Samgsung Chromebook 2 boot from USB SD

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Christopher Hopkins edited this page Dec 13, 2015 · 1 revision

Step 1: Put your Chromebook in Developer Mode

Enter 'Recovery' mode by holding down the ESC and Refresh (F3) keys and then poke the Power button.
On the 'Recovery' screen press Ctrl-D (You will then be prompted to confirm)
The system will reboot into 'Developer' mode it may take several minutes to complete
A Chromebook in 'Developer' mode will display a warning 'OS verification is Off'

Step 2: Login to the Developer console and enable dev_boot_usb

After rebooting in 'Developer' mode, but before logging in, Press 'Control-Alt-RightArrow[where the F2 button would be]'
Login with the 'chronos' user (no password needed)
Enter the following command: sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1
Reboot the system with the following command: sudo shutdown -r now

Step 3: Boot using an OS on your USB drive/SD card

At boot hold down the 'Control-U' keys
The Chromebook should now boot using the OS on your USB drive or SD card