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
NotesUnprivileged LXC containers do not have access to the networking resource needed for Tailscale to work. This article explains how to give it access.Unfurl