[kwlug-disc] (question) What embedded board do you have?

[William Park]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 10:12:34AM -0400, Chris Irwin wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 5:19 AM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I bought Chromebox
> > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_1203_1157&item_id=069138
> > but couldn't install Linux.  It didn't recognize my keyboard, and it
> > didn't boot from USB due to flaky BIOS.  Price was $175, a waste of
> > money because you can do that with a used laptop.
> >
> 
> >From what I understand, ChromeOS devices use Corboot, instead of a legacy
> BIOS or newer UEFI. For BIOS support, it uses seabios, a software bios
> implementation (the same thing you get if you're running a VM).
> 
> It looks like somebody has made an updated seabios with USB3 support.
> 
> http://dak1n1.com/blog/20-asus-chromebox-fedora-20-install
> 
> There is probably a way to boot using coreboot directly, but I have no
> experience with it at all, and it probably requires some kernel options at
> compile time (much like booting from UEFI directly).
> 
> Regarding the keyboard, for $175 I'd try another one ;)

I did.  I found a keyboard that worked, and, like magic, Chromebox
recognized all the keyboards, even ones it didn't recognized before.
Having 2 keyboards plugged in was minor issue.  Game stopper was USB
boot.  Without it, you can't install Linux.
-- 
William