Hello Sean, On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Sean Felipe Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > I own a couple HP Chromebook 11's, model SPRING-G3A-B3S-Q2F, the kind which > only charge from the micro usb. I would like to erase ChromeOS and install > only Linux. Is this possible? >
Yes it is possible. Remember to create spi chip backup first, as chromebooks contain device specific data in some partitions. [1] > I've already installed Ubuntu via crouton, but I am curious if it is > possible to lose the ChromeOS altogether. I have tried this script from > John Lewis: > https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/ > > However, I believe because the HP CB11 uses the U-Boot bios, this script is > not compatible. > > Any other options? If not that's ok ... they were cheap :) Thank you! > ____________________ Before fully replacing factory bootloader with mainline, imho better to start with chainloading mainline U-Boot from SD card, this requires only to enable developer mode [2] Chainloaded U-Boot will boot linux from SD card or USB flash, check for example Arch Linux for Samsung Chromebook ARM [3] [1] https://www.chromium.org/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/samsung-arm-chromebook#TOC-Flash-Layout [2] https://www.chromium.org/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/samsung-arm-chromebook#TOC-USB-Boot [3] https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung/samsung-chromebook#wiki ___________________________ > U-Boot mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot -- Best Regards, Misha Komarovskiy zombahatgmaildotcom _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
