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Dunhamzzz · **Dell Release Chrome OS build for Mini 10v -** 11-26-2009, 02:41 PM

The guys of the Dell Linux division have wowed the community by building and releasing their own revision of Chromium OS tailored for the Dell Mini 10v. After seeing Engadget running Chrome OS on a Vostro system, they tried fiddling with the build themselves to get it up and running on a Dell Mini 10v and succeeded.

The Chrome OS build for the Dell Mini 10v can be downloaded here.

The image itself is a hefty 7.5GB, so you'll need to download it and put it on a USB stick of at least 8GB.

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To copy onto an USB key (8GB minimum), find another Linux machine and utilize the "dd" command to put the image onto the USB key.

Example: dd if=ChromiumOS_Mini10v_Nov25.img of=/dev/sdb

Full download instructions and necessary usernames/passwords for the system are on the Direct2Dell Blog.

Although the image was purposely built for the 10v, chances are it should work fine with the Mini 9 as the hardware is practically the same - do gives us feedback if it works for you.
This is certainly one of the most interesting things a manufacturer has done so far, really embracing upcoming software, possibly even indicating a Dell Mini Chromium in the future? Don't look too much into it!

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yorgle · 11-26-2009, 03:58 PM

They should make a special chrome lid and palmrest for it.

ChronoBasher · 11-26-2009, 05:02 PM

Downloading now, although I don't have a Linux box. Hopefully someone has a windows solution...?

Cino · 11-26-2009, 08:56 PM

damn, think they will make a mini 9 verison?

reflex · 11-26-2009, 09:42 PM

Thanks for the link.

Looks like the "official" announcement is here. A compressed image would save alot of bandwidth. (Since it's so informal, I wonder if the free space on the drive image has deleted files from his flash drive

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MartijnGizmo · 11-27-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ChronoBasher

Downloading now, although I don't have a Linux box. Hopefully someone has a windows solution...?

I just stumbled upon UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads , seems like it could work.

Cino · 11-27-2009, 04:31 PM

i was able to get my mini9 boot with it but for some reason its not resolving host names. I can goto sites using their IP address just not their domain name... still troubleshooting...

bigsmall2000 · 11-27-2009, 05:39 PM

would it be possible to install chromium onto the hard drive so i can multi boot OS X + XP + Chromium?

mort · 11-27-2009, 06:11 PM

Anyone have a torrent of this? The direct link is breathtakingly slow at 200KB/s.

Scooter70 · 11-27-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ChronoBasher

I don't have a Linux box. Hopefully someone has a windows solution...?

Try this little app: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer

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yorgle Senior Member Posts: 152 Join Date: Oct 2008	11-26-2009, 03:58 PM They should make a special chrome lid and palmrest for it.

ChronoBasher Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Aug 2009	11-26-2009, 05:02 PM Downloading now, although I don't have a Linux box. Hopefully someone has a windows solution...?

Cino Junior Member Posts: 5 Join Date: Apr 2009	11-26-2009, 08:56 PM damn, think they will make a mini 9 verison?

Cino Junior Member Posts: 5 Join Date: Apr 2009	11-27-2009, 04:31 PM i was able to get my mini9 boot with it but for some reason its not resolving host names. I can goto sites using their IP address just not their domain name... still troubleshooting...

bigsmall2000 Junior Member Posts: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009	11-27-2009, 05:39 PM would it be possible to install chromium onto the hard drive so i can multi boot OS X + XP + Chromium?

mort Junior Member Posts: 9 Join Date: Oct 2009	11-27-2009, 06:11 PM Anyone have a torrent of this? The direct link is breathtakingly slow at 200KB/s.