A beta version of Chrome OS is available as VMX/VMDK image for vmware or virtualbox and live cd. Chrome OS is a OpenSuSe based operating system around the Google Chrome browser.
Steps to test VM image of chrome os beta
- Download VMDK image
- Extract tar.gz File to standard folder of vmware
- Start vmware server
- Choose from “Virtual machine” menu “add Virtual machine to inventory”
- Choose VMX file inside extracted image of chrome os
- Upgrade Virtual machine to newest “hardware” by choosing link on right side from the vm summary page
- Remove Network Connection from VM and Add new one with “Add Hardware” and type “Network Adapter” with “Nat” mode
- Boot VM and cornfirm warning about IDE geometry and scsi controller
- Click on “Make Goggle chrome default browser” and confirm dialog
- Click on computer button (down left side) and click under status on network connection
- Enter root password: root
- confirm warning about network manager with ok
- Choose under “Global Options” network setup method “traditional method with ifup”
- Go to “Overview” tab and click on “edit” button below
- click on “next” button
- go back to “global options” and change back to “user controlled with networkmanager”
- Reboot machine by clicking on computer and shutdown with type reboot
- After reboot you can surf with google chrome without any problem