Hello everyone. I asked about this a couple of days ago in someone else’s thread but, although we’re getting the same error, his title doesn’t match my situation so I decided to give this it’s own thread. I don’t know that his issue was ever resolved.
I’m trying to install to a UHS-3 micro sd card for legacy bios with grub to run from my chromebook’s sd slot. I’ve had both Arch and Garuda running from the sd slot, and Garuda was just straight installed with Calamares for legacy boot. First, the CachyOS install failed to mount / with a f2fs file system, so I tried to install again with ext4 and got the same failure to mount. I’m trying to install kde plasma. I’ve been running Garuda KDE Dragonized great from micro sd but I think it’s a bit too heavy to run some games it should be able to run (it also may be the sd slot speed or many other things). The CachyOS Plasma looks to be quite a bit lighter and CachyOS looks super-interesting. Also, my trackpad isn’t detected in the CachyOS installer (had to plug in a mouse), but I’ve not seen that problem in any other linux I’ve tried on the Chromebook so far…
I read that CachyOS has a few options for bootloaders, but I didn’t see any options in the installer. I’m wondering if it tried to install the default SystemD bootloader that doesn’t work in legacy bios. I already trashed the install and gave the sd card back to my tablet, so I can’t check. I wish I had chrooted in and tried to install grub from the installer usb. Hindsight is always 20/20. I may try that. I think I will replace the Chromebook’s firmware now, which will enable me to install UEFI instead of legacy
I’ll be right back with my specs…Well here is an inxi taken with garuda…
╭─user@gstick in ~ took 0s
╰─λ sudo inxi -Famz
[sudo] password for user:
System:
Kernel: 6.6.63-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=203ed048-79f1-4380-a61c-987ab8b58e9c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Google product: Rammus v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 3 serial: N/A
Mobo: Google model: Rammus v: 1.0 serial: <filter> part-nu: sku10337
BIOS: coreboot v: Google_Rammus.11275.224.0 date: 03/15/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.1 Wh (97.3%) condition: 33.0/48.1 Wh (68.7%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.9 model: AS1GVPc C433-41 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging cycles: 61
Memory:
System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.73 GiB used: 2.09 GiB (56.0%)
igpu: 64 MiB
Array-1: capacity: N/A slots: 2 note: check modules: 2 EC: N/A
max-module-size: N/A
Device-1: Channel-0-DIMM-0 type: LPDDR3 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB
speed: 1867 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Samsung part-no: K4E8E324EB-EGCF serial: N/A
Device-2: Channel-1-DIMM-0 type: LPDDR3 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB
speed: 1867 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Samsung part-no: K4E8E324EB-EGCF serial: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core m3-8100Y bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
note: check level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: performance cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 bogomips: 12805
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 615 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591c
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56d4
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x463d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 615
(AML-KBL) device-ID: 8086:591c memory: 1.82 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics 615 (AML-KBL) driver: mesa intel v: 24.2.7-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:591c surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.2.7-arch1.1 (LLVM
18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_soc_skl v: kernel
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.6.63-1-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 234.23 GiB used: 12.55 GiB (5.4%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: SanDisk model: DA4128
size: 116.48 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: Removable
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:24 model: USD00 size: 117.75 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: Removable tech: SSD
serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 32 GiB size: 32 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.98 GiB (34.3%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 maj-min: 179:25
ID-2: /home raw-size: 85.75 GiB size: 85.75 GiB (100.00%)
used: 1.57 GiB (1.8%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2
maj-min: 179:26
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 32 GiB size: 32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.98 GiB (34.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1
maj-min: 179:25
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 32 GiB size: 32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.98 GiB (34.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1
maj-min: 179:25
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.73 GiB used: 922 MiB (24.2%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 39.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 227 Power: uptime: 39m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 1.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1382 libs: 381 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.16p2 default: Bash
v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
I was just wondering if anyone might know right off what the issue is. Thanks for any help.
