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macOS 13.4 and ChromeOS Flex USB

I am making an attempt to create a Chrome OS Flex USB set up drive, to put in it by way of Parallels, on macOS 13.4 (2019 i9 MBP).

I will create it each by way of the Chrome browser extension, and the terminal sudo dd if=chromeos.bin of=/dev/disk2 bs=4M standing=progress technique… however after each strategies, it exhibits the identical wya in Disk Utility, nonetheless it isn’t readable in macOS, so Parallels can’t set up from it — there is no solution to choose it because the USB drive supply, or open the .bin picture.

Am I lacking one thing easy?

I can’t discover this as a identified concern, and there are directions on how to do that with a Mac.. this is what I used:

I attempted utilizing the USB band new, and once more formatted to APFS first — however each create the identical factor when creating the ChromeOS Flex USB drive, so I do not assume the start line issues.. however this is the drive:

The newest ChromeOS Flex .bin is right here:

Additional information I’ve discovered already: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChromeOSFlex/feedback/swl5q9/chromeos_flex_links/

➜  ~ diskutil listing /dev/disk0 (inside, bodily):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk0    1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1    2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         4.0 TB     disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +4.0 TB     disk1                                  Bodily Retailer disk0s2    1:                APFS Quantity Macintosh HD            9.1 GB     disk1s1    2:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 9.1 GB     disk1s1s1    3:                APFS Quantity Macintosh HD - Knowledge     2.2 TB     disk1s2    4:                APFS Quantity Preboot                 2.0 GB     disk1s3    5:                APFS Quantity Restoration                1.1 GB     disk1s4    6:                APFS Quantity VM                      20.5 KB    disk1s5 /dev/disk2 (exterior, bodily):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *31.4 GB    disk2    1: FE3A2A5D-4F32-41A7-B725-ACCC3285A309               16.8 MB    disk2s2    2: FE3A2A5D-4F32-41A7-B725-ACCC3285A309               16.8 MB    disk2s4                     (free area)                         136.3 MB   -    3:           Linux Filesystem                         16.8 MB    disk2s8    4:                        EFI EFI-SYSTEM              67.1 MB    disk2s12    5: 3CB8E202-3B7E-47DD-8A3C-7FF2A13CFCEC               2.1 MB     disk2s5    6: 3CB8E202-3B7E-47DD-8A3C-7FF2A13CFCEC               2.5 GB     disk2s3    7:           Linux Filesystem                         4.3 GB     disk2s1 

macOS 13.4 and ChromeOS Flex USB

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