- Get the latest chromium build from: http://download-chromiumos.appspot.com/ (it always lists the most currently build, archive.org verifies this)
- This is a service provided by hexxeh so is legit: https://twitter.com/Hexxeh/status/348916431913627649
- The builds at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ are outdated
- 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
- 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 requests ischronos - If you ever need shell type:
shell - If you ever need to write to the filesystem use:
mount -oremount,rw /
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Installing ChromiumOS
Yes, where do you get the Chromium OS Image Creator? It appears to no longer be on Hexxeh's site. The VMs are also gone. I need a Chromium VM.
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ok i have downloaded a build from hexxeh's website
now i extracted it and i have a weird file format (something like "chromeos_base_image" no .bin , no .img
so im kind of stuck ...can you help me?
im on windows 7 64 bit, if that helps
Cloudready has unofficial images available from here. They are for VMWare (VMDK Format)
This seems to be outdated, and https://download-chromiumos.appspot.com/ is gone.
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