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Installing ChromeOS on VirtualBox using the NeverWare build

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Experimenting with ChromeOS on VirtualBox.md

Installing ChromeOS on VirtualBox

Download the NeverWare's ChromeOS build from http://www.neverware.com/freedownload
Extract the *.bin.zip
Convert it to VDI. vboxmanage convertdd chromiumos_image.bin chromiumos_image.vdi
mv chromiumis_image.vdi C:\t\v\chromeos\
Create a VM with settings:

Guest OS type: Linux/Other Linux
2048 RAM
Use existing chromiumos_image.vdi as hard disk
Enable EFI (special OSes)
Enable PAE/NX
change pointing device to PS/2 Mouse

Start the VM

cjmach commented Sep 5, 2025

Just found an VDI file provided by OSBoxes that suits my needs: Android x86. There's a VM named LineageOS v14.1 and it works very well, at least on my computer.
After downloading the VDI file, create a new VM on VirtualBox with the settings specified above.