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If you have Windows you could try using Rufus. Extract the zip, then in Rufus choose "List USB Hard Drives" like so: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/pbatard/rufus/images/list_fixed_drive.png
But what about this: Blog post about v90.1 available on Dev channel?
I have a Cloudready machine on the Dev channel and the 90.1 update is refusing to install, it shows the progress of updating the device up to %100, but afterwards it says that the device is up-to-date, even when i try again it keeps doing the same.
The issue might have to do with the fact that i resized the STATE partition to make space for a Windows installation, and a Linux install, but i don't know, i might reinstall the OS in a couple months, when W11 gets released.
I read this announcement from Neverware:
> 64bit-capable devices that are installed with 32bit images will stop getting updates, but can be reinstalled with 64bit images. Since v64, CloudReady has provided notifications to these devices to make users aware that their device is capable, so you can check for those after each update to determine if your device should be reinstalled.
I did get that notification on my device, does that mean they think my device is capable?
Yes, I burned an image onto a thumbdrive then booted it up on my Vostro. Once I found that everything worked running it off the thumbdrive, I installed it on my SSD. I simply followed the instructions from the website.
Boot with some other OS. Then format partition table (example) to MS-DOS or whatnot. Cloudready installer will later anyway change it to GPT.
> Primary GPT header is invalid
Likely the SSD you are installing has some weird partition table.
(easy way would be to download a ISO like gparted https://gparted.org/
Use Gparted https://gparted.org/livecd.php Live (CD or USB-Thumb install) to remove the partitions, clean the disk. Remember, Cloudready is a fork of ChromeOS, and is not necessarily intended to be installed and removed, although it is not difficult to do so once you learn.
Thanks a lot for your reply! What do you think about performance? I'd probably try it on a Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10.1 which features a Snapdragon 435 (https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mediapad_m3_lite_10-8637.php).
Yes I installed 7zip downloaded from
and installed. There is a new linux version down by the original 7zip group.
Using that when I unzipped, I get the same checksums as you gave!! And 7zip is much faster than the unzip I was used!
as what IArgueWithAtheists suggested, it must be CTRL + ALT + F2 once you're on the log in screen then do the install command..
here's the link:
Here's some steps you can take to diagnose the hardware and figure out what broke. Download an Linux Lite iso and make a live USB/DVD out of it. Boot into it on your computer, and select "test memory" from the first menu you see.
If that passes without any red errors showing up on the screen, reboot back into Linux Lite. Open the "Disks" app, select your hard drive from the panel on the left, click the three bar icon in the top right, and select "SMART data and self tests". Then run a short SMART test on your drive.
SMART test instructions with pictures (the disks app is pre installed these days, so you can skip the "apt-get install" step):
https://askubuntu.com/a/528077?stw=2
Linux Lite downloads:
Let us know how it works out. It would be cool to see a dual booting OSX/CloudReady machine.
Side note: if you have interest in Linux distros you should check out Elementary OS. It is heavily inspired by Mac OSX and would be able to set up its own dual booting.
For Chrome OS, you can Chrome RDP which works well with Windows Servers. There is 7-day free trial, $10 one-time purchase afterwards.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-rdp/cbkkbcmdlboombapidmoeolnmdacpkch
If you don’t mind getting geeky, CloudReady supports Debian Virtual Machine via Crostini so you can install Remmina or any other Debian package.
I want to switch from windows to cloudready. I can do everything inside chrome YET i need
-Torrent client (i've seen i can use instant.io which is a clientless torrent service on the browser)
-Video player with aspect ratio settings and subtitles capabilities
What video player can i use with GPU? can i get vlc or SMplayer? Can u test mkv file on them and report back?
It isnt new for neverware to drop support for things. They dropped 32bit, they announced they would start dropping support for older devices in 2019 https://www.neverware.com/blogcontent/2019/1/9/announcement-cloudready-device-support-policies
This warning is possibly because it will be totally broken at that time and stopping updates are to prevent a dead device after an update.
