Hello, this is effectively a repost of a topic I (mistakenly) posted on Software/ARMv7h a few days ago https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=14068.
Long story short, I'm trying to install Arch on the internal eMMC of my C100P (4Gb). It works nicely off SD card, but then trying to install onto the eMMC results in the laptop complaining about not finding ChromeOS.
Major problem observed when installing: I get errors writing to the first few blocks of the eMMC. This could be caused by the flash chip failing or the firmware blocking access. For reference, I attached a screenshot of what happens when I dd the backup of ChromeOS back onto the eMMC (which works fine BTW).
So, has anyone managed to get Arch onto the eMMC of the Flip? Or any other Veyron based Chrome device (I noticed the discussion about the Chromebit before https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=11232)?
Would flashing Libreboot help? While prebuilt images for the C201P (speedy) exist, I have not been able to build the C100P version (minnie) which apparently are different enough to matter. I don't want to brick my device, since reflashing the chip with hardware is such a pain, even assuming I can do that with a Rpi...
How about with Uboot in flash https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-November/272511.html? Anyone managed booting Arch with that?
Thanks for any tips!