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A guide for installing Linux natively on the Dell Chromebook 13
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Ubuntu install completed successfully, but doesn't work #1

Closed jonahx closed 7 years ago

jonahx commented 7 years ago

Hi,

I followed the instructions in the wiki and everything went well. Ubuntu installed successfully and asked me to restart at the end. I restarted, and a Ubuntu screen returned after restart instructing me to remove the USB media, and restart again. I did that, but upon the final restart it just returned me to the chrome screen which says "OS Verification is OFF - Press Space to re-enable". I did not press space. After 30 seconds it transitions to the "Chrome OS is missing or damaged" screen.

So, Ubuntu is installed, but is somehow inaccessible or not set correctly to boot. Any ideas how I can fix this?

Thanks

Kerryliu commented 7 years ago

Iirc, you need to press ctrl+l to go past the chromeos screen and boot into Linux.

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Hi,

I followed the instructions in the wiki and everything went well. Ubuntu installed successfully and asked me to restart at the end. I restarted, and a Ubuntu screen returned after restart instructing me to remove the USB media, and restart again. I did that, but upon the final restart it just returned me to the chrome screen which says "OS Verification is OFF - Press Space to re-enable". I did not press space. After 30 seconds it transitions to the "Chrome OS is missing or damaged" screen.

So, Ubuntu is installed, but is somehow inaccessible or not set correctly to boot. Any ideas how I can fix this?

Thanks

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jonahx commented 7 years ago

Worked. Thanks for the quick answer, and thanks for posting this guide!

I don't suppose you know how to make it default boot into ubuntu every time without having to press ctrl-L?

Kerryliu commented 7 years ago

You'll have to open up the chromebook and remove the write protect screw in order to boot linux by default. My internet is pretty awful right now so I can't check, but there should be a link somewhere in the guide that tells you how to do it.

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Worked. Thanks for the quick answer, and thanks for posting this guide!

I don't suppose you know how to make it default boot into ubuntu every time without having to press ctrl-L?

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jonahx commented 7 years ago

After successfully using ubuntu a couple times using the ctrl-L method to startup, it's not stopped working. Pressing ctrl-L just makes a beep. So somehow it seems to have lost the ability to boot into ubuntu. Is there anything I can do at this point, or do I need to recover using chrome and then start the whole process over? Any idea what could have caused it to get into this state? Thanks again.

Kerryliu commented 7 years ago

I don't think that's ever happened to me before. Do you have an SD card inserted?

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After successfully using ubuntu a couple times using the ctrl-L method to startup, it's not stopped working. Pressing ctrl-L just makes a beep. So somehow it seems to have lost the ability to boot into ubuntu. Is there anything I can do at this point, or do I need to recover using chrome and then start the whole process over? Any idea what could have caused it to get into this state? Thanks again.

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jonahx commented 7 years ago

No, nothing inserted.

Kerryliu commented 7 years ago

Hmm... only other thing I can think of is that the Chromebook might reset the boot flags if your battery runs dry. I'm not sure if there's a way to fix that without restoring Chromeos, but you could try asking here: https://plus.google.com/communities/112479827373921524726

jonahx commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the link