Thank you !!! this method allowed me to update my old chromebook acer c720p which no longer had an update (and could not launch android apps). Everything works perfectly !! the chromebook now allows me to use android applications!
Can anyone help me? My Notebook uses the Intel Celeron 723 1.2 GHz processor, 250HD, 2 RAM. I did everything according to the orientation of the video, but when I go from boot after installed, the message appears: Missing OS. Can anyone help me, my PC is compatible?
This is an awesome video! Thank you so much for putting your time into making it! I think Chrome OS with both Google Play Android apps and Linux apps is the perfect mix for a modern Linux environment. I mean, I never got super excited about running Linux alone, nor Chrome OS. Now I can have the best of not one, not two, but of three worlds! I'm so excited!
@@circuit10 Yeah, I know. I've tested it before, but I was very disappointed that it didn't run most of the apps I personally needed it to and, those that it ran, it was super buggy. But thanks for mentioning it, anyway.
5 Stars! Had a little trouble running the brunch files but eventually got them to work. I put this on 3 old inspiron 11 laptops and it improved the speed extremely well. Would recommend you do this to any old computer that you don't use. Perfect for kids who need a computer for school work and just simple web usage like UA-cam. For the price of a 32G flash drive, you can turn any old computer into a perfectly suitable chromebook.
i was installing chrome os in my old laptop but when i restart it didnt detect os so i had to install linux. but its fine linux does not need fast computers, so my laptop is runnig 5x faster then it was.
Thanks so much for this wonderful and very detailed tutorial. It helped me to give a 2nd chance to my very limited Celeron, 32 GB emmc storage and 2 GB RAM laptop. I wasn't even allowed to update Windows 10, and the performance was terrible. Thank you again.
@@Waldillogrillo Thanks for the information, I was considering to upgrade my 2nd gen i3, 2GB ram laptop. I was so worried, if it'll work? Now, I'll try upgrading it.
Extremely impressed with this. I made the "magic mint USB stick" 6 months ago when you released this video. Recently I treated myself to an Intel amber lake Y SBC PC. Today I came across the old USB stick, and thought "why not?". Wow! It's awesome 😃
This is insane ! I was about to throw away my surface 3 (non-pro) which was useless since it has only 64go and 2gig ram and it was soooo slow with windows and with any kind of linux it was crashing wifi. I was about to give up but i saw your video and BOOM it works so freakin well ! SO THANK YOU Kedar ! so much. and ETA because i saw this video first on your chanel.
I was thinking the same thing. Only thing I can figure is he's catering to Windows users, but it's still easy to do on Mint. Especially since he's already directing users to open that folder. 🤷♂️
Yes, this is a really crazy suggestion IMHO. Even a simple text editor, like nano from the command line, or Mousepad or whatever is installed by default as the GUI alternative, can be explained in a few seconds even to a "dumb windows mouse user", most of which won't have Notepad++ on their Windows box anyway. They will run into trouble due to the line endings anyway when they try to edit the file with Notepad, or even more trouble after having tried Word instead...
@@BenReese but the file opens as read only, so no way to edit the file directly or even save on desktop, edit and copy back doesnt work. I think because usb is mounted as cd drive, any way around this? I went back to windows and edit that way instead.
@@benhetland576 For everyone that keep saying you can just edit your install script, that's the catch with this being a live cd is that the drive is mounted as read only. Unless a persistant store was created as part of the live cd OR chromeOS was actually copied into the live cd system image, otherwise you really can't just "edit" it. The alternative is to just copy the contents into the live cd home directory (if your drive is large enough) and then modify it there. If your drive isn't large enough, copy just the install.sh, and change the directory to ChromeOS-install.sh and rammus_recovery.bin to absolute paths instead of relative.
I have ADHD and following instructions is always a challenge for me.. however with your help and hours of toil.. I was able to get this done.. a HUGE THANK YOU..
I saw that this video is from a year ago and thought it won't work, but it's fully working on my HP 250 g7 i3 processor I didn't encounter any problems while following this video's instructions. Thank you very much
This brought new life to my expensive google pixelbook gen1 laptop. Google dropped support for it and i had loaded the coolstar full UEFI firmware and was already running cloudready but this gives me back full chrome support and google play.
How? I did everything correctly and then of course the very last step I don't get the "delete everything and reboot" option I get a stupid "syntax error near unexpected token"
I love your videos man. You really helped me out. I turned a severely under-powered windows 10 laptop into a Chromebook. Its perfect for on the go note taking and word processing.
One important detail that was not mentioned in the video/description. For this to work, your machine needs to support UEFI booting and disabling secure boot. Lots of old machines only have legacy booting (BIOS). Found this out after spending a few hours on a couple of old laptops. Installation worked fine, but they just won't boot because of lack of UEFI.
@@wookieefer4468 No, not installation problem. It won’t boot. Chrome OS only supports UEFI boot. If your computer doesn’t support UEFI boot, you can try CloudReady. There is another variation of Chrome OS and it’s free.
I came across your video and I never thought I needed this in my life! Had an old Acer laptop with an atom processor lying about, which had about 500-600MB of free space after win 10 update. The install was a breeze. Glad I went with samus instead of rammus recovery file. I almost went with rammus. Got a bit nervous when I removed the USB drive and the screen froze after the installation. Restarted and ChromeOS booted normally. Had another minor scare when the screen said "Loading bunch framework" and below that "ChromeOS rootfs is being rebuilt due to an update or a change in options. Please be patient as it can take a few minutes" waited a while and finally got myself a Chromebook! Sorry for the long comment though. Went through the other tutorials, but yours is just perfect. I'm now subscribed! PS: I have 32 gigs of total storage on my laptop. As per the settings ChromeOS uses about 14.4GB which left me with 17.6GB.
same here with a 5 year old old asus t100han transformer book. tried multiple linux distros only to find out that chrome os works best on it driver wise. did you find out how to update chromeos manually considering you installed it 4 months before i did? it doesn't find updates for me and im on rammus build 94.0.
