So I have a 32GB Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532) hwid Banon I want to install Arch Linux on. The main issue I have is I’m completely unfamiliar with the acronyms and technical jargon used describing such a thing, that and there’s too much information on this site I just don’t need to know as far as I can tell. (It makes this all seem very confusing)
So how do I do this? My understanding is:
- Reset my chromebook (I’ve been using it in developer mode for years)
- Enable developer mode
- Power it down and unscrew the write protect screw
- Prepare a flash drive with the linux distro I want to use
(I want to use rufus and arch linux, an explanation of how to set up a bootable flash drive with rufus would be helpful.) - Power up the Chromebook and open the terminal in chrome, type “shell”
- Paste the following command - cd; curl -LO https://mrchromebox.tech/firmware-util.sh && sudo bash firmware-util.sh
- Insert a blank(?) flash drive and select Install/Update UEFI Full ROM Firmware
(Inserting the blank flash drive is to copy chrome OS onto it as a backup? Please explain how this works!!!) - Restart the Chromebook and insert the prepared bootable flash drive.
- ??? idk… Select the ISO or ROM or whatever… Help lol.
If I can get Linux installed correctly I can probably figure out troubleshooting or anything else I need to do from there. Just don’t want to brick the device.
Let me know if the order of steps there is wrong, or if there’s something else I’m not understanding please fill me in! 