Can you repeat the issue with dd via a livecd? I've never used Rufus, and don't know what it does to the image.

something like, Download the image

xzcat file | dd of=/dev/<device> bs=512k

And make sure that the sdcard/usb key is a minimum of 8GB in size.

using windows os so i can load it on the SD card. The SD card is SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB.
Rufus can be found in https://rufus.akeo.ie/

i'm willing to try anything you say right now with those tools right now.

waiting for your reply.

Thanks a lot.

Model PIT D3A-E4Q-A4O

root@kali:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 30G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 28.8G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 1.3G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 59.5G 0 disk /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
root@kali:~# xzcat kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz | dd of=/sdb/ bs=512k
dd: failed to open ‘/sdb/’: Is a directory
root@kali:~# xzcat kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz | dd of=/media/root/ bs=512k
dd: failed to open ‘/media/root/’: Is a directory

That was from my kali VM environment and mounted the SD card. from the list it is the sdb.

Let me know what else can be done if there's any.

Thanks a lot.

You were so close :/

it should be "xzcat kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=512k"

also please be sure to UNMOUNT the drive before dd-ing to the device.

Do not use a graphical utility to do it, from the command line, run

umount /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E

Also, a minor disclaimer, I do not have a Pit to test, but I've tested the image against Spring, Snow and PeachPi and it works on all of them.

so can you give me full steps and i will come back right now with the results.

1. start the chromebook
2. hit Ctrl+U
3. Never gone further than that. <--- any suggestions ?

root@kali:~# umount /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E
umount: /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E: mountpoint not found

The working environment is Kali 2.0 in VMWare Workstation.

root@kali:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 30G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 28.8G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 1.3G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 59.5G 0 disk /media/root/4C325E31325E206E
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
root@kali:~# xzcat kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=512k
^C0+42282 records in
0+42282 records out
347013120 bytes (347 MB) copied, 12.1967 s, 28.5 MB/s

root@kali:~# umount /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E
umount: /media/root/FC92BA7492BA334E: mountpoint not found
root@kali:~# xzcat kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=512k
xzcat: kali-2.0-exynos.img.xz: Compressed data is corrupt
14+259395 records in
14+259395 records out
2818572288 bytes (2.8 GB) copied, 220.404 s, 12.8 MB/s
root@kali:~#

booted, goes to the login screen but no functional keyboard and mouse.

any ideas?

This is a bug report forum, and not a support forum.

You would be better served getting the hand holding on the forums. You need to choose the correct mount point when unmounting the device. You also need to READ THE OUTPUT when it tells you exactly what is wrong.

Closed.