Chrome OS in VMPlayer - google-chrome-os

Trying to create a virtual machine using VMPlayer, I discovered that as the Chrome OS is now a Release Candidate, it is only available here: http://www.getchrome.eu/download.php
However, there is no .vmdk download but "Live CD" and "USB Disk Image". I've downloaded the "Live CD", but the VMPlayer couldn't create a new machine. Ive tried several samples from the internet, using the following methods:
Create it as Ubuntu.
Create it as a 2.6.x kernel.
Create a blank VM and point the HD to the .iso file.
I keep getting" "Failed to mount RW root filesystem" and then there's a 120 seconds suspension before a reboot (which causes the same error). The screen shot of the log (Alt+F3):
What am I missing?

In the link you've shared there is no .vmdk (and I couldn't find it around the web). So if I were in your shoes I would go to: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide#TOC-Building-Chromium-OS
and try to built it with the spec (cpu, mem etc') that you have on the VMPlayer.
Another option is to try and install a built that someone did: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/chrome-os-google-vmware-download,9124.html
Good luck.

You can try Chrome OS by deploying ready-to-use Chrome OS VMs by hexxeh.

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VirtualBox won't run win10: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine w10. Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

Ok so I want to get a virtual machine with Windows so I can download applications only on Windows (Not on OSX (I'm on Big Sur 11.2.3 by the way)), so I downloaded VirtualBox, then downloaded the Windows thing which apparently I have to (as seen in one of the pics) (you can tell I have hardly any experience with vms), then I created a new vm in the VirtualBox app, and left all the default settings except for the type of hard drive (which is also in one of the pictures), then I clicked Start and it asked me to add a 'virtual optical disk file', so I clicked on the folder button then clicked add in the top left, and it gave me this error code:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine w10.
The VM session was aborted.
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {c0447716-ff5a-4795-b57a-ecd5fffa18a4}
as you can also see in one of the pictures below. Also, when I leave the screen for a couple of minutes right before I click on the previously mentioned add button, this appears:
but I tried just leaving it to load, and nothing happened. I have tried uninstalling using the uninstall tool twice, rebooting my Mac, etc etc, and yes I have allowed everything I need to in the Security settings. I'm not installing it on a moderator account, but the Windows 10 virtual optical disk file is in Documents which the account I'm on has read and write access to, and obviously the actual VM is in applications.
Thanks so much!
Here's the previously mentioned image of the one changed setting:
And here's the pic of the Win10 64-bit I had to install:
thanks everyone!
VirtualBox Version: 6.1.22 r144080 (Qt5.6.3)
Host Operating System: MacOS BigSur
I came across exactly same issue, where clicking on add to choose image was crashing the dialog. This issue persists in the latest version of Virtual Box for Mac.
I could figure out couple of ways to avoid clicking on Add button to choose image.
First Option:
Steps:
Click on Settings to open settings window for your VM.
Choose Storage
Select Empty disc and choose Disk image by clicking small disc icon in the Attributes section. Please follow the image to have visual instructions.
Second Option:
Steps:
Click on VM's Normal start
Once you get the option to choose image, simply cancel the dialog.
Now click on the small disc icon in the bottom of VM's dialog to choose the image.
Hope this helps. Feel free to comment if you find this post useful.
I had the same message because of permissions at directories where the hard disks were stored in. So, just execute VirtualBox 'As Administrator' and all run well.
I was getting the same error on Ubuntu 22.04 machine while trying to start an existing or a new VM-
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine NuacareRocky.
The VM session was aborted.
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {c0447716-ff5a-4795-b57a-ecd5fffa18a4}
I tried a few things as suggested on youtube, but nothing worked. finally, I just upgraded the extension and it worked.

Installing Qubes 4.0.3 UEFI

Good evening, I am trying to install Qubes 4.0.3 as my primary system but am having issues. I am able to install the OS with legacy by disabling nouveau however there is no such option in UEFI (it's been removed)
I am stuck at a black screen and would appreciate any help.
Solved!
It seems that XEN was not playing well with my nvidia gpu, to fix this I opened "disk" (on linux) and mounted the XEN partition (called Anacoda). I opened the EFI folder and found the config file.
I added "nouveau.modeset=0" after the qubes-verbose section and it works!
I hope this helps any any all who wish to enjoy qubes!
Error code
It seems that XEN was not playing well with my nvidia gpu, to fix this I opened "disk" (on linux) and mounted the XEN partition (called Anacoda). I opened the EFI folder and found the config file.
I added "nouveau.modeset=0" after the qubes-verbose section and it works!
I hope this helps any any all who wish to enjoy qubes!