@@jtz7070 So far I haven't updated it yet. I doubt sammus will be updated. In case of rammus, i suppose you'll need to go through the whole process considering the version of the file changes. Since the version is not exactly official, we won't get automatic updates. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a way. Let me know if you're able to. Good luck!
@@nitishpai788 it's a recovery image that you ar eflashing onto the device so you are probably right. i was just thinking that there might be a way for it to find updates anyway.
While I'm personally comfortable going traditional linux? For people who aren't, or really only need chrome/android apps? This is a good way to breath some life in older hardware.
It's the perfect middle ground for doing everything. I like linux but I'm still very new to it. With this I can get about 90% of the apps I like very quickly and comfortably but then I can still get some of my games and things like gimp with linux.
I am more comfortable with a full blown linux distro, but I do not want Chrome and all of its google stuff to contaminate mental my workspace. I only boot into windows once in a long while for chrome syncing. I just triple booted this on top of linux and windows. It feels faster than windows and the use of android apps to substitute is working well for me.
@Adrián B.V. yeah Easily installed no need to bug test and asking Google for 15 different terminals while not knowing what's going on. I'm talking about the average person trying to run a laptop nice and simply Not someone moving too an entirely new way of thinking.
Thanks for doing a video on this. I tried some really janky ways of getting actual chrome os on one of old Surface Pro tablets, but it never worked. I'm about to try this method! UPDATE 2:26am - That worked perfectly! I now have Chrome OS on my Surface Pro 2 and so far everything is working without any problems. UPDATE Next day: Everything is working really well....except sleep. The display will turn off, but only for a minute or two and then it comes back on. When I specifically put it to sleep, it won't come out of sleep. I have to reboot unfortunately. I'm going to try on a desktop and see if that persists. If anyone has an idea why it won't sleep properly, I am all ears!
@@Viking8888 Thanks man. It sounds stupid but the error i got was because it disconnected from the internet but now everything is good snf running on the surface. I do have an all in one Dell that doesn't let me install chrome os but I was able to leave Linix Mint so it'll be fine for now
HI! Were you able to solve this? I'm facing something similar where I installed it alright, it worked perfectly but when I restarted it, I am just getting a blank screen now.
For those who have Nvidia GPU and are getting stuck at the white Chrome OS loading screen, here is the fix - you need to add this line "module_blacklist=nouveau" to the kernel command line ( just after "cros_debug" ) in the grub menu. Hope this helps 🙂
So, this will make sure the open source NVIDIA drivers don't load right? Does that mean it uses the binary drivers from NVIDIA? Is there a way to configure that?
@@megan_alnico Sorry I haven't actually tested the graphics acceleration for nvidia cards. As of now intel works perfectly, For nvidia I'll have to test with some linux apps too.
Hi, I have an iMac 27 inch late 2013 with Nvidia GPU and I get stuck at Patches are being Applied which the last step to start chrome os. this is related to Nvidia GPU as you stated above? How can I edit the kernel command line? Using what app and on which system? thank you!
Thank you so much for this! It worked amazing on My Acer Aspire E15 (E5-575). I replaced the HDD with a 256GB Silicon Power SATA SSD and it now runs chromeos like a beast! ChromeOS is so amazing on lower end hardware, just like Linux is (which I guess it kind of is)!
Your tutorial is remarquably precise, detailled, clear, concise and easy to understand, you are a natural born teacher. I installed Chrome OS on a ASUS S 551 L with a 1 Tb HHD and Core i7 Intel CPU and a touch screen. The only problem is Google play that do not work. But I still am very pleased with the result.
thanks a lot I earlier installed cloud-ready on my pc but there was no play store and I was disappointed a lot thanks for your help. love from India!!!!!
Oh Oh. Microsoft is not going to like what I just have done!......I turn my old Surface Pro into a Chromebook! Thanks for your help here. Really like it.
Outstanding! I got this to install and run on an circa-2014 Asus T100TA (with a Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3740 @ 1.33GHz, which is a Bay Trail proc, with 2GB RAM and 64GB SDD), after not being able to get CloudReady to USBboot. It's a 64bit proc, but the UEFI is 32bit. I couldn't get Mint 19 liveUSB to to boot, but I was able to get the ElementaryOS 5.1.7 distro to liveUSB boot. Once I got that (and after changing the install.sh script to account for the correct drive), Chrome OS installed pretty smoothly. So far, most all the hardware is working on Chrome OS, although not the webcam. I used Brunch r86 k4.19 stable 20201014 and Rammus 86. Thanks!
So I just want to clarify, when you do a sudo reboot after you install chrome os do you at that point yank the USB out? Assuming the PC or laptop would actually want to restart. Or does it shut off and then you can safely remove the USB? Also if I have a blank ssd installed in a laptop can I still boot into the laptops bios? Cheers.
we have to rethink the definition of an old machine. My old machine doesn't have UEFI and has barely 64bit. That "old" laptop is way better than the one i'm currently using.
I believe this is more vital to use towards Cpu's like Intel Duo core 2, or the Intel core I3. Because CPU's like the i5 and i7 are still used widely, and produce minimal thermal issues.
Thx mate, this will defentely convince my parents to let me reinstall that old dustblower with a faster operating system than windows, they're sceptical about linux because they don't know it(I use linux everyday and have it installed on all my computer, it's totally amazing) but they know what chromeos can do.
Fantastic video, the instructions work perfectly! Has anyone come across an issue whereby Chrome OS would freeze at random intervals when playing a video or an Android game? I've installed it on a couple of devices with pretty decent specs (Core i5, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD) and noticed this issue, everything would lock up for around 15 seconds. Sound would stutter and you cannot click on anything on screen. It would then recover itself like nothing had happened and proceed smoothly until the next instance occurred.
"rammus" is the recommended image for devices with 4th generation Intel CPU and newer. "samus" is the recommended image for devices with 3rd generation Intel CPU and older. "grunt" is the image to use if you have supported AMD hardware.
