A Chromebook is a laptop or tablet running the Linux-based Chrome OS as its operating system.

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You can’t install Chrome OS on the PC because it is closed OS and restricted to use on Chromebook only but you can install Chromium OS.

  1. Download: CloudReady - Home Edition
  2. Manual steps in MacOS
  3. Installation Process

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Need review:

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Hard reset (Powerwash) Link to heading

  • Method 1: Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R at the same time and you will rich powerwash menu where you can wipe your Chromebook.
  • Method 2: Turn off your Chromebook. Next, press Esc + Refresh (F3 on Win Keyboard) on the keyboard and hold down the Power button. Your Chromebook will boot straight to recovery mode.

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  1. Power off
  2. Start in recovery mode: Esc + Refresh (f3) + Power
  3. Press Ctrl+D to enable/disable Development Mode
  4. Note: You need to press Ctrl+D every time in a boot mode to continue to use Development mode.

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WARNING: Do it if you really understand what you are doing. Disable Auto Update can make your system unstable and less secure.

The only way to skip a flakey version of Chrome would be to prevent updates of ChromeOS itself (source).

In developer mode, open a shell:

  1. Ctrl+Alt+T
  2. Start the shell with a command: shell

Now you need to disable a root verification:

1sudo /usr/share/vboot/bin/make_dev_ssd.sh --remove_rootfs_verification --partitions 2

Then you can create the file /mnt/stateful_partition/etc/lsb-release with the specific ‘fake’ version:

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/stateful_partition/etc
echo "CHROMEOS_RELEASE_VERSION=9999.9999.9999.9999" | sudo tee /mnt/stateful_partition/etc/lsb-release
echo "GOOGLE_RELEASE=9999.9999.9999.9999" | sudo tee -a /mnt/stateful_partition/etc/lsb-release

This fools ChromeOS into believing that there are no new updates available.

sudo reboot

Realize: this will only work in developer mode.

When you want to reenable them, you have o leave developer mode, and agree to a scrub and reinstall of ChromeOS.

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