A few weeks ago my chromebook got crazy and its OS got corrupted for an unknown reason. I'd like to instal Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on it using a bootable USB pendrive, but since it is not the usual installation that I am used to on PCs/laptops....I am a bit stuck and dont even know where to start. I'd simply like to make a pendrive that I can make bootable for my chromebook and do the installation.
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There are two ways - one requires the Chrome OS to be present and utilizes the kernel there, but you can't do it from a bootable USB stick. The other way involves flashing a new BIOS - but again, you have to be in a workable Chrome OS session. I think the BIOS flash tool got pulled by its creator and is hard to find. But either way, you will need to restore Chrome OS. There is a recovery to do this -
Once its recovered, just google for the cr48 BIOS to install from a pen drive - good luck.
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Thanks a lot for the answer. Although this cr48 seems to be a nightmare.....I keep getting an error message with the new installation of the chrome OS. I just simply give up. Thanks anyway.– ElysiumJan 1, 2013 at 23:50
Installing ubuntu on chromebook is a difficult task as far as I know.
It require turn on the developer option & using custom linux kernel.
Few guides are available in internet
http://liliputing.com/2012/11/how-to-install-ubuntu-12-04-on-the-199-acer-c7-chromebook.html
http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.in/2012/04/chrubuntu-1204-now-with-double-bits.html
This is a very easy to follow step by step guide to turn the new $249 Samsung Chromebook into a full featured netbook by installing Ubuntu Linux. Once complete you can have a dual boot Samsung Chromebook with ChromeOS one one SSD drive and Ubuntu 12 on the other SSD drive.
http://techfoobar.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-samsungs-new.html"
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1Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.– OyiboFeb 1, 2013 at 8:11
The way I have installed Ubuntu on a Chromebook is by using Crouton.
Enter developer mode.
At the scary boot screen press Ctrl+D
It will take a while to start up. Enter your Google information.
Click on this download link: https://goo.gl/fd3zc and save the file to your Downloads folder. In case this link has become obsolete, you can find the latest link to the same file at this webpage: GitHub dnschneid/crouton - Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment.
Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+Alt+T
Type
shell
and hit Enter.Run the following command:
sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r trusty -t unity