Thankyou man...it worked..i saw your every video since starting..thx..for giving full details and I successfully installed...Have a good day everyday...
I waited a looooooong time for a chrome os solution like this! But... there is a problem. on every pc i installed chrome os, android simulation only works the first time and if i shut down the computer and restart it android simulation is just broken. (the Android services don't even start, endless loading animation. even the play store doesn't start.) I H8 LIFE!
Wait does this have GPU accel? And you think it'll be fast enough on a HDD? I want to install android/chrome os/something quick to boot so I can use it for emulators and fun. It will have a low power dgpu and run a core 2 duo
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I'm sorry, but it's literally impossible install this on a Core 2 Duo or similar age computers, they don't have UEFI boot. You can trying to use Android x86, it's very nice and works well, or install some light distro of Linux, both can work very well even a hard drive.
@@nadlax5920 thank for feedback. in fact i got 1 old laptop already install with linux mint, am thinking directly move the files into the hardisk and install directly without the usb.
@ Oh dang really? I actually installed Android x86 my pc has 8gb ddr3 I forgot what it runs it at and a e8600, it is an Optiplex 780. It only worked on the x86 version the 64 bit version wouldn't work, and then when I had x86 running it would crash after mere minutes. Its a good little PC I just wanted to install something that felt like, turn on, boot up, nice frontend without too much logging in and typing you know? I'm open to suggestions. I want it to be cute and easy for people to use, maybe even use it inside of a arcade cabinet.
Im at the sudo install.sh and stopped at chromeos-install.sh: line 5 syntax error near unexpected tokeb `$' ' ' 'hromeos-install.sh: line 5: `usage() what do i need to edit?
download notepad++. Open chromeos-install.sh using notepad++. Click edit, click EOL Conversion, select Unix. Save file and go through install process again,
This is awesome. Totally works if you follow all the steps. This will come in handy for my children, and old laptops I have access to VS buying a Chromebook. Thank you
There is no option for uefi, secure boot is disabled, pls tell me how to install uefi, the laptop is connoi student laptop with intel atom n455 something..., 1 gb ram, had activated windows 7 ultimate earlier...
would also like to know if this will receive updates just like any normal chrome os or if you would have to do this whole thing over again for updates?
@@kylef4641 This is the one piece I'm waiting to see if it works before suggesting this for some old PCs that struggle with Windows 10 but should easily be able to handle ChromeOS. If it can't auto update, that would be annoying (but at least not totally horrific) to have to manually redo them every quarter or so.
I tried this twice, and on both occasion the installation failed. Everything went fine until I booted the device; my laptop just won't boot with chrome OS, it asks me to insert a boot device again.
CloudReady seems to be good at recognising older hardware. You can either install it or just run it live from USB (not a lot slower on USB). Of course, like anything, it has pros & cons, but for a browser-centric OS that integrates with Google services (eg Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, etc) it provides a convenient solution that ticks a few boxes.
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot 🔥and gave my low end pc another chance 😀😅 Edit: I have installed v97. Works but, sometime it lags. Overall, Usable 😀. Able to run many tabs without Lag and good for teams meetings(web version on chrome). My laptop specs are:- Intel Celeron B830 @1.80 GHz dual core 2 GB DDR3 Ram 500 GB HDD Intel HD graphics Edit 2: After 1 day of meetings, UA-cam, browsing, etc... I am so impressed with my low end pc. But there is bug that sometime when I open play Store it shows loading icon and does not open. It happens many times, Any solutions?
@@Ninja_Hattori_hindi_dub I some time I used the chrome OS but I realised it had many bugs like apps not loading, glitches on screen, etc... And shifted to Linux mint. It is far better. You should shift to Linux mint to, as it is one of the safest and it works smoothly even on very low end pc. I have 2 GB ram pc, then also I have installed virtual box on Linux mint and ran MS DOS and Windows XP 😀. Which means 3 Os in 1 low end laptop running smoothly 😀😀🔥, and now downloading windows 7, hope it works, 🤞🤞
Hello! Everything seemed to go smoothly until the chrome OS installation. First it says Brunch installed (and not Chrome OS) and when I reboot it the PC just says there is no operating system.
This recovery image will only work with Intel CPUs. I had to use the grunt recovery image for my AMD based laptop and edit the file name in the install.sh file
Thank you !!! this method allowed me to update my old chromebook acer c720p which no longer had an update (and could not launch android apps). Everything works perfectly !! the chromebook now allows me to use android applications!
Which CPU is in your C720p?
I am NII from Ghana.... followed step by step and its working perfectly...… thanks bro
Man what a tutorial!! You’re awesome man!
Your the reason why all my electronics still work. I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching your videos 😎 thank you.
Thank you so much 👍 for your big shaoutout sir ! I am glad everyone is loving the installation process,Thanks again for speeding awareness.
Will this method get automatic updates or will we have to go through the process for each update?
After installation my hard drive does't appear in the boot options anymore. Any idea?
@@sSstormxXx Same situation over here, it installed successfully but it won't boot
Can anyone help me? My Notebook uses the Intel Celeron 723 1.2 GHz processor, 250HD, 2 RAM.
I did everything according to the orientation of the video, but when I go from boot after installed, the message appears: Missing OS. Can anyone help me, my PC is compatible?
Hi, is it possible to remove chrome os and go back to windows?
I had an Intel 4 core in my basement collecting dust but with help from this tutorial its my new Crome computer and its working great, Thanks!
OMG! This is going to give another 10 years of life to my old PCs. Great work !
@@shadenfraud3212 try linux mint and it give it another 30 yrs
@@joeydelmarsjr.646 i think xubuntu is more lightweight than linux mint
@@shadenfraud3212 what about manjaro
same :)
@@shadenfraud3212 ppl prefer mint or manjaro saw a review on YT
This setup was painful and scary asf... Yet worth it, thx man
Bro your wifi working or Ethernet
@@3d__glitch347 Wifi not working😔... any solution?
