TL;DR

Install arch onto an HP chromebook 11

Install steps:

• developer mode enabled
• in chromebook open terminal.. ctrl+alt+t

shell
sudo su -

• enable USB boot: crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_signed_only=0
• plug in a memory stick
• splat it

wget http://git.io/vnD1l -O splat.sh
bash splat.sh

Credits

• @omgmog - https://github.com/omgmog/archarm-usb-hp-chromebook-11
• ArchLinux.. this is based off the steps here: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung/samsung-chromebook

Pre-work

on chromeos ensure you have

• developer mode enabled
• USB boot enabled: crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_signed_only=0

You no longer need parted or to have run dev_install ..the binaries and libs are grabbed from here

Memory stick

I don't know why yet but most of my memory sticks don't "work"..

working USB sticks

The following sticks are known to work: (Please report success)

• DataTraveler "G4" - http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/DTIG4_en.pdf

non-working memory sticks

• SanDisk 64GB Cruzer Extreme
• Pretec i-Disk Bullet 3.0

execution variables

Note plug in a USB stick.. it should hopefully come up as /dev/sda In theort you can prepare a memory stick even on an x86 computer however:

wget http://git.io/vnD1l -O splat.sh
bash splat.sh $DEVICE

where $DEVICE is normally one of these:

1. /dev/sda (from chromeos)

2. /dev/mmcblk0 (once booted off said USB stick)

Tips:

• The script stores the downloaded Arch image in your current directory.. If you run this under /home/root it should save you some bandwidth+time if running it multiple times.
• Install onto a USB stick first.. boot it.. then install onto your internal disk (/dev/mmcblk0)
• Its pretty easy to encrypt your home directory once you have Arch working.. (luks + loopback works too)
• wicd is wicd

erata

This script is currently only supported on the chromebook itself, it should work on an x86 computer but ensure you have the usual criminals installed (cgpt, parted mkfs.ext4, tar, wget ...coffee ...beer)