a

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Jeff Ross
On 10/29/22 8:50 AM, Nick Holland wrote: On 10/29/22 10:11, Jeff Ross wrote: On 10/29/22 1:29 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2022-10-28, Gabriel Busch de Brito wrote: All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa 2015 and do not work now. Anybody have a

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Nick Holland
On 10/29/22 10:11, Jeff Ross wrote: On 10/29/22 1:29 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2022-10-28, Gabriel Busch de Brito wrote: All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa 2015 and do not work now. Anybody have a pointer to a more updated set of directions I

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
As it seems to be an x86_64 machine why not try a fresh OpenBSD Live system via USB or DVD and and see what happens? https://fuguita.org/ Wolfgang On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 08:11:15AM -0600, Jeff Ross wrote: On 10/29/22 1:29 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2022-10-28, Gabriel Busch de Brito

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Jeff Ross
On 10/29/22 1:29 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2022-10-28, Gabriel Busch de Brito wrote: All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa 2015 and do not work now. Anybody have a pointer to a more updated set of directions I can try? I suggest that you follow

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-29 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2022-10-28, Gabriel Busch de Brito wrote: > >> All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa >> 2015 and do not work now. >> >> Anybody have a pointer to a more updated set of directions I can try? > I suggest that you follow the installation guide at the FAQ

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-28 Thread Gabriel Busch de Brito
> All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa > 2015 and do not work now. > > Anybody have a pointer to a more updated set of directions I can try? I suggest that you follow the installation guide at the FAQ section of the website. Best, G

Re: Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-28 Thread Jérôme Desquilbet
Hi all, I got a nice new laptop at Costco for under $200.  I did the developer mode to get to a linux shell and installed a bunch of programs but I'd rather just wipe the whole disk and install OpenBSD. All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa 2015 and do

Installing OpenBSD on new Chromebook

2022-10-28 Thread Jeff Ross
Hi all, I got a nice new laptop at Costco for under $200. I did the developer mode to get to a linux shell and installed a bunch of programs but I'd rather just wipe the whole disk and install OpenBSD. All of places I'm finding with directions on how to do this are from circa 2015 and do