can Lenovo Thinkcentre M60q tiny run puppy?

[gychang]

This miniPC sells with chromebook installed. I am wondering if a puppy can run on it, since it seems to support chromeOS natively. Anyone know?

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[Jasper]

You didn't share the hardware specs?

The wifi adapter might require a modern kernel or you could compile it yourself. Or use LAN or a USB adapter.

Connectivity
Intel WiFi 6E 2x2AX*

*6GHz WiFi 6E operation is dependent on the support of the operating system, routers/APs/gateways that support WiFi 6E, along with the regional regulatory certifications and spectrum allocation.

[bigpup]

The specs I found say it has an Intel i5 CPU.

So, it should be an X86 system.

Puppy should work OK on it.

Now the question you need to answer.

Will it be able to boot from Puppy installed on a USB drive?

Is one of the security features, stopping the ability to boot from an external drive, using a different operating system?
Need to find out!!

On Chromebooks with ChromeOS as the operating system.
You have to get the computer bios setup to allow selecting to boot from an external drive.
This is how to do it: (not sure if this computer will be the same)
viewtopic.php?p=2144#p2144
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[gychang]

Now the question you need to answer.

Will it be able to boot from Puppy installed on a USB drive?

Is one of the security features, stopping the ability to boot from an external drive, using a different operating system?
Need to find out!!

On Chromebooks with ChromeOS as the operating system.
You have to get the computer bios setup to allow selecting to boot from an external drive.
This is how to do it: (not sure if this computer will be the same)
viewtopic.php?p=2144#p2144
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thanks for info...

[pp4mnklinux]

First of all, CC2 @bigpup

Usually you want to first boot Puppy installed on a USB device. USB flash drive.

First make a backup of Chrome OS in case you want to restore:

Boot up your Chromebook and login
Plug in a spare ~2GB+ USB flash drive
Open the Chrome browser
Go to chrome://imageburner

This should give you a backup of the Chrome OS.

Next you will need to make the Chromebook able to boot from a USB device.
This gets a little complicated due to the different Chromebooks and when they were made.
Basically you need to setup the computers bios to offer the option to boot from USB.
What is needed:
"legacy boot" mode needs setup and selected in the computers bios.

How to get "legacy boot" setup depends on the Chromebook.
Basic steps:
Enable developer mode.
(This sets up the computer to always boot in developer mode, so you can select devices to boot from).
To enable developer mode:
Press and hold the Esc + F3 (Refresh) keys, then press the Power button. This enters Recovery Mode.
Some Chromeboxes have a dedicated Recovery button, which should be pressed/held while powering on
Press Ctrl + D (no prompt). It will ask you to confirm, then the system will revert its state and enable Developer Mode.
If done correctly, you get the developer mode screen that gives warning "OS verification is off"

Depending on the bios in the computer.

1. Chrome OS device with SeaBIOS:
Enable legacy boot / SeaBIOS.

Set SeaBIOS as default ( not needed, requires disabling the write protection).

OR:

2.Chrome OS device without SeaBIOS:
Flash a custom firmware.
This will install Seabios to give you legacy boot option.

Arch/Linux has a good help page on how to setup "legacy boot".
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chrome_OS_devices

MrChromebox.tech is a very good place to get needed firmware(bios).
Several versions of firmware to choose from.
https://mrchromebox.tech/

Example:
Getting "legacy boot" to work on my HP Chromebook 14.
It did not have the Seabios already installed. I had to Flash a custom firmware.
1. I enabled developer mode.
2. Used this for the custom firmware.
https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript
I just selected to do the Install/Update the RW_LEGACY Firmware. (Did not need to do firmware write-protect disable).

Now when the Chromebook boots I get the developer mode screen that gives warning "OS verification is off"
(Gives 30 seconds to give command or boots into Chrome OS).
Press keys ctrl-L
Press ESC (escape key) for boot menu.
Changes to the selection screen to choose which device to boot from.
USB is selected to boot Puppy on a USB flash drive.
Now booted to a running Puppy.

For more info, please, take a look at: https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=108246