Is there a way to run Chrome OS/Chromium OS inside Virtual Box?

[captain_to_fire]

While running Ubuntu or any other Linux distro on a pretty much straightforward, I can't find any .ISO disk images for Chrome OS. I found something from here and here but it's a .img file which virtual box doesn't support. Any help would be greatly appreciated? Do you know any method @Comic_Sans_MS @Ryan_Vickers?

Edited May 25, 2017 by hey_yo_

[comicsansms]

I don't know about .IMG files, but I know if you click on .iso files, windows will mount them as a drive on your computer, which I believe you can set VirtualBox to grab.

[captain_to_fire]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I don't know about .IMG files, but I know if you click on .iso files, windows will mount them as a drive on your computer, which I believe you can set VirtualBox to grab.

 

I tried downloading it twice and this is what I got

[tp95112]

A quick google and I found this https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-run-chrome-os-in-virtualbox/ not sure if it helps

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You must have downloaded this file from somewhere, and it must have come with some explanation.  Is it a disk image? (I guess not, since it's not working like that).  Is it an image file, like, the kind of file VB creates to simulate the HDD for a VM?  Perhaps... we need to start there; finding out what it is.

 

Edit: based on this command (dd if=ChromeOS.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M) I have a feeling it's the latter.  This file is the kind of file you'd get if you were taking an image of your HDD, or a partition on it.  Try just plugging it into VB as a HDD, rather than mounting it as a CD

Edited May 25, 2017 by Ryan_Vickers

[captain_to_fire]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

You must have downloaded this file from somewhere, and it must have come with some explanation.  Is it a disk image? (I guess not, since it's not working like that).  Is it an image file, like, the kind of file VB creates to simulate the HDD for a VM?  Perhaps... we need to start there; finding out what it is.

I downloaded it as a .7z file from here and afterwards I used 7zip to extract the disk image but instead of an ISO file that virtual box can read, it was unfortunately a .img file. 

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Just now, hey_yo_ said:

I downloaded it as a .7z file from here and afterwards I used 7zip to extract the disk image but instead of an ISO file that virtual box can read, it was unfortunately a .img file. 

See above, I edited with more info just before you posted  

[captain_to_fire]

6 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

A quick google and I found this https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-run-chrome-os-in-virtualbox/ not sure if it helps

I was looking forward to something more straight forward like running Ubuntu on virtual box. I guess it's not. I can't even follow the steps in the Chromium website. 

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Just now, hey_yo_ said:

I was looking forward to something more straight forward like running Ubuntu on virtual box. I guess it's not. I can't even follow the steps in the Chromium website. 

Well, it's not really designed to just be installed an run like a "normal" OS, think of it like Android.  It comes preloaded on devices and they didn't foresee any reason to use it any other way.

[tp95112]

Just now, hey_yo_ said:

I was looking forward to something more straight forward like running Ubuntu on virtual box. I guess it's not. I can't even follow the steps in the Chromium website. 

Guess its not something people mess around with so they dont have chromium supported like the others

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Reading into this more, and looking at the windows instructions, yeah, this is just an image file like you get when taking a disk image.  They're also used for raspberry pi, etc. fairly common things.

 

But, I see why you want to load it in directly since writing it to a USB needlessly is a pain, and booting VB from USB doesn't usually work anyway in my experience.

 

This means there's no choice, you have to just convert it.  Luckily, I see no reason that shouldn't be possible since conceptually, this is the same as an .iso.

 

In fact, there seems to be a tool here that can do it: http://www.imgtoiso.com/  Maybe try that?

 

OH, and nvm what I said about loading it straight in as a HDD, it's not one of those kinds.

[captain_to_fire]

6 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Reading into this more, and looking at the windows instructions, yeah, this is just an image file like you get when taking a disk image.  They're also used for raspberry pi, etc. fairly common things.

 

But, I see why you want to load it in directly since writing it to a USB needlessly is a pain, and booting VB from USB doesn't usually work anyway in my experience.

 

This means there's no choice, you have to just convert it.  Luckily, I see no reason that shouldn't be possible since conceptually, this is the same as an .iso.

 

In fact, there seems to be a tool here that can do it: http://www.imgtoiso.com/  Maybe try that?

 

OH, and nvm what I said about loading it straight in as a HDD, it's not one of those kinds.

Thank you very much ?

[Ashleyyyy]

you can run chromium os easily. just download neverware cloudready.