Peppy is very old (No VT2 Terminal)

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Device is Acer C720P (PEPPY). Per the FAQ at Frequently Asked Questions | MrChromebox.tech (Use Find In Page in your browser, and search for VT2):

The script says I must run it from VT2 terminal on ChromeOS R117+ - how do I do that?

*Starting with ChromeOS R117, Google removed sudo from the main shell, so the script must be run from a VT2 terminal:

  1. At the ChromeOS login screen (not logged in), press [CTRL+ALT+F2] (F2 is the right arrow key)
  2. Login as chronos (no password needed)
  3. Run the script: cd; curl -LOf https://mrchromebox.tech/firmware-util.sh && sudo bash firmware-util.sh

You cannot run the script from a Crosh shell ([CTRL+ALT+T]) or from a Crostini/Penguin terminal.

Right! The first words in the FAQ entry are: Starting with ChromeOS R117

PEPPY is running ChromeOS 76.0 3809 136 (Official Build) (64-bit). Way earlier than R117.

The [CTRL+ALT+F2] doesn’t do anything. I don’t think it existed in PEPPY’s heyday.

I tried using the [CTRL+ALT+T] terminal to download the script, and run it. However, curl was not a valid command, and neither was sudo.

What terminal was used to download and run the script to flash Coreboot on Chromebooks, before R117?

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yes it does, it’s existed since the very beginning

I tried using the [CTRL+ALT+T] terminal to download the script, and run it. However, curl was not a valid command, and neither was sudo.

because, as per the directions, you have to type shell and press enter first when using CTRL+ALT+T

both the shell command and VT2 only exist when the device is in Developer Mode

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Thank you for your reply. And thank you for setting up the device support category.

URGH! And I thought I RTFM’d so well. :frowning: No shell command - that’s what I missed.

After I posted, I thought that VT2 might be a developer mode thing, and was going to ask about it. You have already answered that. When I originally read the Getting Started docs, and saw the whole VT2 thing, I immediately powered on PEPPY and tried it (not in developer mode). That and the version numbers made me think it did not exist. Thanks for clearing that up.