Re: [Libreboot-dev] [Libreboot] Is it impossible to boot distros other than Trisquel GNU/Linux on a Libreboot X60 or is something broken on my machine?

[The Gluglug]

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Did I even mention that I am an idiot? I say this, because the link
that I gave you was wrong. Here is the correct link:

http://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html

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Subject: Re: [Libreboot] Is it impossible to boot distros other than
Trisquel GNU/Linux on a Libreboot X60 or is something broken on my
machine?
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:34:19 +0100
From: The Gluglug <address@hidden>
To: bard <address@hidden>

It tells you how to prepare a bootable USB drive using dd, from the
ISO image provided by your GNU/Linux distribution. It also tells you
how to boot it from the GRUB payload that libreboot comes with by default.

On 26/04/15 15:06, bard wrote:
> I'm sorry that I'm dumb, but I don't understand how doing any of 
> that will make it so my X60 will boot any thumbdrive I plug into 
> it.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:48 AM, The Gluglug <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> 
> Boot it manually. 
> http://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html
> 
> On 25/04/15 04:50, bard wrote:
>>>> I want to keep Trisquel GNU/Linux on my Libreboot X60 
>>>> forever, I don't plan on replacing it. However for certain 
>>>> tasks I have to boot other distros on my machines, and it 
>>>> seems that on my Libreboot machine it refuses to boot 
>>>> anything other than Trisquel. I've tried Byzantium, Tails, 
>>>> Ubunbu GNOME, RLSD, and Xbuntu, and they all give the same 
>>>> error. Upon booting it the first time, I am greeted by this: 
>>>> https://i.imgur.com/gUlcCC8.jpg If I go back to the main
>>>> menu and try again, I get this:
>>>> https://i.imgur.com/LXYKAJ8.jpg It is exactly the same with
>>>> all of them except for Trisquel. That works just fine, no
>>>> problems. And I write the .ISO file to the thumbdrive the
>>>> exact same way I do all the others, with dd.
>>>> 
>>>> So I'm stumped. I'm lost. I'm not sure this is the right 
>>>> place to ask this. Could someone help me please?
>>>> 
>> 
> 
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