- Download the latest chromium build from: http://download-chromiumos.appspot.com/ (it stays up to date with the latest build, archive.org verifies this)
- NOTE! You must change
_base_in the download URL to_test_as the base image does not have developer tools enabled, and has an unknown password so you can't install it - This is vouched by hexxeh so is legit: https://twitter.com/Hexxeh/status/348916431913627649
- The builds at vanilla builds at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ are outdated
- The builds at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/project-swift are currently unstable and only used for debugging auto updates
- NOTE! You must change
- Extract the archive using:
tar -xJf chromiumos_base_image.tar.xz - Find out the disk location of your usb key using:
diskutil list - Unmount the disk:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX - Write the disk:
sudo dcfldd if=image.bin of=/dev/diskXdcflddis an enhanced version of dd, that will calculate the blocksize for you, and output progress as it is going
- Eject the disk:
diskutil eject /dev/diskX - Put the disk into your computer, select the usb key as the boot drive
- Go through the chromium prompts
- In your user account or a guest account, press
ctrl+alt+t, then typeinstall, password will befacepunch, username if requested ischronos - Shutdown, take out the usb key, turn back on
- If you ever need shell type:
shell - If you ever need sudo access in shell, type:
sudo -s - If you ever need to write to the filesystem use:
mount -oremount,rw /
- Running install on the swift builds complained about GPT table curruption, wanting me to run cgpt repair, and screen would go back within 5 minutes once installed
- 64bit build of http://download-chromiumos.appspot.com/ doesn't work with our wifi card, 32bit build found the wifi, but needed a password to install, no one knows what this password is
- The swift builds worked fine, but is quite outdated so not all extensions worked (chromium v28)
Where is this from?