From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 02:18:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BC2DD1B for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F6BB7AC for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBEF8E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.203.239.142]) (authenticated bits=128) by land.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sBJ2HnLF035740; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:17:49 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id sBJ2IVNq001942; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:18:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id sBJ2ICCG014093; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:18:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Message-Id: <201412190218.sBJ2ICCG014093@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Warren Block Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Acer C710 Chromebook From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:06:50 -0700." Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:18:12 +0100 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:18:56 -0000 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.