#help usb booting
edgy drift
can you get into a tty?
unique plaza
in the existing OS yes
edgy drift
what OS do you have?
unique plaza
id prefer to just usb boot so i know how later, i'm not able to connect to internet on the existing os
arch
edgy drift
do you have an arch ISO ready?
unique plaza
yes, one drive and i just flashed a 2nd
edgy drift
Ok, do you know how you installed arch on that system?
unique plaza
i usb booted but i dont remember how
edgy drift
If you give me a min I can sit down and help unless someone else gets to it first
edgy drift
On your existing OS, does it show the device?
Just gonna put this out there I'm no wizard with this shit, so best I can do is try to get you into your live usb
unique plaza
existing yes
edgy drift
unique plaza
update: something's likely wrong with the BIOS, if someone knows how to try reinstalling it i would appreciate it, if not i might recycle the laptop
unique plaza
oh @edgy drift it does seem wayland got installed on the thinkpad
whole tangle
**update: something's likely wrong with the BIOS, if someone knows how to try re...
maybe dead cmos?
they are easy fix
unique plaza
maybe dead cmos?
its a chromebook
it uses mrchromebox as the bios
i think its stored on the eMMC
unique plaza
worst case ill just rm rf / and take it to a recycling center
i got my thinkpad as an upgrade from that laptop
hollow heart
also, why is this needed? my thinkpad runs just fine without wayland.
it probably isn't
also why do you want to use a usb
unique plaza
it probably isn't
also why do you want to use a usb
so i can connect to the internet with iwd
unique plaza
it probably isn't
also why do you want to use a usb
found out wayland is on the thinkpad
either way, usb booting is completely broken rendering the laptop useless if i want to put another OS on it
and if i can't reinstall mrchromebox (i got it from a 3rd party so idk how they did) i might as well give it to an ewaste recycler
i got my thinkpad to replace that chromebook anyways so its not the end of the world but still pisses me off
hollow heart
so i can connect to the internet with iwd
cant you just do it from arch
unique plaza
no
unique plaza
yeah, my luck lol
old PCs: just work
modern shit: ill break after a few years because its funny
hollow heart
its weird
i had this laptop from like
2021
like mid year or something
and everything worked completely perfectly
and now i'm using a thinkpad 240x (its old) and shit goes wrong
i dont understand
unique plaza
lol
hollow heart
and everything worked completely perfectly
fucking vm level ootb shit
unique plaza
meanwhile this xp machine i restored that sat in a basement since 2010 and was built in 05
original gpu had bad vram
caps around the VRMs are sus
it doesnt give a FUCK
hollow heart
granted
the void iso didnt work on it since it was so old it didnt have drivers for my wifi card
unique plaza
i replaced the gpu but it still works
unique plaza
granted
the void iso didnt work on it since it was so old it didnt have drivers ...
odd
hollow heart
meanwhile this xp machine i restored that sat in a basement since 2010 and was b...
lmoa
unique plaza
meanwhile this xp machine i restored that sat in a basement since 2010 and was b...
i installed arch on this once
just werked
hollow heart
caps around the VRMs are sus
whats a vrm
unique plaza
unique plaza
whats a vrm
voltage regulator module
the inductors, caps and mosfets that switch 12v down to like 1.2v for the cpu
hollow heart
odd
no, void isos are old as hell & the latest one was from something like 9/30/20 at the time
unique plaza
bad caps there isnt good but its not the end of the universe
hollow heart
no, void isos are old as hell & the latest one was from something like 9/30/20 a...
void iso is old & the computer is new is all
hollow heart
oh
unique plaza
meanwhile i wanna buy one of those russian elbrus CPUs / boards
put astralinux on it
profit
hollow heart
no, void isos are old as hell & the latest one was from something like 9/30/20 a...
seriously, the last time they made another was this month
hollow heart
they just went dormant for >2y lmao
unique plaza
lol
hollow heart
put astralinux on it
whats that
hollow heart
they just went dormant for >2y lmao
i think they're getting less dead now though
lmao
unique plaza
uses flywm which ive never heard of
but it comes with win xp and 7 theming preinstalled and it looks legit af
hollow heart
im not even gonna look that up
unique plaza
lemme fire up my VM real quick
well, gotta fire up the server it runs on too lol
okay, once windows command prompt stops being crap and sees the host is up
hollow heart
okay, once windows command prompt stops being crap and sees the host is up
once windows command prompt stops being crap
see you in [null] years
unique plaza
i use win on my main pc bc i need easytether to connect to the internet
or ill be stuck with dsl speeds
everything else is arch tho
reporting qemu as the cpu bc i havent changed the cpu info yet lol
hollow heart
i use win on my main pc bc i need easytether to connect to the internet
vm/wsl?
unique plaza
unique plaza
put astralinux on it
Why such unknown distro?
unique plaza
why not just use vm or wsl on the main pc
virtualbox sucks, qemu is a pain and not paying for vmware + qemu on linux is more flexible
hollow heart
oh
unique plaza
Why such unknown distro?
heard russia made a linux distro and i wanted to try it
If I owned a Chromebook I would use a mainstream distro
Anyways is your issue solved?@unique plaza
unique plaza
Anyways is your issue solved?<@456226577798135808>
unfortunately no
unique plaza
unfortunately no
Elaborate your issue
scroll up, bios is screwed on lenovo n22 which means i can't usb boot
unique plaza
scroll up, bios is screwed on lenovo n22 which means i can't usb boot
Yes I did read it but I thought it was solved. Well.. let latex help you
my mind went elsewhere for a sec
can we do this tomorrow? its 11 pm in my timezone
hollow heart
same here
unique plaza
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Android_tethering ?
hotspot limit 15GB
data unlimited
easytether bypasses hotspot
hollow heart
easytether bypasses hotspot
wouldn't that do it too
unique plaza
no bc usb tethering is literally hotspot
hollow heart
huh ok
unique plaza
does mrchromebox have a discord i could ask in?