Install Debian Edu on Chromebooks with hard drives below 60GB

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Install Debian Edu on Chromebooks with hard drives below 60GB

Requirements:

A USB stick with Debian Edu 12.5.0 or later written to it (If you ar at a PC-dugnad on Rebel you will get a usb-stick)
Download link if you don't have a pre-installed usb-stick: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-bd/debian-edu-12.5.0-amd64-BD-1.iso
A chromebook like Lenovo N23 or similar with a custom flashed bios and a hardd drive smaler than 60GB

1. Expert Install

When the start screen first appears:

Scroll down to Advanced options -> then further down to and press e on the option Expert install

replace desktop=xfce with desktop=kde

2. The basics

select language -> Norwegian Bokmaal -> Europa -> Norge -> Fortsett
Scroll down to: Sett opp tastaturet -> Norsk ->
Oppdag og monter installasjonsmedium -> usb-storage (USB storage) -> Press Enter -> Press Enter
Select Last installasjonskomponenter fra installasjonsmediet -> Finn nettverksutstyr -> Sett opp nettverket -> Press Ja -> Press enter to continue
Velg Debian Edu-profil -> chose kun Frittstående -> press Enter ->
Er du sikker på at du vil bruke det automatiske partisjonsverktøyet? -> Select -> Nei
Delta i pakkebrukskartleggingen? -> Select Nei

3. Sett opp brukere og passord:

a) Tillate innlogging som root? -> select Nei
b) skriv inn brukerens hele og fulle navn:
c) Type ukraina in both brukernavn and passord in every field and press enter to continue

4. Sett opp klokka

Still klokka ved hjelp av NTP? -> Ja -> Press Enter to select the default optiont: 0.debian.pool.ntp.org b. Velg din tidssone -> press Enter to select Europe/Oslo ->

5. Partitioning

a) Finn disker -> Partisjoner harddisker -> scroll down to Manuelt ->
b) Select the disk to install the system on -> press Enter ->
c) Vil du lage en ny, tom partisjonstabell på denne enheten? -> Select Ja
d) Press Enter to select gpt
e) Scroll down to til LEDIG OMRÅDE and press Enter -> Lag en ny partisjon ->
f). Replace the value 15.8GB (or whatever value there is) with 300M -> Press Enter -> scroll down to Bruk som: -> Press Enter -> scroll down to EFI-systempartisjon -> Press Enter -> Scroll down to Ferdig med oppsettet av partisjonen
g) Scroll down to LEDIG OMRÅDE and press Enter -> Lag en ny partisjon -> press Enter -> Press Enter again -> scroll down to Bruk som: -> press Enter and scroll down to btrfs-journalførende filsystem -> press Enter -> scroll down to Formater partisjonen: -> press Enter -> scroll down to Monteringspunkt: -> press enter -> scroll down to Ferdig med oppsettet av partisjonen and press Enter.
h) Scroll down to Gjør ferdig partisjoneringea og skriv endringene inn på harddisken -> press Enter
i) Vil du gå tilbake til partisjoneringsmenyen? -> select Nei j. Skrive endringene til diskene? -> elect Ja and press Enter

6 Enter Console mode

a) press Alt + arrow key Right (in the bottom right corner of the keyboard) -> Press Enter to access the console
b) Type the following command in the console:

mount -o remount,compress-force=zstd /dev/mmcblk0p2

then enter the following command in the console:

nano /target/etc/fstab

a) Locate the line with UUID= (and with a long number. that number is unique for each system)

Towards the end of that line, there is a section that looks like this: defaults,subvol=@rootfs

b) change this section so it looks like this instead: compress=zstd,subvol=@rootfs
c) Then press ctrl + o -> Enter to save-> ctrl + x to exit the text editor

6. Back to graphical installer

a) Press alt + arrow key left (in the bottom right corner of the keyboard)