UPDATE:
OK. I installed the UEFI/Full ROM firmware from mrchromebox.tech, wiped and formatted the internal emmc storage (goodbye ChromeOS [I reserved 32GB for FydeOS in dualboot]), partitioned the emmc drive with the Garuda installer, and before I installed it, I decided to give CachyOS another try in a UEFI install. I rebooted my Ventoy USB, selected CachyOS, and THERE IT WAS!! The 3rd option said something like, “CachyOS for Legacy Bios”. I’d bet, had I noticed that option last time I installed, I wouldn’t have had to wipe out ChromeOS but, honestly, ChromeOS had too much ridiculous security implements and not enough support for trivial things, like mounting a linux file system. I think I’ll like FydeOS a lot more. As for CachyOS, I’m fixing to find out, but Garuda KDE Dragonized is a hard act to follow.
Oh, also, I found that my trackpad DID work in the CachyOS installer (at least in UEFI boot) but not if I tried to use it like I usually do; with my fingertips the pointer wouldn’t budge…I had to lay my hand flat and use the pads of my fingers, giving the touches as much pad as I could. Two finger scrolling was hit or miss, but got better with a little practice. Now, after the install, I’m surprised to say, the trackpad is working normally.
CachyOS is now the 4th Distro I’ve installed to bare metal. Been using Linux as my only PC OS for near 10 years, and have messed with a whole lot of distros in VMs, but to bare metal, I’ve only installed 4. Manjaro Xfce, Garuda KDE Dragonized, Arch with KDE, and now CachyOS with KDE Plasma. Well, I’m off to run my first command…an inxi. I’ll share the output here for giggles and comparison…
EEK!! 1st impression:
I can’t stand when OSes don’t put a terminal launcher in the panel. Come on guys…this is linux. That’s ok…I know how to pin it…
~
❯ sudo inxi -Famz
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
For security reasons, the password you type will not be visible.
[sudo] password for user:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.8-2-cachyos arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 18.1.8
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: quiet zswap.enabled=0
nowatchdog splash rw rootflags=subvol=/@
root=UUID=25c7925e-3e01-4a6f-9d13-c8be5dc1b739
initrd=\initramfs-linux-cachyos.img
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner
dm: SDDM Distro: CachyOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Google product: Leona v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 9 serial: N/A
Mobo: Google model: Leona v: 1.0 serial: <filter> part-nu: sku10337
UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-2408.1 date: 09/14/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.9/48.1 Wh (89.2%)
volts: 13.0 min: 11.9 model: AS1GVPc C433-41 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging cycles: 47
Memory:
System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.72 GiB used: 2.05 GiB (55.0%)
igpu: 64 MiB
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB note: check slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-0-DIMM-0 type: LPDDR3 detail: N/A size: 2 GiB
speed: 1867 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: K4E8E324EB-EGCF serial: <filter>
Device-2: Channel-1-DIMM-0 type: LPDDR3 detail: N/A size: 2 GiB
speed: 1867 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: K4E8E324EB-EGCF serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core m3-8100Y bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
note: check level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3400 base/boost: 1600/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 400
2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 bogomips: 12799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 615 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591c
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 13d3:56d4
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x463d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.3-cachyos1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 615
(AML-KBL) device-ID: 8086:591c memory: 1.82 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics 615 (AML-KBL) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:591c
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_soc_avs v: kernel
alternate: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.12.8-2-cachyos status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 116.48 GiB used: 9.37 GiB (8.0%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: SanDisk model: DA4128
size: 116.48 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: Removable
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 20 GiB size: 20 GiB (100.00%) used: 9.05 GiB (45.2%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 maj-min: 179:2
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%)
used: 183.1 MiB (30.6%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
maj-min: 179:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 63.89 GiB size: 63.89 GiB (100.00%)
used: 151.3 MiB (0.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3
maj-min: 179:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 20 GiB size: 20 GiB (100.00%)
used: 9.05 GiB (45.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
maj-min: 179:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 20 GiB size: 20 GiB (100.00%)
used: 9.05 GiB (45.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
maj-min: 179:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 150 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.72 GiB used: 607.5 MiB (16.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C pch: 28.0 C mobo: 19.9 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0
Info:
Processes: 227 Power: uptime: 39m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 1.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1155 libs: 297 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.16p2 default: Bash
v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
~ 6s
2nd impression: Oh hellya!! It comes with fish!!
EDIT: After quite a few hours setting things up, I can say, I like CachyOS very much. I will keep it on my Chromebook for awhile. Thanks. This is awesome work!
GREAT JOB!!!