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> but I would recommend GalliumOS[1] to anyone interested in a Chromebook Just make sure the spacebar is never pressed at boot. That's all it takes to screw up
by acangiano 9y ago
> but I would recommend GalliumOS[1] to anyone interested in a Chromebook
Just make sure the spacebar is never pressed at boot. That's all it takes to screw up your nice dual boot setup.
- isr 9y agoIf you: * resize the (unused) root-c partition (use the chrx script to do it for you, if you like) * mount it somewhere under /mnt/stateful_partition * use that for your chroots, etc Then you can safely use chromeos in dev mode, and not worry about the "deadly spacebar at bootup" problem. Pressing the spacebar takes you out of dev mode, which will involve rewriting the contents of the rootfs partition currently in use. It will NOT repartition the entire drive, so your separate partition will be safe. Just revert back to dev mode, and you'll see its still there. Or ... put everything on a mini usb stick :)
- acangiano 9y agoVery interesting. Thanks for sharing.
- sethrin 9y agoSteps for installing GalliumOS would involve replacing the firmware and bootloader, so the behavior you describe would not be an issue. Overwriting the firmware is of course something to undertake with great care.