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Chrome OS version #1643
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We explored this at some point, but the Chrome API doesn't provide us the type of low level functions we need to implement something like Etcher. I'm aware that Etcher runs fine on ChromeOS under developer mode though (with a DE like XFCE) |
The Chrome OS Recovery app can write an arbitrary image to USB, though I hadn't previously tested whether that includes ISOs. Today I had some time and a morbid curiosity so I confirmed that it DOES WORK. The recovery tool is fairly "dumb", so if you make the extension the one it recognizes (ie
The tool can also do a bin from inside a zip file, but trying to fake compressing an ISO (they don't compress well if their creators were smart) after changing the extension to When you are finished with a recovery drive you can also reset it back to a normal drive from the gear ⚙️ menu using "Erase recovery media". |
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Chrome OS is currently lacking a graphical app that allows you to write an ISO to a USB stick or SD card. The only way to do it is to enable developer mode and use
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.As Etcher uses web technologies it could become the first image writer for Chrome OS. I don't know how much effort it is to adapt from Electron/Node.JS to the Chrome application API.
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