Sunday, November 29, 2009

Chrome OS running on EEE 900 (wifi, audio, internal HD)

Got the Chrome OS running on my EEE 900 this weekend; here's the details:
Started with the VM image (http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/) - cool, but didn't run on the netbook...
So, got the Chrome OS image installed on a USB drive (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-google-chrome-os-and-run-on-a-real-computer/) - easy to use, instructions get this on a bootable USB drive. This works great on may laptops and netbooks.

One step further (get the USB image on internal HD of the netbook):
Boot the netbook with something like DSL (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/all-in-one-usb-dsl/). Also, make sure you have your Chrome OS USB key plugged in as well while booting...
Open up a terminal (on DSL boot).
Type (may need to alter the /var/* targets):

dd if=/var/sda of=/var/hdc

Give it ~20 mins...
And bam - boot your EEE 900 from the HD connect to your wireless network and have audio!! FTW!!

Results:
- Pretty fast...
- Very simple
- Terminal accessible from ctrl+alt+F2
- Looks nice

1 Comments:

Blogger Peterson said...

Was thinking of trying this on my 900 (which is just gathering dust). Curious if your fans are spinning. I've heard they may not on this model.

J

Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:10:00 AM  

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