I actually hadn't been using this Chromebox for a while since the large monitor is connected to the Linux workhorse in my living room and that's where I do my software and hardware hacking these days. I decided to take the Chromebox out of retirement and install a fresh OS to check that it was still working.

First I upgraded the BIOS to UEFI firmware using MrChromebox's install script. Running a legacy BIOS irked me.

Then I plugged in a flash drive containing the install image for openSUSE Leap 16.0, booted to that and chose the install option.

The installer is different in 16.0 from older releases. I made the appropriate configuration choices and clicked Install. After a few minutes it completed with no issues and I rebooted to 16.0.

I couldn't find the familiar YaST to enable the openssh server. So I did it from the command line:

sudo systemctl enable sshd
sudo systemctl start sshd

Declare success and quit while I'm ahead.