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title: OpenBSD Install Attempt on a Samsung Chromebook Plus
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x-toc-enable: true
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System Configuration
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Hardware: Samsung Chromebook Plus XE513C24 (gru\_kevin)
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Tested on Libreboot 20230423 (Canoeboot is a fork of Libreboot)
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Operating System: OpenBSD 7.3
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Install Media Preparation
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=========================
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Follow the OpenBSD arm64 installation instructions in the link below:
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https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/arm64/INSTALL.arm64
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Write the install73.img file to a micro sdcard. Replace `sdcard_device` below
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with the appropriate device path on your system.
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```
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# dd if=install73.img of=/dev/sdcard_device bs=1M status=progress; sync
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```
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Installation Attempt
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====================
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1. Insert the micro sdcard into the slot on the Chromebook.
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2. Power on the Chromebook.
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Initially things looked promising as the system automatically found the OpenBSD
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EFI image on the micro sdcard and proceeded to the OpenBSD boot prompt. However
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there was a strange display issue where the first character on each row of the
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display was missing.
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After a brief pause, the OpenBSD boot process continued. A message displayed
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indicating an error opening random.seed but continued to load the OpenBSD
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kernel. Unfortunately the system then froze indefinitely. See screen shot
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below.
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