format microsdcard using chrome recovery utility
then mkfs.ext4 -t /dev/mmcblk0
then label using e2label /dev/mmcblk0 labelname
Download crouton to Downloads folder
copy crouton to /usr/local/bin
sudo mount -i -o remount,exec /home/chronos/user/
From Downloads folder type
sudo crouton -r buster -t core,cli-extra -p /media/removable/Crouton