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Can I update an existing CloudReady to CloudReady 2.0 (a.k.a. Google Chrome OS Flex)? I tried changing channel to canary but still ChromeOS Flex isn't offered. So Can I update to Flex? Or do I have to wait until its stable release?

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  • It's not entirely clear from your question, but did you follow all the steps outlined in the installation guide? If so, which step exactly did you get stuck?
    – Saaru Lindestøkke
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 14:32
  • Yes, I tried everything. I got stuck while booting, in VM, blank screen forever, and in real hardware i got stuck on chrome logo forever.
    – Head
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 14:54
  • What is "everything"? 'No need to repeat what's written in the question. Which step exactly from the installation guide did you get stuck? Can you name that step?
    – Saaru Lindestøkke
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 15:01
  • @SaaruLindestøkke >> Booting from USB.
    – Head
    Commented Feb 24, 2022 at 11:47
  • Ok, that's step 2 then. They write "Press the power button. Immediately begin repeatedly pressing your device's boot key." Which boot key are you using? Are you using Virtual Box for the VM by the way?
    – Saaru Lindestøkke
    Commented Feb 24, 2022 at 11:57

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Yes, Why not?

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Steps (remember to press enter after typing each command)

All steps are assuming that runs in CloudReady Write the Flex image to a flash drive with Chromebook Recovery Utility

Press Ctrl+Alt+T, type shell, and hit enter

Use ls /dev/sd*12 | sed "s/12//g" to find the Flex installation flash drive's node and the harddisk's node (something like /dev/sda will be printed out, that's the node we need to find out) (if more than one result printed, the first result is your harddisk's node, the last one is the flash drive's node. If not, most likely that /dev/nvme0n1 is your harddisk's node)

Run the following command (REPLACE with the Flex installation drive's node and REPLACE <harddrive_node> with your harddisk's node) :

sudo dd if=<device node>2 of=<harddrive_node>2 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>3 of=<harddrive_node>3 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>4 of=<harddrive_node>4 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>5 of=<harddrive_node>5 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>6 of=<harddrive_node>6 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>7 of=<harddrive_node>7 bs=4M
sudo dd if=<device node>12 of=<harddrive_node>12 bs=4M

Run sudo reboot, you should be rebooted to Flex now.

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