![]() The Chromebook should reboot to a white screen that says Chrome OS is missing. To enable developer mode power on the device, once booted press and hold the ESC and Refresh buttons then tap the power-button. As I said in the intro I want to maintain the Chrome OS and this means we don’t have to open the case and set the RW mode :) What it will do is perform a full reset as part of the process. Each step SHOULD be reversible, but follow these steps at your own risk Step One WARNING - Some of these steps require flashing new firmware and changing to developer mode. ![]() These steps are for an Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431 but should be repeatable on other modern(ish) Chromebooks. So I decided to upgrade my Chromebook and set it up so I could run any OS I needed to on it, whilst maintaining the lightweight Chrome OS. For this I used to carry around my main laptop, but this was becoming old itself and as a 17” laptop it wasn’t lightweight either. Other tasks are mainly on headless machines so I can just ssh on to these.īut there are times when I need a ‘fuller’ OS, one that allows me access to all the tools and software I need. I run a lot of Virtualized Hardware (ESXi) and this can be accessed with the new Web UI in version 6.5, which includes Console so I can interact with the virtual machines. ![]() But they can also be quite limiting sticking to Chrome OS if you need to do some real Dev work.įor the most part Chrome OS is good enough for me. I like Chromebooks! They are cheap, light, easy to use and have great battery life.
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