Neverware went away from dual booting in 2018
https://www.neverware.com/blogcontent/2018/1/2/dualboot-a-long-goodbye
I don't know if google brought it back, but I am fairly sure the brunch installs of chrome OS support dual/triple booting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/chrultrabook/comments/ha319q/chrome_win10_dual_boot_revisited_possible_now/
Hope this helps...
Zoom apparently supports ChromeOS via the Chrome extension, but they're probably not doing much testing for old obsolete Chrome versions either.
In any case, if the laptop really cannot support 64bit OS then it might be time to retire it.
> 2gbs of RAM. A
Whatever OS - it will be slow/freeze. Especially such devices has emmc. (I had an equivalent device from Acer). Sadly it is difficult.
If you are sure it needs 32bit - then cloudready new versions of 64bit. Not sure it will work. (may be that is why installation fails)
If this does not work
https://cloudreadykb.neverware.com/s/article/Manual-Installation-Via-the-Cmd-Line
Then please get rid of it.
> it was being sold cheap by someone on eba
that is why that person sold it fro cheap...
The home-edition has different licensing and possibilities/features https://www.neverware.com/pricing. The education and enterprise editions have separate installs. I am not 100% sure if selling home-edition-installed pcs is legal, but it happens plenty on ebay etc.. I do not think neverware will be investiing time or money in stopping these traders: paying customers of cloudready will use different editions. These clients will all require the occasional re-start to process updates etc. Education and business customers will want different versions installed so the devices can be managed differently. If you want to sell pre-installed cloudready laptops with the home-edition, just make sure you tell them to install with a private google-account first and then add any school or employer accounts and point out that they should occasionally manually update/reboot.
Main problem you could run into if you pre-install cloudready home-edition is hardware compatibility. Wifi, screen and bleutooth can be tested from the install, but crostini is not guaranteed to work unless you try it, which will take time per client. Virtualbox and flatpaks have a much better chance of working, but virtualbox can conflict with graphics/memory. Schools are likely to only support/require the baasic cloud features of cloudready unless they have a lab in which case they could have some flatpaks with the storage pointing to user's Downloads.
Over the years I have come across several posts by school-techs who have cloudready home-edition on some PCs because they do not have high enough numbers to start licensing (minimum of 35 required for that) and they will get helpful answers from Neverware.
https://www.neverware.com/blogcontent/2018/1/2/dualboot-a-long-goodbye
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Yeah, dual-booting capability had been removed.
I'm using CloudReady Home Edition for site that I'm doing volunteer work. I've donated several desktops, laptops and printers for this school. Two desktops are setup in the classroom, and two laptops are used by staff. I've setup only two profiles for the school (classroom and staff).
Since I've set this up last year, I've had very few support calls and mostly for education and training. I've added speakers to desktop and printer for one classroom today.
I'd also agree with Yotties to try getting Education Edition for even better management, but even Home Edition is much easier to support than Windows.
The release notes say the kernel version. For example this one uses Linux 4.14
If the disk has failed then the re-installation will fail or soon suffer the same fate again. Should be fine though, it's a reasonably new Samsung EVO SSD.
I do recall that yesterday CloudReady updated to a new release -- https://www.neverware.com/blogcontent/2019/1/30/update-cloudready-v723-released -- but was running fine after the upgrade. Might be related, or a coincidence.
If the disk contained any OS other than CloudReady, or I had data stored locally, then I would absolutely try to troubleshoot and rescue the installation.
The bleutooth in ChromeOS is far from perfect, and in your case there may e a problem with the hardware-recognition.
If you accept not being able to use controlling players over bleutooth you can jsut plug an a usb-powered, audio-2-bleutooth adapter in and use that. It will overcome the glitches in ChromeOS bleutooth.
Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Handsfree-Microphone/dp/B0168CUAYO/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=audio+bluetooth+adapter&qid=1595354759&sr=8-13 some can be powered permanently through USB, or charge while being used. But they will not allow skipping to the net song from a bleutooth device etc.
I found one that worked that is only $10 on Amazon.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KWQAQ00/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1