09-20-2018, 06:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-26-2018, 01:33 PM by JanetBiggar.)
A friend donated a new Acer C731 chromebook to me to use with the youth I help in South Africa. Since we do not often have internet access I am wanting to convert it to run Linux Lite 3.8 like I have two other Chromebook, however I am battling to do so!
I have successfully loaded SeaBIOS (legacy boot) and set the gbb flags. OS verification is OFF and I have enabled USB booting.
However, when I put in my USB stick the boot menu gives me the option to boot from the USB, I choose it, the USB light flashes, a small Linux lite menu shows in the upper right corner (although the countdown to automatically launching does not countdown), I can choose run Linux lite, the LL feather logo comes up (to fill the screen) then after several seconds a black screen with some script shows for a very short period (I haven't yet been able to get a photo of what this script says, but will try) then it goes black and shows a flashing "-" and the light on the USB goes out. Nothing happens after that.
I have usb boot enabled on it as well "OS verification OFF". This same USB works when I put it in one of the other chrome books to confirm it works.
Any ideas of what I can do to get this Acer to allow the USB to boot so that I can load and then install LL if all is fine?
Thanks in advance, Janet
I have successfully loaded SeaBIOS (legacy boot) and set the gbb flags. OS verification is OFF and I have enabled USB booting.
However, when I put in my USB stick the boot menu gives me the option to boot from the USB, I choose it, the USB light flashes, a small Linux lite menu shows in the upper right corner (although the countdown to automatically launching does not countdown), I can choose run Linux lite, the LL feather logo comes up (to fill the screen) then after several seconds a black screen with some script shows for a very short period (I haven't yet been able to get a photo of what this script says, but will try) then it goes black and shows a flashing "-" and the light on the USB goes out. Nothing happens after that.
I have usb boot enabled on it as well "OS verification OFF". This same USB works when I put it in one of the other chrome books to confirm it works.
Any ideas of what I can do to get this Acer to allow the USB to boot so that I can load and then install LL if all is fine?
Thanks in advance, Janet