@@KarthikViswanath ua-cam.com/video/bcmcUlqb4xk/v-deo.html
@@KarthikViswanath watch this video it has the solution for wifi .This solution worked in my laptop.
@@3d__glitch347 Thanks bro lemme check it out
This is an awesome video! Thank you so much for putting your time into making it! I think Chrome OS with both Google Play Android apps and Linux apps is the perfect mix for a modern Linux environment. I mean, I never got super excited about running Linux alone, nor Chrome OS. Now I can have the best of not one, not two, but of three worlds! I'm so excited!
Well, there is Anbox
@@circuit10 Yeah, I know. I've tested it before, but I was very disappointed that it didn't run most of the apps I personally needed it to and, those that it ran, it was super buggy. But thanks for mentioning it, anyway.
@@medeirosdez True
5 Stars! Had a little trouble running the brunch files but eventually got them to work. I put this on 3 old inspiron 11 laptops and it improved the speed extremely well. Would recommend you do this to any old computer that you don't use. Perfect for kids who need a computer for school work and just simple web usage like UA-cam. For the price of a 32G flash drive, you can turn any old computer into a perfectly suitable chromebook.
i was installing chrome os in my old laptop but when i restart it didnt detect os so i had to install linux. but its fine linux does not need fast computers, so my laptop is runnig 5x faster then it was.
do u need 32 gb?
Rufus=
Roughus 👎
Roofus 👍
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The doofus made a goofus and it's roofus!
oh, so it is pronounced Roofus! that's how I've been saying it! I thought I may have been saying wrong, lol
Accent man but if this piss him off I'm in
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Remind me never ever to try install android or chrome on "old" pc. Never works. This was biggest waste time
Thanks so much for this wonderful and very detailed tutorial. It helped me to give a 2nd chance to my very limited Celeron, 32 GB emmc storage and 2 GB RAM laptop. I wasn't even allowed to update Windows 10, and the performance was terrible. Thank you again.
Does it work?
@@just.nobody Yes, it does. At least, it did to me.
@@Waldillogrillo Thanks for the information, I was considering to upgrade my 2nd gen i3, 2GB ram laptop. I was so worried, if it'll work? Now, I'll try upgrading it.
How do you installed it to your emmc storage for me it always says : is not a valid disk name . t doesnt work with dev/mmclbk0
Extremely impressed with this. I made the "magic mint USB stick" 6 months ago when you released this video. Recently I treated myself to an Intel amber lake Y SBC PC. Today I came across the old USB stick, and thought "why not?". Wow! It's awesome 😃
I'm trying to play Minecraft but it doesn't detect my controller what do I do
@@muminamir3755 give up
This is insane ! I was about to throw away my surface 3 (non-pro) which was useless since it has only 64go and 2gig ram and it was soooo slow with windows and with any kind of linux it was crashing wifi. I was about to give up but i saw your video and BOOM it works so freakin well ! SO THANK YOU Kedar ! so much. and ETA because i saw this video first on your chanel.
Today we can use chrome os flex…
@@abhisaini894 Tried Flex yesterday on Surface 3, performance is amazing but no touch screen, sound or bluetooth sadly
Really funny I saw the video from Kedar a few hours ago, and I was thinking that would be perfect on your channel ! How funny life can be!
I like how your videos are so easy to wrap your head around
Finally Chrome OS . I was tired of those ChromiumOS videos.
Why? They both do the same thing.
@@robobox7595 chrome os updates automatically though, you won't be left behind on new features.
@ Chrome and Chromium are both useless crap.
Posted from Firefox 68 ESR
Chromium OS was develop by google and Microsoft
@@1bouch Microsoft doesn't develop anything in chromeos, except for maybe contributions to linux, and I don't know if they've made any
I was literally looking this up yesterday and couldnt find a good video toturial, THANK YOU
just a comment, you don't really have to go back to windows to edit your install script. do it on linux mint..
I was thinking the same thing. Only thing I can figure is he's catering to Windows users, but it's still easy to do on Mint. Especially since he's already directing users to open that folder. 🤷♂️
Yes, this is a really crazy suggestion IMHO. Even a simple text editor, like nano from the command line, or Mousepad or whatever is installed by default as the GUI alternative, can be explained in a few seconds even to a "dumb windows mouse user", most of which won't have Notepad++ on their Windows box anyway. They will run into trouble due to the line endings anyway when they try to edit the file with Notepad, or even more trouble after having tried Word instead...
@@BenReese but the file opens as read only, so no way to edit the file directly or even save on desktop, edit and copy back doesnt work. I think because usb is mounted as cd drive, any way around this?
I went back to windows and edit that way instead.
@@benhetland576 For everyone that keep saying you can just edit your install script, that's the catch with this being a live cd is that the drive is mounted as read only. Unless a persistant store was created as part of the live cd OR chromeOS was actually copied into the live cd system image, otherwise you really can't just "edit" it. The alternative is to just copy the contents into the live cd home directory (if your drive is large enough) and then modify it there. If your drive isn't large enough, copy just the install.sh, and change the directory to ChromeOS-install.sh and rammus_recovery.bin to absolute paths instead of relative.
Yeah... I was thinking the same thing, he was running a live environment which is limited but OFC it can edit files!!!
I have ADHD and following instructions is always a challenge for me.. however with your help and hours of toil.. I was able to get this done..
a HUGE THANK YOU..
This is amazing!! You have just brought life back to my old Chromebox that stopped getting updates! Thank you so much!!!!!!
Hi how did you install on a chromebox ? Would love to do this on an old chromebook.
Tip: unmount your usb AFTER rebooting...
what if i don't do that?
@@nahidashraf5420 bad luck will haunt you for 5 years.
He said that
Thank You!!!
I converted my Dell inspiron 5548 5th gen 4gb ram
and now its running super smooth and fast. its like a new device.
Almost had me until you added the Android app and see that it contains ads- thank you. You've resolidified my resolve towards Linux.
