Installing ChromeOS on VirtualBox using the NeverWare build

Experimenting with ChromeOS on VirtualBox.md

Installing ChromeOS on VirtualBox

1. Download the NeverWare's ChromeOS build from http://www.neverware.com/freedownload

2. Extract the *.bin.zip

3. Convert it to VDI. vboxmanage convertdd chromiumos_image.bin chromiumos_image.vdi

4. mv chromiumis_image.vdi C:\t\v\chromeos\

5. 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

6. Start the VM

For those still looking to run CloudReady v96 on virtualbox, try the following:

1. Download image from the Internet Archive
2. Unzip the file. You should get a bin file on the destination directory.
3. Run the following command to convert the bin file to vdi: VBoxManage convertfromraw cloudready-free-96.4.6-64bit.bin cloudready-free-96.4.6-64bit.vdi --format VDI
4. Create a new VM on VirtualBox with the following settings:

• Operating System: Linux 2.6 / 3.x / 4.x / 5.x (64-bit)
• Base memory: >= 4096 MB
• Processors: >= 2
• Acceleration: Nested Paging, PAE/NX, KVM Paravirtualization
• Video memory: Maximum available
• Graphics Controller: VMSVGA
• 3D Graphics enabled
• Storage: Add the converted VDI file to the SATA controller.

It works, except for the mouse pointer which is not visible inside the guest VM.
Also, if you are trying to find a solution to view DRM protected content (Widevine L1) in Linux like I was, you are out of luck...

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.

https://archive.org/details/cloud-ready-home-v-83-x-64_202303