[fedora-arm] Announcing Fedora 19 (Schrödinger's cat) for the 2012 Samsung Chromebook

[Steven A. Falco]

On 07/04/2013 11:16 AM, Jon wrote:
> Thanks Steven,
>
> Fixed the wiki.
>
> Hopefully the image was not corrupted on download, and my apologies
> for not providing a checksum before.
> Here you go:
>
> sha256sum    f19-chromebook-MATE.img.xz
> 723647155e51f94d0c9a20f0f1f44d6c375cb06d23c459241d38508b252e48f9
> f19-chromebook-MATE.img.xz

The checksum verified as correct.

> Beyond that you might try to fix the sdcard from inside ChromeOS.
>
> 1. boot into ChromeOS.
> 2. type: CTRL + ALT + T to open a shell.
> 3. Inside the shell type: "shell" and "sudo su -" to reach a
> privileged bash prompt
> 4. Run the setup script on the sdcard:
>      # bash /media/removable/rootfs/root/setup.bash

I ran the script manually.  I got one failure message about not
being able to access /dev/mmcblk1 (error code = 2, ENOENT).

This appears to be caused by the device node not being present
in /media/removable/rootfs.

If I do:

	mknod /media/removable/rootfs/dev/mmcblk1 b 179 48
	chmod ugo+rw /media/removable/rootfs/dev/mmcblk1

then the script gives error 13 instead (EACCES).  I also get a
message that I need to be root.  However, "id" shows that I am
root.  So something about the chroot appears to be dropping the
permissions.

Regardless, the script continues to run, and at the end I am
able to boot into F19 via ^U.  So the error is not fatal.

	Steve

> This will copy over the ChromeOS 3.4 kernel plus modules to the sdcard.
>
> Hopefully that works.
> If not, well... try to find me on IRC and I'll walk you through some
> more comprehensive troubleshooting.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jon Disnard
> fas: parasense
> irc: masta
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Steven A. Falco <stevenfalco at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 07/03/2013 12:59 PM, Jon wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to announce the availability of Fedora 19 for the 2012
>>> Samsung Chromebook featuring ARM Exynos dual core A15 processor.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for doing that!
>>
>>
>>> The initial release is based on MATE desktop environment.
>>> Expect to see KDE, XFCE, LXDE, and SUGAR to land in the next few days.
>>>
>>>
>>> Exact steps:
>>> (assume the sdcard is /dev/sdz)
>>>
>>> # fetch the remix image
>>> wget http://parasense.fedorapeople.org/f19-chromebook-MATE.img.xz
>>>
>>> # write the image to sdcard
>>> sudo xzcat f19-chromebook-MATE.img.xz > /dev/sdz
>>
>>
>> The web page at:
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F19/Remixes
>>
>> has a typo in the above command - it is missing the .xz in the
>> source file name.  The web page is also missing the 'sudo' on
>> the various commands.
>>
>>
>>> # resize the rootfs partition
>>> sudo sgdisk -p -a8192 -e -d5 -n5:0:0 -t5:8300 -c5:'ROOTFS' -p /dev/sdz
>>>
>>> # resize the rootfs ext4 filesystem
>>> sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sdz5
>>> sudo resize2fs /dev/sdz5
>>>
>>> #THE END
>>>
>>>
>>> For more details please visit our REMIX site at:
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F19/Remixes
>>>
>>>
>>> Please note this is an unofficial REMIX image.
>>> For support, you can find me (masta) in #fedora-arm on IRC
>>
>>
>> I tried this with two different SD cards.  In both cases, when
>> I type ^U, I hear a "double beep" from uboot and it refuses to
>> boot from the SD card.
>>
>> I am able to enter ^D and get into developer mode, so I don't
>> think there is anything wrong with my chromebook.
>>
>>          Steve
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Jon Disnard
>>> fas: parasense
>>> irc: masta
>>
>>
>>
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