I've been looking for this kind of tutorial 🙌🏾
I would love to see emulation testing on this
I would like to see how performes with emulators and Android games hard to run on Windows like Call Of Duty. Nice video by the way
Yeah.
Yeah me also 👍
Yes true..gameloop is unstable and memu hv poor layout
Added: Mobile
I saw that this video is from a year ago and thought it won't work, but it's fully working on my HP 250 g7 i3 processor
I didn't encounter any problems while following this video's instructions.
Thank you very much
This brought new life to my expensive google pixelbook gen1 laptop. Google dropped support for it and i had loaded the coolstar full UEFI firmware and was already running cloudready but this gives me back full chrome support and google play.
Who else is doing this for fun
me on my brothers Laptop, because I don’t want to take risks with mine😂
Shut up fortnite kid
@@HingalshDealer lol
Josh Tarara He can play fortnite if he wants it’s his choice to play fortnite
Cabbage Memes 2 shut up your irrelevant and so is gaynite
This is great! Thanks for such a clear tutorial. Took 20 minutes and done. My Surface Pro 3 is now a Chromebook
How? I did everything correctly and then of course the very last step I don't get the "delete everything and reboot" option I get a stupid "syntax error near unexpected token"
Install android x86
surface laptops are pretty good tho.
I followed all the steps and it works, my old laptop is alive. Thank you.
I love your videos man. You really helped me out. I turned a severely under-powered windows 10 laptop into a Chromebook. Its perfect for on the go note taking and word processing.
One important detail that was not mentioned in the video/description. For this to work, your machine needs to support UEFI booting and disabling secure boot. Lots of old machines only have legacy booting (BIOS). Found this out after spending a few hours on a couple of old laptops. Installation worked fine, but they just won't boot because of lack of UEFI.
So is there any other way to install on a laptop that has legacy only? Thanks..
@@wookieefer4468 No, not installation problem. It won’t boot. Chrome OS only supports UEFI boot.
If your computer doesn’t support UEFI boot, you can try CloudReady. There is another variation of Chrome OS and it’s free.
@@michaelmwk Yes, I have tried it and it works, unfortunately it does not include Android system support (No Android Services). Thank you..
Firstly he actually showed how to do it.
youtube wont show me the 3 replies under ur comment
He said that...
Thanks, man! It's perfectly working. Now my old notebook has an usage.
did you download 80 or 87 in rammus ?
So it's no more longer potato PC!!
I came across your video and I never thought I needed this in my life! Had an old Acer laptop with an atom processor lying about, which had about 500-600MB of free space after win 10 update. The install was a breeze. Glad I went with samus instead of rammus recovery file. I almost went with rammus. Got a bit nervous when I removed the USB drive and the screen froze after the installation. Restarted and ChromeOS booted normally. Had another minor scare when the screen said "Loading bunch framework" and below that "ChromeOS rootfs is being rebuilt due to an update or a change in options. Please be patient as it can take a few minutes" waited a while and finally got myself a Chromebook! Sorry for the long comment though. Went through the other tutorials, but yours is just perfect. I'm now subscribed!
PS: I have 32 gigs of total storage on my laptop. As per the settings ChromeOS uses about 14.4GB which left me with 17.6GB.
same here with a 5 year old old asus t100han transformer book. tried multiple linux distros only to find out that chrome os works best on it driver wise. did you find out how to update chromeos manually considering you installed it 4 months before i did? it doesn't find updates for me and im on rammus build 94.0.
@@jtz7070 So far I haven't updated it yet. I doubt sammus will be updated. In case of rammus, i suppose you'll need to go through the whole process considering the version of the file changes. Since the version is not exactly official, we won't get automatic updates. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a way. Let me know if you're able to. Good luck!
@@nitishpai788 it's a recovery image that you ar eflashing onto the device so you are probably right. i was just thinking that there might be a way for it to find updates anyway.
Hello, I have Acer Aspire E5-522G AMD Laptop. Shall I go with SAMUS or continue with RAMMUS, Thanks...
Worked a treat on my aging Macbook Air. Thanks for the tutorial!
I might try this on my 2006 iMac!
Wait an iMac?
I just love your videos!! YOu are just perfect! You care for your viewers, you tell us absolutely every single small step to do everything.
This worked perfectly for me! Thanks to you I was able to help my mom restore her old laptop that was running slow with windows, much appreciated!
which chrome os File you use for that ,
i didn't find the brand he notice in the video
@@medmed1767 If I recall correctly I ran with Rammus since her processor was a 6th Gen.
ok thank you for that 👍👍
While I'm personally comfortable going traditional linux? For people who aren't, or really only need chrome/android apps? This is a good way to breath some life in older hardware.
It's the perfect middle ground for doing everything.
I like linux but I'm still very new to it.
With this I can get about 90% of the apps I like very quickly and comfortably but then I can still get some of my games and things like gimp with linux.
I am more comfortable with a full blown linux distro, but I do not want Chrome and all of its google stuff to contaminate mental my workspace. I only boot into windows once in a long while for chrome syncing.
I just triple booted this on top of linux and windows. It feels faster than windows and the use of android apps to substitute is working well for me.
@Adrián B.V. yeah
Easily installed no need to bug test and asking Google for 15 different terminals while not knowing what's going on.
I'm talking about the average person trying to run a laptop nice and simply
Not someone moving too an entirely new way of thinking.
@Adrián B.V. I'm talking about commands not literal terminals dude
Adrián B.V. FYI, graphical acceleration is supported as of ten versions ago.
Thanks for doing a video on this. I tried some really janky ways of getting actual chrome os on one of old Surface Pro tablets, but it never worked. I'm about to try this method!
UPDATE 2:26am - That worked perfectly! I now have Chrome OS on my Surface Pro 2 and so far everything is working without any problems.