Issue Installing Elastix 4.0 via Bootable USB - CentOS7 Error

Goal
I was attempting to install Elastix 4.0 on a home PC via a Bootable USB, but never had any luck getting it to install past the CentOS7 part (it kept giving me a "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" error).
What I've Tried
My main PC is Windows 10 Pro, so after downloading the latest Elastix 4.0 .iso from "http://www.elastix.com/en/downloads/" (Elastix-4.0.74-Stable-x86_64-bin-10Feb2016.iso) I used UNetbootin to create my Bootable USB for Elastix 4.0. I put the now Bootable USB into the PC I want to put Elastix 4.0 on and started it up.
It gave me the "Install Elastix 4" menu, so I hit enter and waited. Then the install proceeded to do its checks for CentOS7, but ended up getting stuck and gave me an error message "dracut-initqueue[580]: Warning: Could not boot." and "Warning: /dev/root does not exist".
This is where I am stuck and cannot proceed.
EDIT #1: I signed up for the Elastix forms, and someone else also had this issue. They said they downloaded the .iso and used Rufus to make a Bootable USB, and then booted the installation using the Troubleshooting -> Install CentOS 7 using Basic Graphics ... but according to them, that apparently corrupted something else and then they opted to just use a DVD.
EDIT #2: I tested this, and making a Bootable DVD of the .iso does work great for local machines. Installing it via a VM also seems to work without hassle. As a personal goal, I would like to get this working via a Bootable USB.
Research
I did some research but a lot of the solutions I've noticed are using the dd command in Linux to make a Bootable USB for just CentOS7 because it is (was?) known that UNetbootin did not properly make a Bootable USB for CentOS7, and I can't seem to find anything that would assist in making the Elastix 4.0 .iso work properly via a Bootable USB. I did try other tools such as Rufus 2.7, Win32 Disk Imager, ISO2USB, and dd for Windows, though most rendered my USB not bootable at all (Rufus worked OK, but still got stuck at the CentOS7 part). Also, installing via a CD/DVD is not ideal, as I have no CD/DVD drive (and I want to see if I can get this working via a Bootable USB drive).
There seem to be a few guides out there for trying to create a Bootable USB for Elastix 2.x, but nothing for Elastix 4.0. Reviewing those, it looks like the guides reference some files that do not exist in the new .iso (ex: ks_default.cfg). Still, my issue pertains mainly to the CentOS7 error I'm getting so I don't think this is related.
Any assistance with this is appreciated, and if you require more information from my end just let me know. I'm willing to try / re-try anything.
Thank you in advance.
http://henrysittechblog.blogspot.ru/2014/01/install-elastix-from-usb-step-by-step.html
Look for this line, but it may change:
append initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS\x207\x20x86_64 inst.ks=cdrom:/dev/cdrom:/ks/anaconda-ks.cfg quiet
Change it to:
append initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS\x207\x20x86_64 inst.ks=sdb1:/dev/sdb1:/ks/anaconda-ks.cfg quiet
Hi there i solve this problem 80%.
i did some manual change at line:
inst.ks=cdrom:/dev/cdrom:/ks/anaconda-ks.cfg quiet
Mine:
inst.ks=scsi:/dev/sdb1:/ks/anaconda-ks.cfg quiet
hd is not recogniced by Centos7.
made my usb bootable with rufus 2.9
then open isolinux.cfg with notepad++
just change the line
inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks/anaconda-ks.cfg quiet
where sdb1 used to say cdrom

Setting up desktop environment on NetBSD 6.1.5

I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 with full installation setting. However, when I run startx it says no screens could be found. So i tried "X -configure" and then "X -config ~/xconfig.conf.new" and I was brought to a very generic screen with a black x crosshair, but I was unable to exit this using the suggested ctrl+alt+backspace, so I had to force power off and check if my keyboard was recognized in the conf file generated, which it was. I have installed xdm, xterm, Xorg, and other X programs.
I am not familiar with setting up desktop environments from scratch. I am a newb who is used to Ubuntu esque installers doing that stuff for me.
Would someone be able to walk me though the installation or point me to a link which explains a step by step process?
What happens if you rename your xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Does startx or xdm work then?
Are you running this inside a VirtualBox or other emulator?
I have NetBSD on a Thinkpad T420 which I occasionally boot into Windows, and I've setup VirtualBox to be able to run the same NetBSD install when I'm in Windows. The key difference in the xorg.conf file is in the Device section:
Section "Device"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Also I've found the free version of http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ very handy - I use it to ssh into the virtual NetBSD box and then run X apps and have them display on the Windows desktop.
Final note - you might want to look out for the NetBSD-7 RC1 which should be out 'Real Soon Now', as there are some very handy improvements, including better support for most modern display hardware :)
I found that running startx from any directory with a .xinitrc file gives strange behavior in amd64 6.1.5 and 6.1.4. Delete (or rename) any .xinitrc files and try
xinit /path/to/windowmanager
Please read Chapter 9 of NetBSD Guide:
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-x.html
Section 9.9 discusses installing various Desktop Managers/Environments.
It turns out that I could run "X -config xorg.conf.new" as root on host and then ssh using putty to manually launch windows.

Installing chrome OS on an iMac

http://zzsethzz.blogspot.de/2013/02/install-chromium-upgrade-it-to-chrome.html
According this tutorial, I should remove all HDDs I do not want to install chromium OS to during install. I wanted to try this guide on my imac using an external SSD for chromeos. Obviously, removing the HDD isn't an option. Will the chromiumOS installer format my mac drive too, if I don't remove it?
AS the writer of that tutorial I can hopefully help you. When you install Chromium OS to begin with you can specify where to install to if you know your unix commands well enough. and then from there you can update to Chrome OS once you have your external working for you.
To find out what your hard drive is when connected, open a terminal (you may need to use a developer terminal) and use the command "fdisk -l" This will list your hard drives. for example /dev/sda1 etc...
Your install command would be "Install /Dev/sda1" but replace the dev part with whatever your hard drive was listed as. If you need further help email me at admin#xiaorishu.co.uk