installation_debian_sur_chromebook_asus_c201

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  • Get the Devuan ASCII (based on Stretch) ISO netinstall - 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
  • 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

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.

  • installation_debian_sur_chromebook_asus_c201.txt
  • Last modified: 2018/06/22 05:05
  • by Fabián Rodríguez