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The rest of the install is a standard install so just follow the on screen prompts. Ignore all the mmc partitions and look for your USB drive, if you’re not sure, look at the size of the drive.Ĭheck your partitions are correct and continue the install. We want to leave the Chromebook’s internal drive untouched so choose the option to do something else so that we can manually setup the partitions for Kali. When Linux loads make sure you can connect to the internet (I am using my trusty USB to Ethernet hub combo for a wired connection).Ĭlick on the Install kali using the graphical interface. Choose the live Linux USB drive.Ĭhoose the option install Kali. Press ESC when prompted and you will see 3 drives: the USB drive, the live Linux USB drive (I am using Kali) and the eMMC (the Chromebooks internal drive). Power on the Chromebook and press Ctrl + L to get to the BIOS screen. Plug in your live Linux USB into the other USB port.
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Plug in your USB drive into the USB port of your Chromebook.
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Now on startup, if you press Ctrl + L, you will get the BIOS screen instead of Chrome OS.Īt this stage most of the work is done and all that’s left is to install Linux: Power off the Chromebook by typing in sudo poweroff Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 at the Chrome OS login screen.Īt the terminal prompt, type sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_legacy=1 Press Ctrl + D at the initial startup screen to load Chrome OS. Let’s turn on the Ctrl + L functionality next: Pressing Ctrl + D at the screen with the red exclamation mark on startup will take you to your Chrome OS install but pressing Ctrl + L will take you to the BIOS screen to boot from your USB drive. YouTube won’t let me use an actual angle bracket after the “bash”Ĭhoose the option to Modify my Chromebook’s RW_LEGACY slot and follow the on-screen instructions. ** You’ll have to replace that angle bracket with the one on your keyboard. Press Ctrl + Alt + T to bring up a terminal window tab. Your Chromebook is reset to factory settings so you will need to go through the Chrome OS setup again. Turn the Chromebook on and press Ctrl + D to bypass the screen with the red exclamation mark. Let’s now modify the BIOS to allow us to install Linux. The Chromebook will reboot and you’ll see the screen with the red exclamation mark.ĭeveloper mode is now enabled, power off the Chromebook.īy enabling developer mode, your Chromebook will always display the screen with the red exclamation mark on startup. You will see a timer counting down in the top right hand corner of the screen. On the next screen press Ctrl + D to bypass this message. With your Chromebook turned off hold down the ESC and Refresh While keeping them held down, press the power button once. – Live Linux USB drive (I’m using Kali Linux 2018.2)ĭeveloper mode will wipe your Chromebook back to factory settings so make sure you back up any data not on your Google drive. Instructions were taken from these locations: THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR CHROMEBOOK. This will REPLACE ChromeOS with Kali Linux. If you want to install Kali Linux on your Chromebook and remove Chrome OS, this tutorial is for you. Figure out what processor you’ve got and go to this link to see if your Chromebook is compatible: I will not tell you if your Chromebook is compatible.