How To Install Linux On Chromebook From Usb

Plug in your live linux usb into the other usb port.

How to install linux on chromebook from usb. Find main usb drive. While most of your data in chrome os is stored server side in the cloud you may have important files saved locally such as those found in your downloads folder in addition to disabling certain security restrictions and allowing you to install a customized version of ubuntu activating developer mode deletes all local data on a chromebook automatically. Under linux beta select turn on. How to install linux on your chromebook. Your chromebook s internal ssd.

At the bottom right select the time. Follow the steps on the screen. Power on the chromebook and press ctrl l to get to the bios screen. Go ahead and select the live linux usb drive and confirm it. In my case dev sda are an internal hard disk of the pc and i am using dev sdb is usb lubuntu installation media from where this live session is booted.

If you want to go beyond the extensions and android apps chrome os offers there are a few ways to get linux up and running to make your chromebook more. It ll then load up the usb copy of ubuntu. Set up linux beta on your chromebook. The live linux usb drive. A terminal window opens.

Plug in your usb 3 0 drive into the usb 3 0 port of your chromebook. Setup can take 10 minutes or more. And dev sdc is my main usb drive where i want to install my linux system and where i have made two partitions in step number 2 if you have skipped step 2 you can also make partitions in this window. Enable developer mode. You can run linux commands install more tools using the apt package manager and customize your shell.

You ll then see other options show up.