How To Install Chrome OS - Complete Guide
Hello everyone.
As per request of some members. I am writing a walk through on how to install Chrome OS. But first of let me tell you, I am a complete noob at VMware. and am still figuring to work out how to use it . So if i do something silly, do tell me .
so what you will need?
1. Chrome OS
2. VMware
As per request of some members. I am writing a walk through on how to install Chrome OS. But first of let me tell you, I am a complete noob at VMware. and am still figuring to work out how to use it . So if i do something silly, do tell me .
so what you will need?
1. Chrome OS
2. VMware
and you might be asking, what is VMware?
Layman answer: Just like Virtual CD, its a virtual PC. and like you can insert cd images in virtual cd. you can install OS inside VMware. which means you can try mac while still being on windows.
so after downloading, install VMware. (normal click next etc.)
and extract .bz OS file using winrar
now fire up your virtual machine
and click new virtual machine
and click typical
then select I will install OS later and click next
after that choose linux ubuntu and then next
then name ur mahcine and spacify its location
after that give it some size. though it says 20 but it doesn't matters
we are gonna delete this anyway
now before finishing spacify ur hardware
Now this is imporant
go to network and unselect NAT and click bridge and opion below it as shown
i tried messing with resolution here.. though it didn;t work.
anyway i'll show u how to change later
so you can skip this step
here was something that i did.. though it didn't made any sense.
i was getting logging in error so i removed my CD-ROM and Floppy
and it worked..
so you might also wanna do same...
as shown below
go to network and unselect NAT and click bridge and opion below it as shown
i tried messing with resolution here.. though it didn;t work.
anyway i'll show u how to change later
so you can skip this step
here was something that i did.. though it didn't made any sense.
i was getting logging in error so i removed my CD-ROM and Floppy
and it worked..
so you might also wanna do same...
as shown below
ok alomst done
so click ok and finish
and you will notice new virtual pc is made..
no click its settings to load chrome
select that hard disk which we created earlier and remove it
click add
select new hard
and click next
so click ok and finish
and you will notice new virtual pc is made..
no click its settings to load chrome
select that hard disk which we created earlier and remove it
click add
select new hard
and click next
click use existing hard.. and next
browse for your OS which u downloaded and select it and also convet it to new format
if it asks
click ok and go back
now we are good
make ur your hard size is 2.8GB (if not then u didn't loaded file properly)
and lets start this much awaited OS
browse for your OS which u downloaded and select it and also convet it to new format
if it asks
click ok and go back
now we are good
make ur your hard size is 2.8GB (if not then u didn't loaded file properly)
and lets start this much awaited OS
Enter you login details (make a fake account just to be secure)
and bingo you are in
to full screen click here
and to access apps go here
and bingo you are in
to full screen click here
and to access apps go here
and now to change resolution
press ALT+CTRL+T
and enter
/usr/bin/xrandr
this will show you the available resolutions
after that select one
/usr/bin/xrandr --size ABxYZ
and enter
exit
as shown below
so that was it...
here are some useful shortcuts:
http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-\74wbr\76tos-and-troubleshooti
press ALT+CTRL+T
and enter
/usr/bin/xrandr
this will show you the available resolutions
after that select one
/usr/bin/xrandr --size ABxYZ
and enter
exit
as shown below
so that was it...
here are some useful shortcuts:
http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-\74wbr\76tos-and-troubleshooti
ng/developer-faq#TO\74wbr\76C-Shortcut-Keys
FINAL TIPS
if it gives error during booting
make your your hard is at IDE 0:0
(go to machine setting>>harddisk >> advance)
if error still comes then go to ur virtual machine folder and image folder
and delete the .lck folders
e.g Chrome OS.vmx.lck
If it gives error then make sure you clicked bridge and not NAT
and also go to network connects and play around with these.
e.g i changed one to from 192.168.54.1 to 192.168.1.8
my pc also has same subnet (192.168.1.*)
hope it helps
THATS ALL
FINAL TIPS
if it gives error during booting
make your your hard is at IDE 0:0
(go to machine setting>>harddisk >> advance)
if error still comes then go to ur virtual machine folder and image folder
and delete the .lck folders
e.g Chrome OS.vmx.lck
If it gives error then make sure you clicked bridge and not NAT
and also go to network connects and play around with these.
e.g i changed one to from 192.168.54.1 to 192.168.1.8
my pc also has same subnet (192.168.1.*)
hope it helps
THATS ALL