On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 12:41:18PM +0700, Paul Harper wrote: > On 05/03/2013 03:25 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > >On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 04:25:04PM +0700, Paul Harper wrote: > >>How can I install Debian Wheezy on the Acer C7 Chromebook? > >> > >>All the instuctions I find on the internet seem to be for Ubuntu on the C7 > >>or for installing Debian on the ARM Chromebooks. > >> > >>I would much prefer Debian on my C7. > >It's an Intel x86 CPU, so I would try following the instructions for > >Ubuntu until you can put an image on the SSD, and then put in a Debian > >image instead. > > > >-dsr- > > The Acer C7 is one of the models with a hard drive rather than an SSD. > > http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/acer-c7-chromebook.html#specs > > I did find this set of instructions but it is for Squeeze and for > the Samsung Series 5. > http://www.chromebook-linux.com/2011/11/how-to-install-gnulinux-debian-603-on.html > > Mr Brock Tice has an excellent page on how to install Wheezy on the > Chromebook Pixel here: > > http://blog.brocktice.com/2013/03/09/running-debian-wheezy-7-0-on-the-chromebook-pixel/ > > But it appears the hardware is too different. > > > There is a reference to the Acer C7 in the Linux Kernel 3.9 which > leads me to believe it should be possible to install. > > http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2013/04/30/linux-3-9-and-chromebook-support/ > > I am amazed that nobody seems to have installed Wheezy on the Acer > C7 seeing how cheap it is. Or more likely they have it is not > documented. > > It would be good to get the method documented on > http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer > > The Acer C7 is a nice affordable laptop once it has Linux on it. > > For the moment I am running Ubuntu 12.04.
If you send me one I'll work on it and document it. Otherwise -- why don't you experiment and try it yourself? debootstrap is well documented. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130503142546.gg27...@randomstring.org
