If you dont have a WP screw or switch, here’s how to disable WP. 1. Open the back/bottom as you would doing the screw/switch. 2. Take out the battery from the PCI port and put it somewhere safe. 3. Plug in you charger, obviously because you have no battery. 4. Login to Chrome like you usually would. 5. Do Ctrl + Alt + T to open Chromes Command Line 6. Type in shell 7. Type in sudo sh 8. Type in flashrom -wp-disable 9. Type in flashrom -wp-status to see if WP is disable, if it is, turn of the computer, put back in your battery, and boot up like you always do! (Keep charger in when booting up)
i dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
Just bought an Acer C720 Chromebook, Chrome OS was outdated, so I installed Linux Mint 19, and a new battery, super easy, About 7 hours mobile, does everything I need it to do. Great video , very interesting.
Just to confirm, I followed this process and it seems to have worked for me without issue. There were a few steps along the way that did not line up with the instructions, but these were most likely due to a difference in the make and model of my Chromebook. The differences were small enough where I was able to go with my gut and kind of wing it, but I am currently running GalliumOS on my Chromebook and there seems to be no real loss of any keys or functions. Thank you very much for the video.
I really like your teaching style. You give off a vibe of assuming your audience is intelligent and knowledgeable while still giving it to them step by step. 😊
I had two older laptops that God wouldn't let me get rid of. They were so slow that I couldn't use them anymore. I went to RU-vid looking for something. As I was there I heard the word about making a slow older computer like new. I stop and listen. I knew this was from God. I watched several videos on Linux. I believe you was the man God used to speak directly to me. You mentioned Zorin os was the best. You had on a white shirt and it was a close up of you. When you said Zorin OS is the best it was God speaking through you directly to me. I am totally grateful to you. I have a bad back and now both my old laptops are working again. I am not surprised you are doing well on your channel because your heart is in the right place to help others. Again I am so grateful to you and continue to be a blessing.
Thank you very much my friend! I'm a computer science student and I bought the same chromebook to experiment in 90$ (I'm from Latin America, Venezuela) and I was surprised how limited ChromeOS is. I really appreciate your work, now I have a computer where I can program away from the charger for 6 hours. New subscriber!
Im having an issue where i see the Gallium live and install, then it gives me an error unknown file system. I chose my linux based on the cpu on that wiki link . Not sure what is going on.. Alloc magic is borken
Thanks for an awesome instructional video! I was able to successfully install GalliumOS on my HP Chromebook 14 G4 (Kip-Bay Trail). I have installed several distros on older windows laptops, but never flashed a ROM before. I'm amazed at how well Gallium OS works on my Chromebook. The battery life went up 2+ hours. I am getting over 8 hrs mixed use running Firefox and can get 10 if I keep video streaming at a minimum. It also feels quicker and more responsive than ChromeOS. Your instructions were very easy to follow. I highly recommend this video as the go to for anyone wishing to do a full install with a similar device. Well done!
Low Dough Tech ... i wanted to thank you for making this process easy as pie . i have the same chromebook (which i liked the OS but , it was (AUE) Auto Update Expiration ) . with your easy to follow instructions , i installed Linux Mint Cinnamon . it works beautifully and yah , the battery life is amazing ... thank you So Much Low Dough Tech !
Thanks for putting this guide together. It worked great and I'm quiet pleased with how well my old Asus C200 is running GalliumOS. It's been awhile since I've used a Linux distro as my daily driver and I look forward to playing with this new/old toy.
Great video!!! Will use this tutorial when our Chromebooks get to their end of update life. Checked out your other videos and now subscribed - really enjoyable content. Hope your channel goes far!
Thanks, man. Worked for me although I had to use Etcher to create the USB since I was getting an error when booting from USB after creating it with Rufus. I also had to NOT connect to wifi during install because it kept crashing. Once i finished install i rebooted and connected to WIFI and updated the packages (Disclaimer for people reading this: there were some other little parts I had to google but for the most part, this method worked)
Thank you for this! This is a useful alternative for the huge amount of e-waste generated by End-of-Life Chromebooks, especially those used by users to facilitate remote learning for grade schools. If my school board is typical, it would be in the thousands. Once the Chromebooks are EOL, they are crushed. An immense waste of resources.
