![]() ![]() Alternatively use tools like bandizip on a Windows machine and compress directly into xz. Now it can be compressed with tar.xz and is remountable by Etcher. It will take a wile depending on the size of the usb and the partitions inside it. Loop recovery image (saved to some location and with the full file name) losetup -fP. Assuming that the only drives that are plugged is the hard drive and the USB usually the USB is assigned the "b" letter (/dev/sdb). Now is the time to do the hacking of your system and transform it to an Official Chromebook. If you have come so far you actually already know about at least one of these options from the installing procedure described above. Make sure to use root by typing "sudo su". You can access the shell by either opening up the developer shell (Ctrl-Alt-F2) or access it from the chromium browser in a guest account (Ctrl-Alt-T) and typing "shell" then Enter to activate the shell. Make sure your USB drive is plugged in and enter the shell. One on the hard drive and one one the USB. Once booting into your freshly installed Chromium OS device you now have two copies of the Chromium OS system. Modifying USB from hard drive (backup solution) WARNING: This step will wipe your hard drive. ![]() Instructions for how to install Chromium OS is found here for ArnoldTheBat distributions. The modifications procedure is the same in either case, you need to make change or add to the OS partition on the Chromium OS with files from the Chrome OS recovery image.įor this purpose I will describe what you need to modify after you've actually installed Chromium OS to the target device assuming that your Linux environment is a freshly installed Chromium OS device. However if you have access to another Linux environment on the target machine or somewhere else you could create permanent modifications directly to the USB stick with the correct Chrome OS configuration and use as a recovery USB for your system. The easiest way is just to boot into your Chromium OS from the USB since it's has the kernel loads and everything you need to modify your Chromium OS. You'll primary need Ubuntu to compile the image and intructions is available on Chromium Project web site. You can use Etcher to create your USB independent of if you use Mac, Windows or Linux.įor advanced users you could compile the latest version of ChromiumOS with a more specific architecture board that suits your machine best. As base chromium distribution use ArnoldTheBats special build. The files on the partition system need to be modified on that USB, or a copy of it, with the recovery image from Google. Next thing you need to do is to create a bootable Chromium OS USB. You'll need to have access to that file on the target machine later. Save that file in a location of your choice. Uncompress with your favorite zip-software and notice that the recovery image has a. You should now have a copy of a compressed version of a recovery-image. Download the repository information file (nf) from here (showed below) and match the image you want and use the image download link that is associated with that Chrome OS device. Google uses a recovery system for their Chrome OS devices that includes downloading the latest recovery image from their file repository. Downloading Google recovery image and create a bootable Chromium OS USB Most of the official Chromebooks make use of Intel CPU's, and therefore this article is mainly targeted to those who want to install Chrome OS on an Intel device. Next steps includes download and later mounting a recovery image associated with one of those devices. Once you've determined the code name, compare with the platform detail from the list of Official Chrome OS devices from here, and make a note of which one you would like to try out with the corresponding architecture. But you need to know what architecture your specific machine have. many Intel laptops from 2015 make use of a CPU with a Broadwell architecture and many laptops from 2016-2017 make use of the Skylake architecture. Google your CPU model and find out the codename for your specific CPU microarchitecture, e.g. Crucial stepsīefore you do anything else you've to check the compability of the machine that you want to install an Official Chrome OS into. The most obvious benefit of running an Official Chrome OS is that it supports Google Play. ![]() The main goal is to transform a ChromiumOS distribution into an Official Chrome OS distribution so it can run on a non-chrome device. ![]() Abstract: This article discuss several approaches to install an Official Chrome OS on a non-chrome device by installing and modifying a Chromium OS installation with an Intel CPU. ![]()
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