Crostini commands collected

Crostini.md

Links:

• https://aldur.blog/articles/2025/10/29/nixos-baguette-images-in-chromeos
• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/458443474
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/1onk4w0/debian_trixie_in_baguette_vm/
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/containers_and_vms.md
• https://mdfranz.medium.com/linux-containers-vms-on-your-chromebooks-from-vmc-to-alpine-88bccdc78fdf

Flags:

• #crostini-gpu-support
• #crostini-multi-container
• #crostini-containerless (Baguette)

vmc create --vm-type BAGUETTE \
  --size 15G \
  --source /home/chronos/user/MyFiles/Downloads/baguette_rootfs.img.zst \
  baguette

vmc start --vm-type BAGUETTE baguette

vmc stop termina
vmc stop baguette

# Optional: backup `termina`
vmc export termina /home/chronos/user/MyFiles/Downloads/termina.img

# WARNING: This will destroy your existing `termina` VM and any data it contains.
vmc destroy termina

vmc export baguette /home/chronos/user/MyFiles/Downloads/baguette-nixos.img

vmc create --vm-type BAGUETTE \
  --size 15G \
  --source /home/chronos/user/MyFiles/Downloads/baguette-nixos.img \
  termina

# Optional: destroy the other `baguette` VM
vmc destroy baguette

vmc start --vm-type BAGUETTE termina

sudo usermod -a -G render $USER

sudo usermod -a -G video $USER

glxgears

vmc start --enable-gpu --vm-type BAGUETTE --no-shell termina
vmc container termina penguin

vmc start --enable-gpu --vm-type BAGUETTE termina

vsh termina penguin

vmc start --enable-gpu --vm-type CROSTINI --no-shell termina
vmc container termina penguin

vsh termina
lxc list
lxc launch images:alpine/edge alpine
lxc exec alpine ash