NotesI recently wanted to experiment with ChromeOS Flex but didn’t want to install it on a physical machine. I also was doing this without a USB key, which complicated things slightly.
After some trial and error, there are two non-obvious steps to get the installer running:
Properly mounting the .bin live USB image in a way that’s accessible to the VM
Setting graphics drivers to something ChromeOS Flex supports, which enables the VM to successfully boot the live USB imageFeedUnfurl
NotesAt this point, Google would be better off focusing its attention on Android. With some tweaking, Android could power the same devices as ChromeOS, with more native functionality. Someday we may be ready for a browser-based OS, but we're not quite there yet. Unfurl