There's not really much to screw up here, unless you enter the BIOS settings and break something (but that's highly unlikely. Ta-da, you have just booted from the USB stick! If that didn't work, reboot and try a different F# key or perhaps a different boot device. When it's finished, reboot your computer and spam F12 while it's booting up - it should ask you what you want to boot from. In fact, it basically turns the USB stick into a CD, albeit one that runs significantly faster than your average optical drive. (except, edit the *'s to complete the filename.) This will "burn" the Ubuntu disk image to your USB stick, as if it were a CD. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING VALUABLE ON IT, PLEASE REMOVE IT BEFORE CONTINUING.) Once you've figure out what your USB drive is, type: dd if=ubuntu-12.*-desktop*.iso of=/dev/sdb (NOTE: THE FOLLOWING COMMAND WILL WIPE ANYTHING CURRENTLY ON THE USB DRIVE. Upload it to Pastebin, then post the link as a comment below my post. It's usually /dev/sdb, if it's your computer's only USB stick plugged in, but it you're nervous, type fdisk -l - it'll reply with a bunch of tech stuff.
#HOW TO USE A BOOTABLE USB ON A CHROMEBOOK ISO#
Once you've gotten the Shell open, type cd Downloads (assuming you saved the ISO to your Downloads folder.) Now, we need to figure out what Device your USB stick is. If not, reread the instructions and try again. You'll now be presented with a $ with (maybe) some text before it. Press CTRL- ALT- T to open it up, then type shell and press Enter. Anyway, it's basically useless, except to open up the "real" Shell. Okay, first off, we're going to enter Crosh - ChrOme SHell is what I think it stands for. I'd recommend this alternative method - it's a little more "hacker-ish" (you're basically tricking your computer into thinking the USB stick is a CD-ROM,) but it's the simplest method ever to make your bootable USB drive. (Don't worry, there's like a 90% chance someone else will add an answer detailing that method.) Create a new partition table (if it asks, use msdos,) and then create a new partition with the Type as FAT32.How did you make the USB stick? Did you use UNetBootin? There's supposed to be something you can do with fdisk, but I'm too lazy to talk about that right now.
#HOW TO USE A BOOTABLE USB ON A CHROMEBOOK WINDOWS#
Normal Windows utilities can't do this, use something like Gparted instead. Just remember that after you have done this to the USB stick, you can't use it as a USB stick until you reformat it. This will "burn" the Ubuntu disk image to your USB stick, as if it were a CD. (except, edit the *'s to complete the filename.) Once you've figure out what your USB drive is, type: dd if=ubuntu-12.*-desktop*.iso of=/dev/sdb IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING VALUABLE ON IT, PLEASE REMOVE IT BEFORE CONTINUING.)
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Now, we need to figure out what Device your USB stick is. Once you've gotten the Shell open, type cd Downloads (assuming you saved the ISO to your Downloads folder.)
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How did you make the USB stick? Did you use UNetBootin? There's supposed to be something you can do with fdisk, but I'm too lazy to talk about that right now.