Great job... thanks for the video! It's unfortunate that all Chromebooks eventually become obsolete because of lack of continued support by Google. Having an OS specifically designed for Chromebooks can breathe new life into obsolete machines, possibly making them even better than the original Chrome OS. Thanks again!!
Many thanks for this - I now have GalliumOS running on my Toshiba Chrome Book 2 - Which I now know is Intel Baytrail! All the key things work - on/off button - wifi - LAN (through USB adaptor) HDMI out and headphones. A few false starts (think this was because the chromebook is different from yours - or maybe I didn't understand completely all the steps!) and I had to re-install ChromeOS a one point. But now boots up straight in to Gallium. Last issue was fixed by running the install without wifi connected. And now those nasty messages about it being unsupported by Google after September have gone too. Thanks again m8
If your Gallium install FAILS, try NOT connecting to the internet when it asks you that right at the start during the install. I don't know WHY there is not more discussion about this but I found it on some forum and Mr.Chrome himself was the person who gave that solution. I was at wits end till I found that solution. Good luck!
Thanks! I'll be doing this tomorrow! Right now I'm dual booting with chrx, but I don't have enough disk space with ChromeOS still installed, so I need to install standalone. I will definately back up the stock firmware, though
Very nice video and easy to follow I like how you explain things in an easy to follow way but you can do without the music it is not required. I would have liked to see it in action when you finished you could have reviewed the OS but thanks Bob in the UK
Thanks Bob, it's a learning process and a balancing act. I try to make videos that are "long enough" but no too long as to discourage people from clicking on them. I try to make each one better than the last, so thanks for the feedback.
I've been using this every night, it's my "Watch youtube/websurfing" pc, and so far it's been fantastic! It's extremely fast, under a realistic expectation of the machine's capabilities. Normally Lubuntu is my Linux go-to, but Gallium for this particular machine is great!
How to do a dual boot in a chrome book ?? Cause I can't get a Gpartin partition edit to go on it. There is no F2. F8 or F10 . Key to do a boot from menu choice. To reboot from a flash drive or a DVD drive 🖥️⌨️💻💾📀💽💿🖱️⌨️🖥️
Even before the recent EOL for my Acer C720, it was no longer getting Chrome OS improvements like the ability to run Android apps or Linux programs, so I'd been using crouton for quite a while. EOL and another gentleman's RU-vid video (he had a C720,too, so I felt more confident) pushed me over the edge, and I ran first NixOS, and now Manjaro (KDE flavor) on it. I will definitely give Gallium a look. Now that you have Linux on your Chromebook, what have you done do get around Chromebook keyboards not having keys like HOME, END, PG UP and PG DOWN?
Actually, I built this for a friend. I tested it out for a week or so then gave it to them. In that short time, I really only used it to surf youtube and watch movies over the network with Kodi. There wasn't much intensive stuff I did with it, sorry.
So I did all of the right instructions for my laptop but when it got to the booting screen it says the booting failed can you help me out with this. It asked for me to verify that it contains a 64 bit uefi os.
Thanks very helpful. Chrome os leaves lots to be desired. My laptop is an old Acer 15 CB3-532 series. Next I'll look into the processor type so to dnld the correct Linux opsys and etc. . On another machine, an ancient desktop I have, I'm using dual boot Win 10 and Linux Mint and like it really well getting used to it. On this Acer 15 I just want to replace chrome altogether. Thanks again.
As far as processor type, I think that's a Braswell. According to GalliumOS's website, your chromebook model is indeed supported, so this ISO should work for you. galliumos.org/releases/3.0/galliumos-3.0-braswell.iso
@@LowDoughTech You are the very best! I'll give it a try and let you know. It will take me a couple weeks to get back to it - process of moving at the moment. Best to you.
Thank you very much for that video. 👍👍👍 One question: What do i have to do after succesfully install of Gallium? Screw in the write protection screw and anything else?
