Porting Elementary OS

[hmrubin]

2 Things First of all how do I get started in adding elementary os to chrx. and Secondly is anyone here willing to help me in the process of adding it

[ghost]

Rather than cluttering up #27, I'll use this issue as a tracker for progress and collaboration.

To answer your question, adding vanilla elementary OS is as simple as adding the ISO image URLs
and extend the script to handle chrx customizations for it. However, to properly run on Chromebooks it would have to be configured and patched to properly support the hardware and it's quirks. Requiring the user to track down and install device drivers just to get a decent experience would be counter to the elementary team's vision. For now, I'm just going to port Pantheon (elementary's DE) to GalliumOS, then fine-tune the settings to make it as visually close to elementary as possible. If there is enough demand and volunteers, I'll look into creating a fork of elementary integrating GalliumOSs patches.

[hmrubin]

@dippersauce what is the current status?

[ghost]

Currently building the images now. Assuming I don't run into any problems, I'll post a Broadwell ISO around midnight.

[hmrubin]

if it isnt on chrx how do I install it? Sincerely, Harris M. Rubin

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[ghost]

Just write the ISO image directly to a flash drive using dd then boot the Chromebook with it. I'm running into a small problem building the ISO however. All of the instructions I can find using genisoimage or mkisofs to generate the image use isolinux, which doesn't seem to be present in GalliumOS images. Any advice @citrusui or @reynhout?

[citrusui]

I'm not familiar with isolinux and such, but if you post the exact command you're using to build the image, that might help...?

[ghost]

@citrusui

sudo mkisofs -D -r -V "GalliumOS" -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o ../gallium-pantheon.iso .

I'm executing this in the root directory of the intended image. I've tried generating an isolinux binary for the image using syslinux but the result doesn't boot.

[citrusui]

I found a file from GalliumOS that is used to build its ISOs: https://github.com/GalliumOS/galliumos-imager/blob/master/galliumos-imager.sh

[reynhout]

@citrusui We don't use that any more, but it should still work (or at least be a useful example).

[hmrubin]

@dippersauce whats the current status?

[J0hannes91]

are you still interested in this?

[reynhout]

@J0hannes91 I think it would be a great addition, and I would help where I am able.