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So, I have chromebook (Samsung 503c), and I was turn on the developer mode, and turn on usb boot, so I download a ubuntu.iso file, but I can't extract it to my usb stick.

How I can do that (extract to usb Ubuntu files)?

A.B.
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Pain
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Lets assume that your iso is at /home/user/abc/ubuntu.iso

to move the iso to a usb drive do the following:

  1. Get a shell on your chromebook by hitting ctrl+alt+T

  2. Type shell and press enter to get a proper shell instead of crosh

  3. insert your USB thumbdrive, and type dmesg|tail to see what it is registered as (mine is sdb1)

  4. Make sure that the drive is not mounted by typing sudo umount /dev/sdb1

  5. Copy the iso to the disk by typing sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/user/abc/ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb

Wait for it to finish. and now you should have a working usb disk with ubuntu iso on it, ready to boot.

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  • Oh no, I don't want install with crouton, because its piece of shit – Pain Jul 17 '15 at 08:38
  • This article covers the dd command; sudo umount /dev/sd[1 letter][optionally 1 number]

    sudo dd bs=4M if=[path_to_your.iso] of=/dev/sd[that 1 letter]

     – JoSSte Jul 17 '15 at 13:38
  • Jonas - please give me example, becauso, it's not workig :D – Pain Jul 17 '15 at 20:22
  • I've rewritten my answer to address your comments – JoSSte Jul 18 '15 at 05:43
  • @Pain You've also got me thinking about installing Linux on my chromebook now – JoSSte Jul 21 '15 at 09:27
  • Since this post, I have installed XUbuntu on my own chromebook, using similar approach to this, with great success. If you require a machine that works well , disconnected from the interweb, i warmly reccomend it. – JoSSte Sep 09 '15 at 11:21