Hello! I am trying to install Mint on an Acer C720P Chromebook that previously was running GalliumOS.

I cannot for the life of me get the Linux Mint Live USB to recognize the internal eMMC storage so I can install to it.

I have an Arch live iso that has no issue seeing the device or formatting it, so I don’t believe it’s a BIOS or hardware issue.

I have tried both GPT and MBR, and I have also tried LMDE, all to no avail.

Please, are there any tips or things I can try to get Mint to recognize the eMMC? I want to install this to give to a friend and I really feel that Mint is a good choice for her if I can just get it to install. If it matters, the BIOS is https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fwscript.html

  • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Ok I ran into this issue on my chromebook. You need to go into the bios and select the kernel in /boot as the boot location.

    What I did longterm to make my C730 chromebook usable was get a 60gb sd card. Cut half of it off (because most is empty plastic and then stick it in the sd card slot. This means it doesnt stick out the sides. Then I use the 60gb sd card as the root drive and the 15gb internal as swap.