[Solved] No bash shell in crosh (FydeOS 20)

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:pushpin:Question Description

Have you searched the community for related issues?

  • This sounds like the same problem noted here for FydeOS 19 where the OP’s solutions are not appropriate in this case.

Please describe the problem you’ve encountered in detail:
I wish to access the bash shell in crosh but this fails when I enter shell with the following error:

ERROR - ERROR: unknown command: shell

:computer:System & Device Information

  • Hardware & System Configuration:
    • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
    • Graphics Card: integrated Radeon Graphics
    • RAM: 32Gb
    • FydeOS Version: 20.0 (Fresh install)

When I try to activate Developer Mode, after reboot, Developer Mode returns to its OFF state. I’m therefore stuck. :frowning:

I need a way to activate Developer Mode so that I can access the bash shell in crosh.

Thanks for your help.

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Make sure boot in uefi mode and nothing prevent fydeos to modify the efi partition. If fydeos can’t modify the efi partition, you can’t turn on developer mode.

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Thanks for the tip. I was in UEFI mode but I’d been ignoring a persistent GRUB error at boot time (error no server is specified). This could have affected FydeOS’s ability to update the efi partition.

So, rather than troubleshooting that, I decided to reinstall FydeOS 20.0 from scratch. This has solved the Developer Mode problem and I can now access bash from crosh.

Thank you!