Depthboot

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Preliminary Information

Depthboot is a modification to a stock Linux distro that replaces the pre-existing kernel with that of ChromiumOS, providing near-perfect compatibility with hardware (including audio).

Section I - Build Depthboot

You can skip this step if you already built Depthboot.

Follow the instructions here to build Depthboot for your Chromebook. Make sure to input your board codename and not your stable-channel value into the automatic device finder. Make sure to skip step 5 and 6 of the build instructions, those will be covered here.

Section II - Boot into Depthboot

You can also skip this step if you already booted into Depthboot.

Open mush (murkmod only) and select option 15 (Enable dev_boot_usb). Reboot your device with the USB drive plugged in and press Ctrl+U at the developer mode warning screen.

Section III - Install to Disk

Open a terminal and run the following commands, answering prompts (if appliccable):

setup-audio
install-to-internal

You’ll now have Depthboot installed to your disk. Upon rebooting, you’ll boot into Depthboot instead of ChromeOS.

Section IV - Reverting

When you want to revert back to ChromeOS, you’ll need to flash a recovery drive with the latest version for your stable_channel and recover your device as normal (Esc+Refresh+Power, plug in your recovery drive, and wait for 10 minutes).