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Install ChromeOS
This documentation guides you through installing ChromeOS on your Mind.
Requirements
- Spare USB flash drive with capacity of 32GB or more.
Download ChromeOS image
Download the ChromeOS image for Mind, and uncompress the image file.
Download and install the flash tool
Download and install Etcher.
Create a bootable disk
1. Run Etcher as an administrator.
2. Select the ChromeOS image and the corresponding USB flash drive.
Be sure to choose the correct USB flash drive, if you choose your internal SSD by mistake,
it can lead to data loss or system corruption.
3. Click on Flash!.
4. Wait patiently for the flashing to complete:
5. Unmount and remove the USB flash drive, then follow the steps below to install ChromeOS.
Boot ChromeOS from USB flash drive
1. Plug in the bootable USB flash drive to the Mind, and restart the Mind and press F7 to select the boot disk,
then select the bootable USB flash drive, and press Enter:
2. The Mind will run ChromeOS from the USB flash drive:
3. Wait patiently for ChromeOS to bring up the setup interface:
If you just want to try ChromeOS without installing it, please skip the steps below and go to the activate ChromeOS section.
Install ChromeOS to local SSD
If you are installing ChromeOS to your internal SSD, your system data will be lost.
Please backup all data before proceeding.
If you just want to run ChromeOS from the USB flash
drive please skip this step and and proceed with Activating ChromeOS.
1. Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to enter the command line interface:
2. Type root and press Enter:
3. Then enter the command:
sudo chromeos-install -dst /dev/nvme0n1
and press Enter, type yes, then press Enter to start the installation:
The installation disk must be selected correctly, for example, Mind's primary SSD is /dev/nvme0n1.
Wait patiently for the installation to complete:
Then type sudo reboot, and press Enter to reboot the system.
Adjusting the boot order
1. After installing ChromeOS, the SSD is not the default boot disk, and needs to be manually adjusted in the BIOS.
Restart the Mind and press Delete to Enter the BIOS settings interface:
Navigate to the Boot menu and set the SSD to Boot Option #1:
Then press F4 to select Yes and press Enter, Mind will automatically reboot to ChromeOS:
Activate ChromeOS
Click on Get Started and follow the prompts to activate ChromeOS.
You need to login to your Google account to activate the system, so make sure you have internet access.
The step will take a while, so you will need to be patient.
Software Notice
The Mind ChromeOS image used above is based on brunch, it is just for testing purposes!
Therefore we highly recommended that you only use it on Mind devices which do not contain sensitive data,
and keep your data synced with a cloud service.