Originally Posted by
B. Diddy I'm not sure what the author was referring to. There's some complex way of installing CloudReady on an outdated Chromebook, but my understanding is that it's not entirely reliable, and you run the risk of bricking the device. The other option would be to install a Linux distro on it, but I've never seen any other way to continue manually installing Chrome OS updates once it's reached end of life.
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would add my $0.02. I have a Samsung Chromebox Series 3, I followed the instructions in this video to install CloudReady. I did this over a year ago without any issues.
The toughest part is disabling the write protection. Most brands have a screw on the motherboard you remove. Simple as that. On the Samsung, however, you have to install a tiny jumper. That said, with these instructions I found it pretty easy.