Dear Customer,

thank you for having purchased a ZC-T400 Free Software Laptop!

This Machine is a very special device, for it runs with free BIOS software right from power-up, no proprietary binary blobs included!

However, no system is perfect, so isn't this one. Please get familiar with your computer carefully. Please avoid modifications of your system settings without having accumulated some basic background knowledge in advance.

Note due to the original hardware setup, this machine still has a functioning — however heavily disabled — Intel Manageability Engine on board.

Scope of Delivery

Laptop including Main Battery (Capacity >= 70%)
AC Adapter 90 Watts
Power Cord

Variations to be expected. Please lookup the exact scope of delivery from the related sales page of your specific machine.

Software Setup

Basically, these machines come with the following software setup:

BIOS chip
- Coreboot Firmware (a fairly recent build)
- GRUB 2.02 Bootloader as a Payload
- proprietary Intel Manageability Engine Firmware deleted
- proprietary CPU microcode updates deleted
- customized CMOS Option Table
Harddisk
- Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre 64bit Operating System, Standard Installation
  - account: trisquel
  - password: topsecret
- Trisquel Update applied, some more Packages installed:
  - Git
  - GNU Make
  - GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)
- A coreboot folder on your Desktop
- nvramtool preinstalled, which you will use to tweak your CMOS Option Table

If you need to see how your ROM image has been created, these are your options:

See Zerocat’s Coreboot Machines http://www.zerocat.org/coreboot-machines.html
Clone the documentation via git clone git://zerocat.org/zerocat/projects/coreboot-machines and read the doc/README.md textfile.

Boot Options

When your system boots, a first GRUB menu will pop up for two seconds. Hit any key in order to access the menu, otherwise the start of your operating system will be selected automatically.

Examples

In order to start a Trisquel-USB-Live-Image, select "[u] Search ISOLINUX Menu (USB)".
In order to start a recent Debian-USB-Drive, select "[s] Search GRUB2 Configuration (USB)".
In order to cycle through pre-flashed background images, select "[b] Cycle through Background Images". Typical images are Zerocat’s logo or a photo of the flash procedure itself. A simple black background is included as well, which might be useful if you want to enter the GRUB Console.

Important Websites

The Zerocat Label http://www.zerocat.org/
Zerocat’s Online Shop http://www.zerocat.org/shop-en.html
Trisquel https://trisquel.info/
Coreboot https://www.coreboot.org/
Libreboot https://libreboot.org/
Git https://git-scm.com/

Warranty

The ZC-T400 Free Software Laptop is sold according to Zerocat’s General Business Conditions. Its Free Software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You proceed at your own risk.

Please note that not all features of your hardware might be supported by the installed software.

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