How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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I just bought an Acer C7 Chromebook and installed Ubuntu 12.04 with XFCE on it using Crouton. It works well and easily switches between ChromeOS and Ubuntu. The problem is Ubuntu piggybacks on the ChromeOS 3.4.0 kernel. I don't know of a way to get the headers for their kernel. VB will install and open but you can't create a machine. Has anyone figured out how to do this?

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Re: How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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Re: How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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ChipMcK wrote:try this google search https://www.google.com/search?q=Chromeb ... 20&bih=933

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thanks Chip... I didn't find anything to help though. I have seen in a number of places where people can't get it to work but nowhere just yet where someone did.
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Re: How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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Perhaps nobody has!
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Re: How To Install VirtualBox on a Chromebook?

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BillG wrote:Perhaps nobody has!
LOL perhaps :)
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