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Install Chromium OS to SECOND internal drive on EEE 901?

Install Chromium OS to SECOND internal drive on EEE 901?

I am trying to install the Chromium OS on an EEE PC 901, and I have succeeded in using Image Writer for Windows 0.2r23 to copy the IMG file to an SDHC card.

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Guest [Entry]

"I was able to copy the OS to the second internal hard drive by:

Log into the USB version
Press Control-Alt-T to get a terminal window
Type the following and follow the prompts

/usr/sbin/chromeos-install /dev/sdb

Reboot from the second internal SSD (holding down escape).

Note: choosing sda instead of sdb (or leaving out the /dev/sdb) will install the OS to the first internal drive."
Guest [Entry]

"Andrew, I'm trying to do exactly the same thing on my 901, have a Runcore 32GB drive with my windows partition on and, after succesfully running the cherry version of the Hexxeh Chrome OS Cherry Build (http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/) on a usb stick and installing it over the windows image, I'm struggling to get it onto the 4GB internal SSD.

Image Writer won't write to it.

Acronis clones the disk but can't make it bootable and due to the small size on the 901, I can't read the full instructions it gives on how to go about doing this afterwards!

Chromium itself always picks the Runcore SSD, whatever Bios setting I try and use to hide that drive.

I read that LinuxLive USB Creator 2.2 can be used to write a drive image to an internal drive if run from the command line and the --force option used. However I lost the page I was reading with the info on whilst trying to track down the program to download!!!

I'll re-post if I find a way and likewise, if you sort it out, please let me know what method was successful!"