Le Goût du Libre

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===== Flashing Libreboot =====

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===== Building a bootable Devuan fro ISO =====

  * Get the Devuan ASCII (based on Stretch) ISO netinstall - [[https://files.devuan.org/devuan_ascii/installer-iso/devuan_ascii_2.0.0_amd64_netinst.iso|here]]
  * Install in VirtualBox
  * Install Devuan ASCII in VirtualBox
    * Make sure to include console productivity and SSH server options
  * Use the DevSus script at https://notabug.org/dimkr/devsus


===== Get a pre-built Devuan ISO image =====

  * Go to https://archive.org/details/devuan-jessie-c201-libre-2GB

===== Devuan installation from bootable USB =====

  * Insert the USB key
  * Boot the system, you should see Libreboot prompt with boot options. Use Ctrl-U to boot from USB
  * Once at the login prompt, login as root (no password)
  * dd if=/devuan-jessie-c201-libre-16GB.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=50M
  * Turn off the system, remove the USB key
  * Turn it on again, you should now have a login prompt

===== Connect to your network =====

The image does not include drivers for the on-board wifi as they are proprietary. You will need a USB wifi adapter such as those from ThinkPenguin.com. An Atheros AR9271 based adapter was used in this example (USB ID 0cf3:9271)

  * Insert your USB adapter on the right port
  * Verify a new interface is available: 
    * ''# ip a''
  * Generate a configuration file for wpa_supplicant and verify its content:
    * ''# wpa_passphrase MYSSID passphrase > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'' - there will be no prompt to type, just type your wifi password and press Enter.
    * ''# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'' to check the newly generated config file
  * Assuming your interface is wlan0, connect to your network like this:
      * ''# wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf''
      * ''dhclient wlan0''

The connection should now be up, check with ''ip a'' or ''ping yahoo.com'' for example.