Installing without USB Stick

[David]

Hi,
I'm building Chromium OS from the source because I want to test it
out. However, I don't have a USB disk handy. Is there a way to install
the disk image directly to my internal hard disk?
David

[Bill Richardson]

src/scripts/image_to_live.sh ?

David

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[Richard Barnette]

David,

I think the short answer to your question is 'no', but I'm not
sure I understand your situation fully, so I have a generic
answer that I hope will cover the right ground...

Despite the name, the target for 'image_to_usb.sh' doesn't
have to be a USB drive; it also doesn't have to be removable;
it doesn't even have to be a block device. The only real
requirement is that after you create the image, you need to
be able boot your target system from the device media, and
the boot device needs to be writable at boot time; a
writeable CD or DVD won't work.

USB disks are the most common devices to meet the requirements,
but there are other options. In particular, removable MMC
cards can work fine.

Once you boot an image, you can install it onto the target
system's internal storage by switching to the VT console (VT2),
logging in as user 'chronos', and then running this command:
/usr/sbin/chromeos-install

When you do this, anything on the target internal disk device
will be ERASED; there's no option for dual boot, and no opportunity
for backup after starting the install.

Once you've installed onto the internal disk, you can update
the system over the network, e.g. with image_to_live.sh.

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[David Tsai]

I don't have any sort of removable media that is 4GB. My largest is 2GB. Perhaps I can try using dd to copy the install partitions in the IMG file to my hard disk and then manually configure the GRUB. 

[Nicholas Visco]

I have a similar question but for a different reason. I have several
older PCs that are used only for browsing the internet and a Chromium
environment would be perfect. But since these don't have support for
booting a USB device I had hoped to find a way to directly install the
image on the HD. I'm unconcerned about wiping out the original
contents.

I thought I read once that you can boot into Linux (maybe use Ubuntu)
and then in the terminal session perform the install of chromium? Or
is there some way to trick a PC into addressing the USB as a boot
device?

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