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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Acer C710 Chromebook
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2014, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> It turns out that what I thought was a C720 here is a C710. So I'm in
> your boat. The default firmware doesn't include SeaBIOS, so it'd be
> nice to get some actual directions on how to update things to support
> that.
>
> So if you're able to help me get directions for updating the firmware
> on this thing to include SeaBIOS, I'll go through and figure out the
> rest of the stuff based on what work has already been done for the
> C720.

This is one location I found:

https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/faq/

It's probably too late for me to get the C710 myself, now.