babatate Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 No idea if this is the correct forum for this but I'm hoping someone can help. I have over 100 Toshiba netbooks in school that are labouring under the weight of age, and some Chromebooks that everyone is fighting over!! I have the bright idea of installing Chromium OS on the netbooks and whilst limiting their function, making them faster and more responsive - also giving a more 'unified' experience to the children. We have a Google Apps domain and the money to purchase more chromebooks is just not there. I have used the builds and instructions from Arnold the Bat's website and have got Chromium to work from a USB stick on our NB250 and NB300 netbooks (the NB510s are still a work in progress) EXCEPT When the netbook boots, the wireless starts up and is enabled, up to the point where the Chromium login screen loads, when it immediately becomes disabled (It's Atheros, not Broadcom) with no way to turn it back on. However when you attach an Ethernet cable and a LAN connection is established, up comes the wireless and connects - and stays connected when the netbook is detached from the LAN. The wireless remains connected until the netbook is restarted. So not a driver issue, maybe? My problem is that I have no experience with Linux/Chromium/Chronos and not a clue how to attempt to alter the default behaviour and I am hoping some very kind person can point me in the right direction. I have experimented with different builds downloaded from the website, to no avail. Any ideas gratefully received, thank you.
LeMarchand Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 Sounds like you and @NB9457 should pool resources! http://www.edugeek.net/forums/hardware/164878-os-should-i-use.html#post1412001 No direct help with your problem, but there are some alternative suggestions there.
mavhc Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 Could also try For Individuals — Neverware although their toshiba support isn't as good as their dell support
Hulbert99 Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 We have installed the Neverware version onto a suite full of HP desktops and a couple of Latitude D530's. Works very well and enrolls into our management console without any issues.
mavhc Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 We have installed the Neverware version onto a suite full of HP desktops and a couple of Latitude D530's. Works very well and enrolls into our management console without any issues. How much does that cost?
CyberNerd Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 How much does that cost? You have to pay the Google licence of £19 (one off) and the neverware license $59 (lifetime) or $25 annual
babatate Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 I've tried the Neverware version on the Toshibas but struggled to get it to boot - something to do with the Intel onboard graphics.
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