Announcing the Release of the World's First 64-bit Build of Google's ChromiumOS

[Teo En Ming]

Announcing the Release of the World's First 64-bit Build of Google's ChromiumOS for Netbooks

I have ported the development code of the open source ChromiumOS project to 64-bit. Google Chrome OS will be officially released in late 2010, and it will be based on the Chromium OS project.

My 64-bit build of ChromiumOS is called ChromiumOS64. Download your copy now!

Download link: http://www.chromiumos64.org/

[gnomeuser]

Is there any reason why this code is not worked up upstream?

[earthpigg]

have you considered trademark issues?

Google has the right to have control over anything called "Chrome" or "Chromium"...

[Teo En Ming]

Martin Bligh from Google commented:

http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-os-discuss/browse_thread/thread/1b8766e81e94bf58

[HappinessNow]

Martin Bligh from Google commented:

http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-os-discuss/browse_thread/thread/1b8766e81e94bf58Interesting you may have reserved yourself a job with Google, one day.

Congratulations, I will keep an eye on it and test it one day.

Thanks!

[Teo En Ming]

Interesting you may have reserved yourself a job with Google, one day.

Congratulations, I will keep an eye on it and test it one day.

Thanks!

I don't think that will happen because I am not a software engineer.

I need testing for my 64-bit build of Chromium OS on real hardware. So far I have only tested it in Xen virtualization environment.

[NoaHall]

Hm... Could you make a compact .iso or .image file to use on a USB stick? I'd download it then.

[toupeiro]

Some constructive criticism, not necessarily on the OP but on the state of Chromium and the need for 64-bit at this time:

32-bit or 64-bit, it still cannot handle very common wireless adapters on bootup and has no poweroff button, alongside a slew of other functionality its currently lacking. There's still quite a bit more work to do, and since the OS is geared towards lightweight uses, I don't see the advantages of x64 bit here. (web browser work taking up more than 4GB of RAM in alpha?) Not to discredit your efforts, I just think much more work is needed upstream on things that are truly lacking in the OS itself with the same level of commitment you have to seeing x64-bit at this stage in the game, but congrats on your success in getting x64-bit compiled!

Cheers and Kudos!

-T

[3rdalbum]

Most, if not all Intel Atoms that land in netbooks are 32-bit only (and can only address 2 GiB anyway). The Via Nano is 64-bit-compatible, but not widely available in netbook computers.

If you could help with something other than compiling Chromium OS in 64-bit, then I'm sure your efforts would be more appreciated.

[Teo En Ming]

I've used qemu-img to convert the WMware VMDK image to raw harddisk image. Then I dd the raw harddisk image to a 20 GB USB external harddisk. You don't need to use a USB thumb drive or USB flash memory.

ChromiumOS64 works on real hardware. I've successfully booted up ChromiumOS64 on my Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300 @ 2.8 GHz, Intel Desktop Board DQ45CB, 6 GB DDR2-800 memory and nVidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16 graphics card. It can't detect the Intel GMA4500 onboard graphics though.

I am posting this message and watching Youtube videos at the same time using my 64-bit build of Google Chromium OS (ChromiumOS64).

[Teo En Ming]

Hm... Could you make a compact .iso or .image file to use on a USB stick? I'd download it then.

Dear NoaHall,

You could download the WMware VMDK image file, convert it to raw harddisk image and dd the raw image to your USB thumb drive or USB external harddrive.

The commands are as follows:

$ qemu-img convert -f vmdk chromiumos64.vmdk -O raw chromiumos64.img

If /dev/sdc is your USB stick,

# dd if=chromiumos64.img of=/dev/sdc

Then you can boot up ChromiumOS64 using your USB stick. There's no need to install ChromiumOS64. Just run it like a Linux Live USB.

You need at least 9.5 GB free space on your USB stick.

