Aurora
https://github.com/AerialiteLabs/Aurora
Aurora is a tool similar to Ventoy for ChromeOS RMA shims and recovery images based on Alpine Linux
By soap phia
Aurora is a tool similar to Ventoy for ChromeOS RMA shims and recovery images based on Alpine Linux
By soap phia
What are the features?
Section titled “What are the features?”- Recovery
- Payloads
- Booting other shims
- Wifi connectivity
Prebuilts
Section titled “Prebuilts”Prebuilts are located at https://dl.mrwork.shop/aurora
Building
Section titled “Building”git clone https://github.com/AerialiteLabs/Aurora.gitcd Aurora
Run the next command with a raw shim or nanoshim
sudo bash Aurora /path/to/shim.bin
Alternatively, you can automatically download a shim and build it with the following command:
sudo bash Aurora <board> --auto
Flashing
Section titled “Flashing”Linux: (Replace /dev/sdX with your flash drive/sd card)
sudo dd if=/path/to/board-aurora.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1M status=progress
Windows: Download Rufus, select your USB, select board-aurora.bin
macOS: Download BalenaEtcher, select your USB, select board-aurora.bin
ChromeOS: Download Chromebook Recovery Utility, select “Use local image” in the settings menu of it, select your USB, select board-aurora.bin
Booting
Section titled “Booting”- Press [Esc+Ref+Pwr], then [Ctrl+D] to enter developer mode.
- Plug in your flash drive that you flashed Aurora to.
- Press [Esc+Ref+Pwr] again and allow the shim to boot up.
Upload files via another device
Section titled “Upload files via another device”- Use AFT on page 2 of Aurora (requires wifi connectivity)
- Use a Linux computer with ROOT ACCESS
- Mount your flash drive
sudo mount /dev/sdX4 /mnt
- Copy your files
sudo cp /path/to/[recoveryimage|shim].bin /mnt/usr/share/aurora/images/[recovery|shims]/
- Mount your flash drive