
- #CHROMIUM OSVANILLA INSTALL#
- #CHROMIUM OSVANILLA PASSWORD#
Alternative install instructions if /usr/sbin/chromeos-install doesn't work: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc.If you ever need to write to the filesystem use: mount -oremount,rw /.If you ever need sudo access in shell, type: sudo -s.If you need to debug (not available on nightly builds).Shutdown, take out the usb key, turn back on.In your user account or a guest account, press ctrl+alt+t, then type install.Press ctrl+alt+f1 to re-enter the GUI, continue with the normal steps.
#CHROMIUM OSVANILLA PASSWORD#
Set your desired password using: sudo /usr/sbin/chromeos-setdevpasswd and enter a password. Press ctrl+alt+f2 to re-enter the command prompt. Boot in debug mode: chromeos-usb.A root=/dev/sdb3 cros_debug (add cros_efi to the end if you are on an EFI device). If you do not know the install password (nighlty builds face this), press esc immediatly at booting. Put the disk into your computer, select the usb key as the boot drive. Eject the disk: diskutil eject /dev/diskX. dcfldd is an enhanced version of dd, that will calculate the blocksize for you, and output progress as it is going. Write the disk: sudo dcfldd if=image.bin of=/dev/diskX. Unmount the disk: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX. Find out the disk location of your usb key using: diskutil list. Select the image file, note that you will be in the root user directory, rather than your own, right click the titlebar to go to your hdd, then Users, then you, etc. Run the mac builder app: sudo Chromium\ OS\ Image\ Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium\ OS\ Image\ Creator. If you are using the vanilla build and are on a mac. If it has the xz extension: tar -xJf chromiumos_base_. NOTE: 5 minutes in to this build, my screen would go black, requiring my to hard shutdown. Download the swift build (unstable): !forum/project-swift. NOTE: I could not move past the welcome screen on the 64bit build due to no network being found (32bit worked).
NOTE: I could not get syncing working with this build, perhaps due to no API KEYS being provided?.NOTE: Password is unknown, instructions for working around this are provided later.NOTE: If you want developer mode, you must change _base_ in the download URL to _test_ as the base image does not have developer tools enabled.Download the nightly build (sync doesn't work):.Download the vanilla build (old but stable):.Get Chromium OS from one of the following places.