I’m trying to convert an old Dell Chromebook 11 to Linux.
I was able to successfully run the MrChromeBox firmware installer script. It did print out a warning, saying that the first boot might take a bit longer, up to 30s or more.
I then hit “R” to reboot the box.
It then went to a black screen, and I assume it was doing some processing behind the scenes.
However, the machine has been sitting there for nearly an hour now, and nothing has come up.
Should I try to force a reboot at this point in time? And if so how? Or what else can I do to try and figure out what’s going on at this point? (I don’t have a ChromeOS debug cable (SuzyQ), or anything like that unfortunately)
Hmm, i tried that, and nothing seemed to happen - as in, on signs of life from the Chromebook.
Do you mean physically take the case apart, and disconnect the internal battery connector?
What does this mean? (I did take a firmware backup during the MrChromebook installer). Although Wolf is EOL, so I think my default it won’t install that back on.
Refesh+Power is a hard (EC) reset, the device should power on automatically after doing so even if it doesn’t boot.
and yes, remove back cover and disconnect battery. If that doesn’t work, then you can use a ch341a programmer to re-flash the UEFI firmware. As you noted, the device is EOL and no point in going back to stock