[Teo En Ming]

Some constructive criticism, not necessarily on the OP but on the state of Chromium and the need for 64-bit at this time:

32-bit or 64-bit, it still cannot handle very common wireless adapters on bootup and has no poweroff button, alongside a slew of other functionality its currently lacking. There's still quite a bit more work to do, and since the OS is geared towards lightweight uses, I don't see the advantages of x64 bit here. (web browser work taking up more than 4GB of RAM in alpha?) Not to discredit your efforts, I just think much more work is needed upstream on things that are truly lacking in the OS itself with the same level of commitment you have to seeing x64-bit at this stage in the game, but congrats on your success in getting x64-bit compiled!

Cheers and Kudos!

-T

Thank you.

[Teo En Ming]

Most, if not all Intel Atoms that land in netbooks are 32-bit only (and can only address 2 GiB anyway). The Via Nano is 64-bit-compatible, but not widely available in netbook computers.

If you could help with something other than compiling Chromium OS in 64-bit, then I'm sure your efforts would be more appreciated.

I am not a software developer.

[Teo En Ming]

http://chrometecha.blogspot.com/2009/11/install-chrome-os-64-bit-version.html

[Teo En Ming]

I've uploaded the ChromiumOS64 files to Amazon S3 online storage cloud. If you use a download accelerator like prozilla, axel, or SKDownloader (all Linux based), you can achieve download speeds of up to 1 MegaBytes per second.

[HappinessNow]

I've uploaded the ChromiumOS64 files to Amazon S3 online storage cloud. If you use a download accelerator like prozilla, axel, or SKDownloader (all Linux based), you can achieve download speeds of up to 1 MegaBytes per second.do you have a simple link to a torrent download of the iso?

[Teo En Ming]

do you have a simple link to a torrent download of the iso?

No. I didn't create any torrent downloads. Sorry.

[Teo En Ming]

ChromiumOS64 プロジェクト

http://royalwin.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2009-11-30



ChromiumOS64 プロジェクトでは、Google Chrome OS のソースを ポーティングして Chrome OS の 64 ビット版をビルドしたそうだ。
http://www.chromiumos64.org/
VMware のイメージファイルが公開されている。
64ビットがなぜ必要か？の理由だが、x86-64 をサポートするItel Atom 300シリーズや AMD Neo, Via Nano 用とのことだ。もちろん Core 2,Core i,Phenomなどでも使えるそうだ。
winimage で VMware のイメージファイルを USB メモリに書き込んで LiveUSB の作成も可能とのこと。(16GB以上のUSBメモリが必要 ??)
http://www.winimage.com/download.htm
Windows や 他の Linux も 64ビット版がある。
Chrome OS 正式版も 32 ビット，64 ビット版の 2 種が提供されるのかもしれない。

[Teo En Ming]

Enthusiast makes 64-bit build of Google Chrome OS available

Link: http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/enthusiast-makes-64-bit-build-of-google-chrome-os-available.html

[NoaHall]

Dear NoaHall,

You could download the WMware VMDK image file, convert it to raw harddisk image and dd the raw image to your USB thumb drive or USB external harddrive.

The commands are as follows:

$ qemu-img convert -f vmdk chromiumos64.vmdk -O raw chromiumos64.img

If /dev/sdc is your USB stick,

# dd if=chromiumos64.img of=/dev/sdc

Then you can boot up ChromiumOS64 using your USB stick. There's no need to install ChromiumOS64. Just run it like a Linux Live USB.

You need at least 9.5 GB free space on your USB stick.

I know I could, but it's too big for me to download just to play with.

[Teo En Ming]

I know I could, but it's too big for me to download just to play with.

I've already used the maximum compression with the zip archive utility on linux. It reports 53% deflated.

Currently, the vmware vmdk image file I have uploaded is my "one size fits all" solution.

I will try to see if I can reduce the size of the image further.

Ideally, LZMA compression algorithm provides the best compression ratio over bzip2 and gzip. But, in considering Windows users, I have changed the archiving utility to zip. I've got users asking me how to decompress .bz2 file extension.

[Teo En Ming]

Google Chrome OS update: netbook compatibility, 64-bit version and 1Gb USB flash drive image

Link: http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/news/091201/google-chrome-os-update-compatibility-64-bit-version-and-1gb-drive-image