Is the CR-48 no longer modifiable? Keep getting Partition is strange errors or unable to modify the flag for checking the OS due to error.
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Anthony Courchaine
Dec 26, 2015, 3:16:04 PM12/26/15
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I have attempted following 2 separate documents for putting Ubuntu on the CR-48. I have been using it for quite some time, I was actually like the 5th person to receive one. Discovered developer mode switch, ctrl-d and a term using ctrl + alt + t within a few hours. Posted my findings and have been running developer mode sense. Finally got board with the default OS. However it appears the SSD was modified to a new configuration during one of the updates because not only does it not match any document I have found but also any scripts say "Your partition sizes are strange, refusing to continue, you'll need to restore the Cr-48 to factory defaults". Setting it to defaults does not correct this, it does however "fix" the partition table as I re-sized the STATE, ROOT-C and KERN-C myself attempting one walk through. Got to near end of copy and reconfig of KERN-C and could not modify the crossystem flag dev_boot_signed_only due to lots of the flags instead of being 1 or 0 are in state "error". Reinstall from flash does nothing, flipping back and forth to Dev mode also fixes nothing. Here is an output of sda from cgpt.
localhost user # cgpt show /dev/sda
start size part contents
0 1 PMBR (Boot GUID: 19A03CA9-FCFA-9540-813B-E0C5B314C7B7)
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
8671232 22573056 1 Label: "STATE"
Type: Linux data
UUID: 3FF2582D-C6C8-514F-AD5F-7ABC6B6DF865
20480 32768 2 Label: "KERN-A"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: 1BFD0A98-ACEB-B043-882D-524A2CC3C29B
Attr: priority=1 tries=0 successful=1
4476928 4194304 3 Label: "ROOT-A"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: A9ACDBBB-1A34-C948-97A3-997A50C7A72C
53248 32768 4 Label: "KERN-B"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: A0D58F5B-8081-FD48-8787-BFCCC009B76F
Attr: priority=2 tries=6 successful=0
282624 4194304 5 Label: "ROOT-B"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: BC21C237-CAB6-D74D-823C-DE73853EB457
16448 1 6 Label: "KERN-C"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: B9191722-9D6D-8348-AB33-990875C5E2E0
Attr: priority=0 tries=15 successful=0
16449 1 7 Label: "ROOT-C"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: 35442747-36B3-E148-86E1-D5C5AFD06463
86016 32768 8 Label: "OEM"
Type: Linux data
UUID: 301F8B94-0EC8-514B-B722-793D367664B3
16450 1 9 Label: "reserved"
Type: ChromeOS reserved
UUID: 70CA685E-F668-794B-A016-6DC070FED347
16451 1 10 Label: "reserved"
Type: ChromeOS reserved
UUID: E62B2F21-5BD2-5149-8724-DD482B04E282
64 16384 11 Label: "RWFW"
Type: ChromeOS firmware
UUID: 2DEE2E08-9E32-644F-9020-235748DEACB5
249856 32768 12 Label: "EFI-SYSTEM"
Type: EFI System Partition
UUID: 19A03CA9-FCFA-9540-813B-E0C5B314C7B7
31277199 32 Sec GPT table
31277231 1 Sec GPT header
DennisLfromGA
Dec 28, 2015, 2:32:50 PM12/28/15
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Hey Anthony,
I have a Cr-48 (IEC MARIO PONY 6101) that boots, updates, and runs fine - albeit a bit slow nowadays.
You can check out my partitions below and compare them to yours.
A complete restoral using the 'Chromebook Recovery Utility' should set all the partitions back to normal OEM sizes.
I've installed ChrUbuntu, added a CROUTON partition, and made other non-standard changes but have always been able to set things right again with a usb restore.
In fact, I try to keep a usb stick with a recent recovery image around just in case...
When I run any 'crossystem' commands as 'chronos' I also get a lot of errors; you need to be root or prefix it with 'sudo' to make any changes.
(I.E.) sudo crossystem dev_boot_signed_only=0 dev_boot_usb=1
There's a great site called 'Cr-48 Wikispaces' that has a ton of good info. including upgrading the SSD, flashing the BIOS, Dual-booting, etc.
Here's a very complete teardown of the Cr-48 that's pretty helpful too.
Although your partitions seem to be identical to mine, here's my 'sudo cgpt show /dev/sda' output:
start size part contents
0 1 PMBR (Boot GUID: BB403D8C-3438-5848-9171-1C5A3A9FF02C)
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
8671232 22573056 1 Label: "STATE"
Type: Linux data
UUID: B6D14E7F-56F9-244F-A02E-B626629B810C
20480 32768 2 Label: "KERN-A"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: 8D446F63-B460-A447-92C7-EB8DCD9389E2
Attr: priority=2 tries=0 successful=1
4476928 4194304 3 Label: "ROOT-A"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: 7DFE61B2-A776-2141-B950-0A049A3BF46E
53248 32768 4 Label: "KERN-B"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: 0D7EAAE0-4DEA-1F49-BCE6-E4AE4831C6F6
Attr: priority=1 tries=0 successful=1
282624 4194304 5 Label: "ROOT-B"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: F35EBE27-7CC5-A547-A4CF-75120A3EED37
16448 1 6 Label: "KERN-C"
Type: ChromeOS kernel
UUID: 51F3D6F8-91FA-5442-9EA3-720DA1AF76F3
Attr: priority=0 tries=15 successful=0
16449 1 7 Label: "ROOT-C"
Type: ChromeOS rootfs
UUID: 35A4783B-AD96-A84F-9575-C967EA93BB98
86016 32768 8 Label: "OEM"
Type: Linux data
UUID: CF9DB5AF-575D-A440-B7F4-9F5A0C6809B7
16450 1 9 Label: "reserved"
Type: ChromeOS reserved
UUID: 5D304AC7-5D13-744A-BD67-0728791578DC
16451 1 10 Label: "reserved"
Type: ChromeOS reserved
UUID: D8AC611E-A331-474A-B404-7E2D9F2EFF0F
64 16384 11 Label: "RWFW"
Type: ChromeOS firmware
UUID: 70086891-853F-0C41-8CFE-064C5D06CB7D
249856 32768 12 Label: "EFI-SYSTEM"
Type: EFI System Partition
UUID: BB403D8C-3438-5848-9171-1C5A3A9FF02C
31277199 32 Sec GPT table
31277231 1 Sec GPT headerHope some of this helps,
-DennisL
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