Google's Chrome OS in VMware Fusion

 In my last post, I covered How To Install Google's Chrome OS to USB.  I saw that someone at gdgt has already installed Chrome OS into a VMware image.  I wanted to give a whirl to see if there was any differences to the USB version.  It will also be useful to have it as a virtual machine to play with.

How to install and run Chrome OS in VMware Fusion:
1)  Download the Chrome OS VMware image from gdgt.  You will need to be a registered member to download.  It is free to register.
2)  From the VMware Fusion toolbar, select File > New
3)  Click Continue without disc

4)  Select Use an existing virtual disk

 

 













5)  Navigate to the chrome os vmware file downloaded in step 1.  Select Make a separate copy of the virtual disk and click Choose.

6)  Click Continue.

7)  Choose Linux as the Operating System and Other Linux 2.6.x kernel as the version, and then click Continue.

8)  Click on Customize Settings.

 













9)  Change the Save As name to Chrome OS and click Save.

10)  Watch as disk is copied.

11)  Change some settings before starting virtual machine.  Click on Network.

12)  Change Network setting to Connect directly to the physical network (Bridged) and click Show All.

13)  Change memory to 512M and click Show All.

14) Start the virtual machine.  Log in using your gmail id and password.

15) Screenshot of the application page.

16)  Screenshot of the networking options at the top right.

17)  Screenshot of the Chrome options.

18)  Screenshot of the Chromium OS version.