vagrant from chromebook? is this in any way possible?

pixel fairy

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Jul 27, 2015, 5:45:52 PM7/27/15

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is it possible to use vagrant on a chromebook? would it require dual booting? google brought up a lot of failures with virtualbox, lxc, etc in crouton. has anyone managed?

id like to be able to work on ansible roles while offline, so the provider doesnt matter as long as it can run ubuntu server.

dragon788

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Aug 4, 2015, 1:28:18 PM8/4/15

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If the Chromebook supports Intel VT-x or the AMD equivalent and has it enabled and the ChromeOS kernel allows it to be used this should be possible. I have an older Chromebook at home that I can try and test with. This may vary as some newer Chromebooks use (U)EFI and some custom BIOS code, so it may be problematic if not using a full Linux kernel that has support for those variations.

pixel fairy

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Sep 19, 2015, 9:26:32 PM9/19/15

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So i got vagrant running on a chrome book, kinda.

enable developer mode. enable usb boot and legacy boot. boot into distro of choice go as normal. i used kvm on a linux box to install xubuntu to a thumbdrive and that worked.

mine is an acer c740, and, for some reason, you cant boot from the usb3 port, only usb2. also, the trackpad didnt work with ubuntu 14.04. had to use 15.04. so far, everything else works fine.

David S

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Nov 19, 2015, 11:56:53 PM11/19/15

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I've been running Vagrant on an Acer C720 running Lubuntu 14.04 for 6 months.
Use John Lewis custom firmware, then
follow either circuidipity's scripts or download the HugeGreenBug distro from distroshare.com

Can't get Virtualbox to install correctly on a C740 though. Only C720.

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