Push Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to the text mode login.
#Chromium osvanilla install#
Tl dr: here's how I figured out to install Chromium OS to disk:
#Chromium osvanilla how to#
But hopefully this blog post will help others find out how to install the darn thing. The system doesn't boot after installation. So, I was finally able to install it to disk. After some more tinkering, I found that if I ran crosh (Chrome shell) and then run the install command from there, it did what I want. After that, I was stuck in a really primitive shell that doesn't support anything I'm used to (not even ls), so I went out on a limb and tried running the command bash (which got me into a more familiar Bash shell).īut the install command was no good in Bash - it was running the GNU install command instead of the one to install Chromium to the disk.
The username is chronos and the password is facepunch. But this got me into a text mode login prompt and it took me a while to figure out the right username/password combination. The only way I could get into any form of text mode was by hitting Ctrl-Alt-F2 (which I only knew to try because I'm a Linux user). When I specifically googled how to install the Lime build, I was still finding outdated instructions.Įveryone was saying that you just hit Ctrl-Alt-T to get a shell prompt, and run the install command. It was hard to find any up-to-date information online most bloggers were talking about Hexxeh's old "Flow" builds, so the instructions were outdated. Getting it onto a flash drive and booting from it was easy enough just following the directions on Hexxeh's site, but actually installing it to the hard drive was a bit more difficult. upstream Chromium source code built daily), but it has more driver support, and it's the only build that works with the wifi on my Dell Mini 9. The Lime build is the same as the Vanilla build (i.e. I was playing with Chromium OS using the Lime build provided by Hexxeh. This information is ridiculously hard to find on the Internet. Back up anything you don't want to lose first, and I recommend disconnecting any USB hard drives to keep them far away from the disk partitioning process. When dealing with partition tables and formatting to install an operating system, it's possible to accidentally wipe out partitions that you didn't intend to and you'll lose all your files. Warning: when installing a new operating system, always make sure to back up your important files from your hard drive, and disconnect any removable USB drives that you don't want to install the OS onto!
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