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Creating the installation media via a Chrome Extension sure is a wonky process. First try: can't actually do it from Linux Chrome, has to be Windows/Mac/Chrome
by jsnell 5y ago
Creating the installation media via a Chrome Extension sure is a wonky process.
First try: can't actually do it from Linux Chrome, has to be Windows/Mac/Chromebook.
Second try, on Windows: Extension downloads the image. Windows asks if I want to allow Chrome to make system changes. Then Chrome crashes.
Third try, on the same machine: The exact same image is downloaded again. The progress bar for unpacking the image goes to 250%, and -15 seconds remaining. Writing the USB stick finally works.
The extension is able to write raw data to a USB device, which seems like rather privileged hardware access. But there is nothing in the permissions section of the extension suggesting there is anything special about it. That seems really strange.
(It was just creating the image that was odd. Once that was done, everything was smooth on a Windows 8-era Samsung laptop.)
- SirGiggles 5y agoPerhaps WebUSB? I recall that flashing Google Android images was possible directly from the browser
- jeffbee 5y agoI wonder if you could have just written the image with Etcher.
- jsnell 5y agoI didn't see a direct download link for the image anywhere, the only documented method is the extension.
- terinjokes 5y agoThe extension just downloads a .bin file from Google and writes it onto the USB stick. There's a separate recovery tool Google provides for Linux users. I imagine it will be available via that script shortly. Edit: The manifest URL is https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chromeos/recovery/cloudready_recovery.json https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chromeos/recovery/cloudready...
- Shadonototra 5y ago> Creating the installation media via a Chrome Extension sure is a wonky process. I disagree, it actually is very smart, it is easy to do, you do it from your browser, simple, no weird .msi or .exe to run For me it worked on first try
- notRobot 5y agoIf you don't have Chrome, you need to install it first. You need to install a web browser to flash a USB drive. That's wonky.
- eyegor 5y agoYou also need the extension.
- chrisdhal 5y agoIf you are installing a Google OS, you probably already have Chrome. You're already past the "I'm not using Google products" stage. Is having to install some USB flash tool also wonky? Why can't you just drag it onto the drive? Yes, I know, but to a general user, having to install another app to "just put something onto a USB stick" would seem weird.
- steren 5y agoWell, it's "early access".
- KolenCh 5y agoTrying this on an HP Stream 7 resulted in infinite loop of showing the Chrome logo for a second then black screen.