UPDATE Next day: Everything is working really well....except sleep. The display will turn off, but only for a minute or two and then it comes back on. When I specifically put it to sleep, it won't come out of sleep. I have to reboot unfortunately. I'm going to try on a desktop and see if that persists. If anyone has an idea why it won't sleep properly, I am all ears!
im using a surface 3 and i got the cgpt and abuntu erros. did you get them also?
the developer of brunch uses a surface as his test machine for brunch
@@OmarGaribayAztlanCloud I had to install the figlet, pv and cgpt apps before it would continue.
@@Viking8888 Thanks man. It sounds stupid but the error i got was because it disconnected from the internet but now everything is good snf running on the surface. I do have an all in one Dell that doesn't let me install chrome os but I was able to leave Linix Mint so it'll be fine for now
@@OmarGaribayAztlanCloud Is sleep working for you?
me: does everything*
pc: installs chrome
me: restarts it
pc: no bootable file found
also me: installing linux*
HI! Were you able to solve this? I'm facing something similar where I installed it alright, it worked perfectly but when I restarted it, I am just getting a blank screen now.
There are a lot of these Tech channels but yours is head and shoulders above the others in terms of usefulness and presentation. Well done!
Thank you for the tutorial - Just what I have been trying to research since started to learn Full Linux course and other components too.
@PoxDdit what? Its not illegal. Google literally supported this by buying cloudready.
@em3n. why assume?
@em3n. you can break any terms of service it's not illegal unless its a law
11:20
You can quickly edit that install.sh file without booting back into windows
Nano super easy
do i change sda to the mmcblk0 or do i change that to sda im confused i got a laptop with the other file system
For those who have Nvidia GPU and are getting stuck at the white Chrome OS loading screen, here is the fix - you need to add this line "module_blacklist=nouveau" to the kernel command line ( just after "cros_debug" ) in the grub menu. Hope this helps 🙂
So, this will make sure the open source NVIDIA drivers don't load right? Does that mean it uses the binary drivers from NVIDIA? Is there a way to configure that?
@@megan_alnico Sorry I haven't actually tested the graphics acceleration for nvidia cards. As of now intel works perfectly, For nvidia I'll have to test with some linux apps too.
Hi, I have an iMac 27 inch late 2013 with Nvidia GPU and I get stuck at Patches are being Applied which the last step to start chrome os. this is related to Nvidia GPU as you stated above? How can I edit the kernel command line? Using what app and on which system? thank you!
works without any major issues. Keyboard backlight doesn't work, and it doesnt get automatic updates, but a great educational demo.
Me: *'blinks in BlueStacks'*
That really sucks
:))))
@The Windows Insider blinks in non compatible
@@MBTodayOfficial yes it sucks so sluggish
Blinks in this joke is old
Thank you so much for this! It worked amazing on My Acer Aspire E15 (E5-575). I replaced the HDD with a 256GB Silicon Power SATA SSD and it now runs chromeos like a beast! ChromeOS is so amazing on lower end hardware, just like Linux is (which I guess it kind of is)!
Do you think Acer Aspire ES1-431 compatible with Chrome OS?
Wow
why would you put chrome OS on a computer instead of just putting some kind of linux distro. genuinly want to know
@@TruthDoesNotExist I only did it temporarily to mess around with.
@@WillFaustCuber that makes sense
This is basically the story of my life.........
A "Chromebook" without WiFi
Same thing, Chrome OS works only with ethernet, no wifi
@@francescocorvari9608 oh ok i will plug it in by ethernet no problem
Your tutorial is remarquably precise, detailled, clear, concise and easy to understand, you are a natural born teacher. I installed Chrome OS on a ASUS S 551 L with a 1 Tb HHD and Core i7 Intel CPU and a touch screen. The only problem is Google play that do not work. But I still am very pleased with the result.
Did you try installing apk for the apps that you need ?
Thank you ETA PRIME so much I am actually typing this from my "chrome OS" computer
Thanks
Thank kedar nimbalkar
I did a tripple boot system with it
awsome got my old laptop back cheers :D
Thank you for this great video. Easy to follow and worked flawlessly. Excellent video that helps keep old computers out of landfill.
thanks a lot I earlier installed cloud-ready on my pc but there was no play store and I was disappointed a lot thanks for your help. love from India!!!!!
how???!!
After installing it
Missing OS
Finally got it thanks , turned my old Lenovo to a chrome book thanks 🙏🏼 🔥
it is fast?
Do you have an amd or an intel device?
Hdd or ssd?
I wanted to try out chromeos before buying a Chromebook. Thanks man ! Worked perfectly 👌
why do you want to use burnt garbage
@@joedew4183 Maybe I'm just too old or something, but I don't really know what ChromeOS is, let alone why anyone would use it?
Oh Oh. Microsoft is not going to like what I just have done!......I turn my old Surface Pro into a Chromebook! Thanks for your help here. Really like it.
Yeah Microsoft will like that lol
what a god send. absolute legend, dude. perfect guide. complete with quality, knowledge, clarity, and clean presentation.
Outstanding! I got this to install and run on an circa-2014 Asus T100TA (with a
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3740 @ 1.33GHz, which is a Bay Trail proc, with 2GB RAM and 64GB SDD), after not being able to get CloudReady to USBboot. It's a 64bit proc, but the UEFI is 32bit. I couldn't get Mint 19 liveUSB to to boot, but I was able to get the ElementaryOS 5.1.7 distro to liveUSB boot. Once I got that (and after changing the install.sh script to account for the correct drive), Chrome OS installed pretty smoothly. So far, most all the hardware is working on Chrome OS, although not the webcam. I used Brunch r86 k4.19 stable 20201014 and Rammus 86. Thanks!
So I just want to clarify, when you do a sudo reboot after you install chrome os do you at that point yank the USB out? Assuming the PC or laptop would actually want to restart. Or does it shut off and then you can safely remove the USB? Also if I have a blank ssd installed in a laptop can I still boot into the laptops bios? Cheers.
