Chrome OS

[Driftwood]

Anyone had any experience with Chrome OS installations ?

As an experiment I attempted to install Chrome OS on a spare laptop using the method in the link below.

https://beebom.com/how-install-chrome-os-on-pc/

All went according to plan until the reboot, where no OS was found.
I had several attempts & got the same result each time.
It's an older laptop, but has the required hardware.
I had a look at the hard drive afterwards using gparted in linux.
There were multiple partitions all showing yellow flags.

[piroska]

Wow.
Do a system restore on Linux.
You did back it up first right? Timeshift or something?

I never did anything like that....I just:

https://linuxhint.com/install_google..._linux_mint-2/

[Driftwood]

There was no os installed.
I formated the hard drive prior to install.
Could be part of the problem.

[Driftwood]

There was no os installed.
I formated the hard drive prior to install.
Could be part of the problem.

Woops

[zqwerty]

He means Chrome Operating System not Chrome Browser.

[wainuitech]

Just a guess --- But when you say

It's an older laptop, but has the required hardware.

Being to old it may not work. Found the following page - Dont know if its anything related or not https://github.com/sebanc/brunch/wiki/CPUs-&-Recoveries

What is the CPU in the laptop ?

[Driftwood]

Thats a good in depth article.
I'll read it some more, the answer is most likely in there somewhere.
The laptop is a Toshiba Satelite Pro L300
CPU is Intel Celeron 550 @2.0 GHz
Graphics are integrated.

I tried using the samus_recovery.bin for older CPUs but it wouldnt use it.
Kept asking for the rammus_recovery.bin

Maybe some text needs to be changed to accept it.

Also when installing I notice a mention of partition is not mounted, that may be another clue.

[1101]

Ive installed CloudReady / Neverware on a laptop , to make a Chromebook Clone

It was VERY easy to install as worked as is without issues . I'd recommend that instead of something hacked together

https://www.neverware.com/freedownload#intro-text

[Driftwood]

Yes it will run that, a lot easier to install too.

[Driftwood]

Just checked the production date on the laptop 2008
I guess its too old.