HCL:ARMChromebook - openSUSE

1. Put your Chromebook into developer mode.
2. Open a root shell: login to ChromeOS, open crosh with 'ctrl-alt-t', start a real shell with 'shell', become root with 'sudo -i'
3. Enable USB/SD booting by running the following command as root from ChromeOS.

   "crossystem dev_boot_usb=1"

4. Download the latest image athttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/ARM:/12.3:/Contrib:/Chromebook/images/and choose between:
   1. JeOS image (1GB) for a minimal system openSUSE-12.3-ARM-JeOS-chromebook-*.raw.xz or
   2. XFCE image (4GB) for a graphical system openSUSE-12.3-ARM-XFCE-chromebook-*.raw.xz
5. As root extract the image onto your SD-Card or USB drive (replace sdX with the device name of your SD-Card or USB drive). WARNING: all previous data on the SD-Card or USB drive will be lost.

More:

http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:ARMChromebook