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Default Dell Release Chrome OS build for Mini 10v - 11-26-2009, 03:41 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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They should make a special chrome lid and palmrest for it.
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Downloading now, although I don't have a Linux box. Hopefully someone has a windows solution...?
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damn, think they will make a mini 9 verison?
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Default 11-26-2009, 10:42 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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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.
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Default 11-27-2009, 05:31 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...
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Default 11-27-2009, 06:39 PM
would it be possible to install chromium onto the hard drive so i can multi boot OS X + XP + Chromium?
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Default 11-27-2009, 07:11 PM
Anyone have a torrent of this? The direct link is breathtakingly slow at 200KB/s.
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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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