FreeBSD on Samsung Chromebook ARM "SNOW" model XE303C12
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Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 08:58:06 UTC
Hello.
A lot of years ago,I bought the cool notebook "Samsung Chromebook "SNOW"
model XE303C12" where it seems that only ChromeOS and Linux can be
installed. The specs are the following ones :
- CPU: Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250)
<http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/product/application/detail?productId=7668>
(Cortex A15; 1.7GHz dual core cpu)
- GPU: ARM Mali-T604
<http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/mali-graphics-hardware/mali-t604.php>
(Quad Core)
- 1366x768 screen & HDMI external connector
- RAM: 2 GiB DDR3
- The memory is not upgradable as it is soldered directly to the board
- Disk: 16 GiB SSD (connected to eMMC)
- SD & USB expansion slots
- WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n
- USB slot can handle Ethernet dongle
I'm trying to look on Internet to understand if I can install FreeBSD
without having all the troubles explained here :
https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Chromebook
Which options do I have to have a fully working FreeBSD system on that
machine ? If it can't be installed natively,maybe these two options are
feasible ? :
1) to virtualize FreeBSD using qemu and kvm
2) to install FreeBSD using the crouton chroot method ?
What else ? What do you think ? Maybe you know some specific tutorial
that's more updated and that can allow me to install freeBSD on that
machine making almost everything work as expected.
--
Mario.