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 <gbuschbrito@gmail.com> 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 section of
>>> the website.
>>
>> Chromebooks aren't standard computers and usually come with a
>> locked-down bootloader that will need disabling to install another OS.
>>
>> Also if it's arm rather than x86 there will be additional challenges
>> beyond this.
>>
>> So there's not enough information in the original post to give any kind
>> of pointer.
>>
>
> Thanks Stuart.
>
> It's an HP Chromebook 14a-na1083d with an Intel Celeron N4500 with 4G
> ram and 128 eMMC drive.
>
> Booting up in developer mode it tells me that it is Model LANTIS-MEXL if
> that helps.
>
Just install it, see what happens. If you want a guarantee, buy me one
exactly like it, and I'll do what I'm suggesting you do. :) (and then
you will discover why I call model numbers "market position statements",
not "unique HW configuration identification systems")
Or maybe better yet, see if it will boot from an OpenBSD install image
on a USB drive, if it does, set up a full OpenBSD install on a USB drive
and see what happens. I've had pretty good luck with HP PC-like systems
that weren't sold with "standard" operating systems on them, but past
experience is no indicator yada-yada-yada.
Pain points if you get past booting are likely to be wireless and graphics.
If you can get it to boot from a USB drive to test, you are probably good
for an install. If you can't, probably not worth the effort. There MAY be
tricks you can do, but you can put a lot of time and effort into forcing
something to install OpenBSD and then find out X doesn't work. Or there's
no functioning network. Or both.
Nick.
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