I've got a newer Lenovo Chromebook, and it forced me to backup the firmware to a USB/SD device in order to continue, heads up. I tried to just press Enter without backing it up, but it just kept going back to the main menu instead of moving forward to install the full ROM firmware.
nice video but there are a couple errors. 1- to open shell the command is ctrl alt t, not ctrl t. to trigger dev mode is ESC plus refresh and power, not ctrl plus refresh and power. unless all of this changed from the time of the video to 2022
My chrome book has a WP screw, but the design looks different. and it had an i above it w a arrow pointing to the screw. * Everyones WP screw looks different basically
I can't get access to the WP screw (Lenovo 3 '11) so I just tried to continue, But later, I dont get a "install/update Full ROM firmware" option , It says "Install/Update UEFI (Full ROM) Firmware" but that option is greyed out and doesnt let me select it. When I try and continue throughout that part, I don't get the boot option (bunny) screen. Been at this for 3 days, any advice?
Dear friend, I watched several videos for doing this, I follow instruction with care step by step trying to fix in my HP G5 Chomebook. Unfortunatelly nothing work. Want to replace Chrome?? 1) Remove the bios screw 2) Flash the bios following the mrchromebook, tech advise 3) Install Fedora 34 and actualize it. All the other alternatives (Ubuntu Web, Gallium linux V1, V2, V3, Linux Zorin ). Do not work. Have fun
After I try to install gallium OS, I get a pop-up window that says “UBI - Partman crashed with exit code 10. Further information may be found in link. Do you want to try running this step again before you continuing if you do not, your installation may fail entirely, or may be broken.” How can i fix this?
Very helpful video! Question: is it good practice to replace WP screw after we successfully install Gallium Linux? Or is this an unnecessary step? Thank you!
@@LowDoughTech Interesting, okay this is good to know. I found a similar model (Dell 3180) online recently that I plan on installing Gallium OS on, so have been doing lots of studying and preparing while it ships. Thanks for the speedy reply - cheers!
i have a question, instead of wiping chrome os and installing gallium instead, can i install on a usb. So if i plug it in i can boot to gallium and if i don’t want to, I can just unplug and boot into chrome os. I already know that I need to install RW_legacy but after that i am stumped
Tried to download Linux mint lite edition, didn't work out couldn't use my keypad/keyboard and only can controle a limited amount of thing. Had to unplug the battery because could not shutdown my Chromebook xD. Currently trying your suggestions but think I may broke some things...
Ive been trying the crouton version wich did not work very well,tried this and was easy . Very good straight to point and short video. Nobody likes to much mambo jumbo 👍
I am sorta using an AMD processor on my chromebook and can't seem to find in which processor model type i fit in, in order to commence the Gallium OS download
Hey! Nice video! I will try to install the Gallium Os today. I have an Asus C523NA, with Linux Mint but I have no audio from the speakers. I have tried Zorin Os too but still no sound. Apparently there is a common issue with the Apollo Lake and Kabylake chromebooks... But I'll give it a try. Hopefully I'll get the sound working.
@@LowDoughTech I have just installed Gallium OS but still no sound. Do you think that i should remove the firmware write-protect screw and try installing it by Full Firmware / ROM ? Cause i have installed with option n°1, RW_LEGACY. Do you think that could make a differnce? Thanks !
@@LowDoughTech I have opened it and there is no WP screw :)))) on my model i need to disable the battery somehow and bla bla...For now I think I'm done. I will reinstall crome os and i'll use the linux apps with crostini....It's my bad, I should have reed the Gallium harware compatibility first....and then buy the chromebook...:))) But thanks anyway!
My chromebook has no screws. "Don't be evil." -Google, circa 1999 I literally wonder if my samsung chromebook is GLUED together? Any links to HOW TO OPEN UP A SAMSUNG CHROMEBOOK ?
I made it to the rabbit screen. After that, it takes me to a screen that says "Booting from eMMC Device failed." I do not understand how to progress past this part.
nxrvnv unfortunately I don't have the chrome book anymore, I built this one as a gift for a friend, so I can only offer speculation; try using UUI from Pendrivelinux.com instead of Rufus to make your USB installer, and see if that makes a difference. It's a place to start, and one more thing to rule out.
