A little sign in here, a touch of Wi-Fi there… oh, wait, wrong operating system. Starting off, the (very loud) Google Assistant asked if I needed help setting up my Chromebook. The installation process felt similar to resetting a Chromebook with a Powerwash. Once I grabbed my old Chromebook Pixel 2, used the MrChromebox.tech script to install a modified version of Coreboot, and got Chrome OS Flex onto a flash drive, I was ready to go! Hands-on with Chrome OS Flex How to install Chrome OS Flex on a Chromebook Thankfully, MrChromebox.tech makes the process moderately easy. This means that end-users will have to completely replace their bootloader with something like Coreboot.
While it is officially supported to install your own legacy BIOS bootloader, Chrome OS Flex uses the newer UEFI standard, which is incompatible. This is one of the many security features that Google touts for its Chromebooks. The most difficult part about converting a standard Chromebook to Chrome OS Flex is unlocking the bootloader. For those who are curious, the last release of CloudReady 1.0 is based on Chromium OS 94. The first build of Flex was based on Chromium OS 100. That means the operating system will be reset to a fresh install and any files you have stored on your Chromebook will be permanently deleted.
Even if you could switch to “Stable,” you would need to Powerwash you device. On Twitter, our friend PixelRick noticed that Google recently added a “Beta” update channel, so progress toward a stable release is definitely being made. Speaking of stability, the first recovery image is in the “Developer” update channel with no option to switch to “Stable” yet.
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