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Installing ChromiumOS

Install ChromiumOS

  1. Get the latest chromium build from: http://download-chromiumos.appspot.com/ (it always lists the most currently build, archive.org verifies this)
    1. This is a service provided by hexxeh so is legit: https://twitter.com/Hexxeh/status/348916431913627649
    2. The builds at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ are outdated
  2. Find out the disk location of your usb key using: diskutil list
  3. Unmount the disk: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
  4. Write the disk: sudo dcfldd if=image.bin of=/dev/diskX
    1. dcfldd is an enhanced version of dd, that will calculate the blocksize for you
  5. Eject the disk: diskutil eject /dev/diskX
  6. Put the disk into your computer, select the usb key as the boot drive
  7. Go through the chromium prompts
  8. In your user account or a guest account, press ctrl+alt+t, then type install, password will be facepunch, username if requests is chronos
  9. If you ever need shell type: shell
  10. If you ever need to write to the filesystem use: mount -oremount,rw /
@rstacruz
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rstacruz commented Oct 1, 2016

Run the mac builder app: sudo Chromium\ OS\ Image\ Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium\ OS\ Image\ Creator

Where is this from?

@dsemaya
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dsemaya commented Oct 13, 2016

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.

@balupton
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balupton commented Jan 1, 2017

@rstacruz @dsemaya added this note:

This guide was last updated in 2014. I ended up giving up, as all options had issues.

@nandanhere
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nandanhere commented Feb 12, 2017

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

@freerk55
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@scuba323
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Cloudready has unofficial images available from here. They are for VMWare (VMDK Format)

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