Hey, thanks for the information you have share it really helps, I have quere. I have the lenovo thinkpad chromebook 13 the 8gb ram model. I do all the steps but when choosing the usb everything goes black, any ideas? thank you for your help.
ok i love your vid and you have great and eazy to follow instructions... But to be honest this is like the therd video i have tryed and none of them work for me... Do you have any other suggestions...
Hi, I'm having the same problem. I followed your instructions to a t, but it refuses to load the Gallium os. Everything works great to that point. After I make the selection to boot from USB it pops up - error: unknown filesystem. alloc magic is broken at 0x1ffd97c0: 1fefe080 aborted. Press any key to exit.- I have an Acer Chromebook 11 cb3-111/131 Gnawty. It uses the same firmware as yours I think, the Bay Trail. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I fixed it after 3 days of hard work, but i really suggest putting some steps before the Bunny page. Everyone reading this, SAVE YOUR STUFF ON THE USB. IT WAS THE ONLY METHOD FOR ME TO RECOVER IT. OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS JUST GLICHED FOR ME WHEN I DOWNLOADED IT TO RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY TO IT.
@@shipuku0305 Hmm, I always recommend Ubuntu as the first OS to install. It will get rid of everything and give you proprietary drivers. Those proprietary drivers is super handy to have. There could be wifi, touchpad, gpu, cpu, and etc types of proprietary drivers that the laptop needs to function with. Some linux distros and "flavors" do not have those proprietary drivers.
Without seeing the motherboard, I couldn't even take a guess, however, maybe this post can help you. www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/comments/8fnxj0/need_help_locating_write_protection_screw_on_hp/
Excellent description for installing GalliumOS. It is also possible to assess whether GalliumOS is suitable as a replacement for ChromeOS. It's like that with me. The performance is good. Very smooth work and a lot of RAM free. The devices also work, especially the speakers. My Chromebook stopped getting updates, which is especially bad for the browser. Because at some point you won't be able to watch Netflix, Prime Video, etc. anymore. Now I can use my device until it breaks. Unlock WP for all Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB30-B-104 owners: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JcZ711cxKdA.html
Help: I tried to install GalliumOS on my Acer C720 / Intel Celeron 2955U with the Haswell version of GalliumOS. I get to the screen with the rabbit; however when I try to load the GalliumOS image from my USB stick I get the following message: error: unknown filesystem. alloc magic is broken at 0X73f09740: 73e2e100. Aborted. Press any key for exit._ Any suggestions of what can be wrong and how I can fix this issue? Please let me know. I tried to download GalliumOS image on different USB sticks but I keep getting the same message. I used Rufus to create the bootable USB stick with the recommended settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Hmm. It could be the difference between a legacy boot vs UEFI boot. Try the UUI installer from Pendrivelinux.com to make your USB, I think it's worth a shot, anyway.
@@LowDoughTech thank you very much for your reply. i found a way to make it work. the problem was when creating the bootable usb stick using rufus. i had to change the settings from the recommended default ios mode to dd mode on the rufus app and after that my chromebook was able to read the usb immediately. the key is to make sure you are careful when creating your bootable usb stick using rufus. thank you
Does anyone know if installing GalliumOS on a chromebook requires deleting all of the data on a chromebook? I might have some important documents on there but if that's the case I might be able to just put it on some cloud storage for a bit.
Installing Gallium under this method will indeed wipe out all of the files on your Chrome OS install. The method that I cover here completely formats your hard drive before installation.
For me ChromeOS is just plain useless, like a handicapped version of Android because most of the apps I'd WANT to use on a "laptop" won't even run on a Chromebook. So Linux it is... I kind of prefer Manjaro with the plasma desktop, already comes with most of the apps/packages I like using. The warning at 1:38 though... LMAO I make "unauthorized mods" to practically EVERYTHING I own, I seriously need to get one of those shirts that says "I void warranty's"! 😎
