I cannot enable USB booting, and no tutorial i find works. This drive has ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and a few other small programs installed. Developer mode is enabled. I am fine with just installing a fresh version of linux onto the chromebook, but i would prefer to boot from the 128 gb ssd.
- Install firmware that can book normal Linux, RWL or full rom.
- Press escape in the boot screen. If you’re using RWL, do Ctrl+L and then press escape.
- Select the USB drive you want to boot into
Ubuntu 22.04 hasn’t been supported for a while here from what I’ve seen
“not supported” doesn’t mean that things won’t work, it means that most people will not help you / bother trying to fix things if they don’t work on Ubuntu. I would be surprised if you couldn’t boot Ubuntu. I wouldn’t be surprised if audio didn’t work on Ubuntu, or if there were general Ubuntu Snap issues.
Yes, not knowing how to boot Ubuntu is 100% a skill issue
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I meant I would be surprised if booting Ubuntu failed because I expect Ubuntu to be bootable on Chromebooks. I wasn’t talking about not knowing how to boot Ubuntu.
Try the latest available Ubuntu images and not LTS versions, those may work better.
In this case @homointhechair already has Ubuntu installed on the external SSD. Ig upgrading from LTS to latest from a different computer and then booting on the Chromebook might work (although I personally don’t think it will make Ubuntu bootable).