Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:18:12 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Acer C710 Chromebook Message-ID: <201412190218.sBJ2ICCG014093@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:06:50 -0700." <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412181602330.36072@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > A C710 Chromebook is available to me. The last time someone asked (in > 2013), there was no clear answer on whether this system could run > FreeBSD. Anyone know more now? > > It has a Celeron 847, 2G of RAM (and two SODIMM sockets), and a normal > SATA port. I'm aware that the firmware needs to be updated/modified to > include SeaBIOS. If off site time permits: Prepare a modified boot USB stick, (with boot set to verbose) + with an X11 tree etc, & a pre written script that quickly copies /var/log to stick then does hardware probes inc X -configure, & logs all back to the stick & unmounts to take away. I used to have all that except the script but & with a mass of port I use, but such large images constantly go obsolete with new releases, & ports are personal choice. I guess it's a similar requirement lots of us have periodicaly at suprise short notice: a quick opportunity for hands on for 2/3 mins, then 24 hours to think, then a decision to make :-) Maybe FreeBSD should include a probe script on FreeBSD USB images. However, we couldn't include the X & windom managers & selection of ports on the images, (unbearable bloat, & endless discussion of which ports), so we'd just have to allow for an extra empty FS on stick.. PS Possibly look here ? http://download.pcbsd.org/iso/10.1-RELEASE/amd64/ Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.
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