You are now back in the graphical installer

b) Scroll down to Installer grunnsystemet > press Enter
c) Kjerne som skal installeres: -> Select linux-image-amd64 -> press Enter
d) Drivere som skal inkluderes i initrd: -> Select Generisk: inkluder alle tilgjenglige drivere -> Press Enter

7. Set up the package manager

a) Select Sett opp pakkebehandleren -> Press Enter -> Select Fortsett ->
b) Velg og installer programvare -> Select Ingen automatiske oppdateringer
c) Delta i pakkebrukskartleggingen? -> Select Nei

8. Select applications to be installed

a) Velg hvilke programmer du vil installere ->
b) Select the following options with the space button and leave the rest as is:
- Debian Edu common desktop applications
- Debian Edu environment
- KDE Plasma
c) Press Enter to continue
d) Enable realtime process priority? -> select Nei e. Select sddm som vindusbehandler

9. Install bootloader GRUB

a) Installer oppstartssystemet GRUB ->
b) Tving GRUB-installasjon til stien for EFI fjernbart media? -> select Ja
c) Oppdatere NVRAM-variabler til å automatisk starte Debian? -> select Ja
d) Kjøre os-prober automatisk for å oppdage og starte opp Andre OS? -> select Nei
e) Scroll down to Fullfør installasjonen -> Er systemklokka satt til UTC? -> select Ja -> PAM profiles to enable: -> Press Enter to continue ->
f) Ønsker du å kjøre enable-nat på ditt system? -> select Nei
g) Velg <Fortsett> for omstart -> press Enter

10. Booting into the newly installed system

a) When the system boots to desktop in the newly installed system
b) Add the software repositories
c) Press the button with magnifying glass located on the left side of the keyboard -> then type: konsole -> and press Enter

copy paste

Open a web browser like firefox or chromium and open https://wiki.nuug.no/skolelinux-compress#copy_paste and copy and paste the following section below into konsole:

sudo pico /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove the first line with: ctrl + k f. copy and paste this section into konsole:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

Press ctrl + o > Enter to save -> ctrl + x to exit the text editor

Copy and paste the following command into konsole and press Enter

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt install task-ukrainian-desktop task-ukrainian-kde-desktop gcompris-qt zram-tools ansible -y

When the update and installation is complete, systems take approximately.: 8GB This is a saving of approximately. 50%

11. Kioskmode

a) systeminstillinger -> oppstart og avslutning -> Select Åtferd -> select logg automatisk inn som ukraina -> Plasma (X11) -> Logg inn at etter utlogging -> Select på Opna Lommebokhandsaming -> Select Endre passord -> Click in both password fields and let them be empty -> select Ja -> Press X to exit the window -> select Bruk.
b) Select Oppførsel for arbeidsflaten -> skjermlåsing -> Remove the option for > Lås skjerm automatisk etter 5 minutter and etter oppstart fra dvale/hvilemodus. -> Trykk Bruk
c) Select Regionale innstillinger -> øverste linje med Språk -> Trykk på Endra -> Trykk på Legg til fleire -> (bla nederst) Velg Українська -> Flytt øverst og trykk på Bruk.
d) Trykk på Strømstyring -> Ta vekk Lås økt -> Gjenta for På batteridrift og Lavt batterinivå -> Trykk Bruk.
e) Select Inndataenheter -> Tastaturmodell -> Scroll to google | chromebook -> select Bruk

12. Fix sound

This step is only required if there is no sound, this is true for Lenovo N23 and others

a) When the command in step xyz is finished, copy and paste the following command and press Enter

git clone https://github.com/WeirdTreeThing/chromebook-linux-audio && cd chromebook-linux-audio && ./setup-audio

13. Zram compressed swap

Is a compressed swap in physical RAM

a) Copy and paste the following command into konsole

echo -e "ALGO=zstd\nPERCENT=60" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/zramswap && sudo systemctl restart zramswap

14. Reboot system

a) When all the commands are finished
b) Reboot the system and control it boots right into desktop

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