To answer your questions:
1. You pull the USB out just before rebooting.
2. Yes, you can still access the BIOS. The BIOS is stored on the motherboard.
if anyone wants to try and use this no a mbr computer
add the -l/--legacy option in the chromeos-install line in the install script
I am a noob, please type complete command, rest people in the world is a noobs
@@rayqusa 'sudo SHFILENAME -src IMGFILESHOWNINVID -dst /dev/DRIVE -l" may not work 100% of the time
@@rayqusa or use the mbr tar in the brunch repository
mbr computer? does intel atom based computer like my asus eeepc 1005ha can be classified as mbr computer?
@@duofingo5246 it depends on the year and the oem
easiest tutorial i've ever come across, thank you, you just salvaged one of my inspiron mini dells
ok so i thought this was easy but after i reboot it tells me PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
we have to rethink the definition of an old machine. My old machine doesn't have UEFI and has barely 64bit. That "old" laptop is way better than the one i'm currently using.
Hahaha...same to me, my old vaio doesn't have eufi boot.....
He sad "Old" not prehistorical.
Mine didn't have UEFI, but still boot to the USB Drive in to the Linux Menu, just wouldn't install because I had an i686 Atom CPU. :(
Tony Valenti are sure its bcause ur CPU?
Abdul Kharis Hmm ... Don’t know for sure, but I got the sane error as Roberto. Do you know a way around it?
I believe this is more vital to use towards Cpu's like Intel Duo core 2, or the Intel core I3. Because CPU's like the i5 and i7 are still used widely, and produce minimal thermal issues.
Not necessarily core i3
Thx mate, this will defentely convince my parents to let me reinstall that old dustblower with a faster operating system than windows, they're sceptical about linux because they don't know it(I use linux everyday and have it installed on all my computer, it's totally amazing) but they know what chromeos can do.
the funny part is that Chrome os is basicaly a linux distro(I know it's not but it's as if)
@@loic7867 Chrome OS is a Linux distro. It is based on Gentoo Linux
I'm gonna be busy tomorrow transforming all of my old computers into a Chromebook :-) Thanks for thr video^^
use chrome os flex instead
@@ad1340yt As I was watching the video, the part when I have to unplug the USB Device. Do I unplug the USB Drive After "Sudo Reboot" or Before?
Fantastic video, the instructions work perfectly! Has anyone come across an issue whereby Chrome OS would freeze at random intervals when playing a video or an Android game? I've installed it on a couple of devices with pretty decent specs (Core i5, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD) and noticed this issue, everything would lock up for around 15 seconds. Sound would stutter and you cannot click on anything on screen. It would then recover itself like nothing had happened and proceed smoothly until the next instance occurred.
How about updates to ChromOS security and OS updates in general? Would you have to go through this setup each time there is a significant update?
I'd be surprised if it didn't update automatically
When you download the chrome OS Image ( rammus ) is for ASUS I think will it work on my Dell or do I have to download a different one for DELL ?
@M3E6 what about amd then?
Amd is code name grunt
@M3E6 How about Atom N450 and Core2 Duo? I cannot find this information.
@@BBme Atom N450 is an Intel processor, you will need Rammus most probably
"rammus" is the recommended image for devices with 4th generation Intel CPU and newer.
"samus" is the recommended image for devices with 3rd generation Intel CPU and older.
"grunt" is the image to use if you have supported AMD hardware.
Thankyou man...it worked..i saw your every video since starting..thx..for giving full details and I successfully installed...Have a good day everyday...
I waited a looooooong time for a chrome os solution like this!
But... there is a problem. on every pc i installed chrome os, android simulation only works the first time and if i shut down the computer and restart it android simulation is just broken. (the Android services don't even start, endless loading animation. even the play store doesn't start.)
I H8 LIFE!
Wait does this have GPU accel? And you think it'll be fast enough on a HDD? I want to install android/chrome os/something quick to boot so I can use it for emulators and fun. It will have a low power dgpu and run a core 2 duo
I'm sorry, but it's literally impossible install this on a Core 2 Duo or similar age computers, they don't have UEFI boot. You can trying to use Android x86, it's very nice and works well, or install some light distro of Linux, both can work very well even a hard drive.
You can try MX Linux or some lightweight distro and run emulators on that, would be less overhead on the hardware and have better driver support.
@@nadlax5920 how u install on HDD?
@@nadlax5920 thank for feedback. in fact i got 1 old laptop already install with linux mint, am thinking directly move the files into the hardisk and install directly without the usb.
@ Oh dang really? I actually installed Android x86 my pc has 8gb ddr3 I forgot what it runs it at and a e8600, it is an Optiplex 780. It only worked on the x86 version the 64 bit version wouldn't work, and then when I had x86 running it would crash after mere minutes. Its a good little PC I just wanted to install something that felt like, turn on, boot up, nice frontend without too much logging in and typing you know? I'm open to suggestions. I want it to be cute and easy for people to use, maybe even use it inside of a arcade cabinet.
Great tutorial, thanks for sharing, I have a question here, will Chrome OS automatically receive future updates ? Thanks
I to would like to know. Mine is on 84 and 85 is out and when I hit check for updates it says I'm up to date. So I'm not sure updating works.
H.R. Gagan here is the link to how to make the install update ua-cam.com/video/db4Xo_xPTR4/v-deo.html
Big thanks for good explain and method, it works with me in hp pc 6200 pro with 80 and 90 google image 😊❤
tried it again working perfectly. thank you ETA PRIME.
Do I need a chromebook to transfer Chrome OS to my windows desktop or no need ????
@@bodiminds6571 no, just a flash drive.
Thanks for your video 🙂 I'm currently using Cloudready on my laptop if I decide to install this will I be able to get ota chrome os update 😄
Apparently the "grunt" image is better for AMD processors. My desktop and laptop are both AMD so I will try this in the morning.
Do you think it would work with an AMD A9 9420?
@Brailynn ! Kinda bad. The "octopus" image got further into booting but still stalled before completely entering chrome.
@@botolo78 I'm not sure haha
Theres no ryzen image yet that I know of
Are there any automatic updates with this "dirty" ChromeOS? I would like to use this as a daily driver on my cheap Chuwi Lapbook
You can turn on auto updates, but it's not advised, as unless Brunch is up to date, it may break things. They explain this on the Github page
You might be better off with Neverware's CloudReady. You get all the updates etc.
But it lacks important features
Your instructions is very clear as your accent Sir, Thanks!
Doimg this setup now. Hoping my lowend laptop will run smooth this time
Does it run smooth now?
Im at the sudo install.sh and stopped at chromeos-install.sh: line 5 syntax error near unexpected tokeb `$'
' ' 'hromeos-install.sh: line 5: `usage() what do i need to edit?
@@martindrizhal2902 did you guys ever resolve this ?@ETA Prime
Same here
I got the exact same errors, anybody has a fix? Thx
me too - anyone know the solution please? I've tried changing /dev/sda but no different.
download notepad++. Open chromeos-install.sh using notepad++. Click edit, click EOL Conversion, select Unix. Save file and go through install process again,
Thanks a lot! worked perfectly.
This is awesome. Totally works if you follow all the steps. This will come in handy for my children, and old laptops I have access to VS buying a Chromebook. Thank you
Hello, I have a little problem after having done the right thing under Linux, I reboot and the PC tells me "missing os".
I don't know how to fix it ?
Same thing
There is no option for uefi, secure boot is disabled, pls tell me how to install uefi, the laptop is connoi student laptop with intel atom n455 something..., 1 gb ram, had activated windows 7 ultimate earlier...
You cannot install UEFI. It’s either included as part of your BIOS or it’s not. UEFI became common a few years ago. Older computers didn’t have it
If you computer is missing os, then you didn’t install properly or you have to set your BIOS/legacy/UEFI settings properly
Dell optiplex in thumbnail
Me: click!
What's the expiration date for this build of ChromeOS?
would also like to know if this will receive updates just like any normal chrome os or if you would have to do this whole thing over again for updates?
depends on what recovery you use.
rammus - June 2026
samus - Jun 2021
grunt - Jun 2026
@@treypop123 Is the recovery hardware dependent on whatever computer you are installing this on?
@@kylef4641 This is the one piece I'm waiting to see if it works before suggesting this for some old PCs that struggle with Windows 10 but should easily be able to handle ChromeOS. If it can't auto update, that would be annoying (but at least not totally horrific) to have to manually redo them every quarter or so.
Brilliant Job! Finally got Chrome OS up and running on a Linx 12X64 2 in 1 Tablet / PC.. Everything functioning out of the box. Many Thanks.
I tried this twice, and on both occasion the installation failed. Everything went fine until I booted the device; my laptop just won't boot with chrome OS, it asks me to insert a boot device again.
aah good times squeezing a little more life out of these devices LOVE IT
found out that you will need "samus" if you plan to run on hardware before 2015
rammus wouldn't install
Well done!!! Very well put together tutorial. 👏
I finished everything and restarted. Then I bumped to “Operating System not found” :( please help
same here
Dhaval Patel I found out that was because my laptop did not support UEFI. Check yours
Same
@@NAMNEWS365 yeah my PC's motherboard manufactured in 2008 that's why it's not support with UEFI boot support.
Dhaval Patel so that chrome os cant be install that way
does it work in a legacy-only old laptop???
tried and didn't work. you had any luck?
CloudReady seems to be good at recognising older hardware. You can either install it or just run it live from USB (not a lot slower on USB). Of course, like anything, it has pros & cons, but for a browser-centric OS that integrates with Google services (eg Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, etc) it provides a convenient solution that ticks a few boxes.
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot 🔥and gave my low end pc another chance 😀😅
Edit: I have installed v97. Works but, sometime it lags. Overall, Usable 😀. Able to run many tabs without Lag and good for teams meetings(web version on chrome).
My laptop specs are:-
Intel Celeron B830 @1.80 GHz dual core
2 GB DDR3 Ram
500 GB HDD
Intel HD graphics
Edit 2: After 1 day of meetings, UA-cam, browsing, etc... I am so impressed with my low end pc. But there is bug that sometime when I open play Store it shows loading icon and does not open. It happens many times, Any solutions?
hey can you help me?
@@Ninja_Hattori_hindi_dub what's your problem
@@Ninja_Hattori_hindi_dub I some time I used the chrome OS but I realised it had many bugs like apps not loading, glitches on screen, etc... And shifted to Linux mint. It is far better. You should shift to Linux mint to, as it is one of the safest and it works smoothly even on very low end pc. I have 2 GB ram pc, then also I have installed virtual box on Linux mint and ran MS DOS and Windows XP 😀. Which means 3 Os in 1 low end laptop running smoothly 😀😀🔥, and now downloading windows 7, hope it works, 🤞🤞
Glad the people who have commented before me had great success. I on the other hand, now have two boat anchors with no OS.
Hello! Everything seemed to go smoothly until the chrome OS installation. First it says Brunch installed (and not Chrome OS) and when I reboot it the PC just says there is no operating system.
Try reinstalling
Or taking 2 usb of 8gb each
Then installing
My question what is the difference between this chrome os and the one that comes with a chromebook?
This is the same as chrome books
MCP90 And compared to Neverware?
Thank you all for the reply back.
BenAffleckisanokayactor Alright, thx.
@@nadlax5920 and neverware creates 48 partitions and out of which only 12 are utilised (call it bad design choice of incompetent engineers)
This recovery image will only work with Intel CPUs.
I had to use the grunt recovery image for my AMD based laptop and edit the file name in the install.sh file
Thank you so much ETA! Got several laptops back to life and made some cash!
I keep getting disk error when rebooting, iv tried 2 computers and I’m still coming to the same error. Please help. Thanks
You need to enable UEFI on your bios otherwise it will not boot up.
Thanks, UEFI work
@@valterschmaltz so if my old motherboard (Asus P5Q) does not support uefi there's no chance of making this work?