Graphical Interface. Download the desired.img file. Install the usb-imagewriter package If your release does not include this, download it from Oliver's PPA. Open Applications -> Accessories -> Image Writer. Insert your flash media. Select the downloaded file and flash device, and click 'Write to Device'. Apr 30, 2013 - Linux USB Creator for Mac can be used to achieve this: Steps: First just select the linux distribution you want to use. You can either select from.
Linux Live USB drives allow you to try out the operating system without installing it on your boot drive. It’s a good way to “test drive” the system or even complete a very simple task in Linux.
The Live USB will be wiped at each boot, so you can’t save files, but you can try out the OS. If you are using a Mac, you can easily create a Linux Live USB in macOS by following the instructions below. Note: While this tutorial does not cover any system-wrecking tasks, you must make backups of your system before messing with your boot drive. If you plan to install Linux from this USB stick, back up your computer completely.
Overwriting your macOS partition accidentally will have dire and time-consuming consequences. Formatting the USB Drive Properly Creating a Linux Live USB in macOS requires us to format the USB with a specific partition table. If we do not, Startup Manager will not be able to detect the USB. That would make it functionally inaccessible to us. Download the disk image (typically an ISO) for the distro you want to install.
In this example we will be using. The process should be the same regardless of distro. Insert your USB drive and open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app). Select your USB drive in the sidebar. Be sure to select the correct drive. Selecting the wrong drive will lead to data loss.
Click the “Erase” button at the top of the Disk Utility window. Set “Format” to “MS-DOS (FAT)” and “Scheme” to “GUID Partition Map” as seen in the screenshot. If you do not see the “Scheme” option, make sure you have selected the drive in the sidebar rather than the volume underneath it. The drive will have the component name, while the volume will have a user-applied name. Click the “Erase” button to format the drive. This will erase all data on the disk. When the format completes, click “Done.” If the formatting is not successful, you may need to retry the operation.
If multiple attempts fail, try erasing the disk in Terminal with the diskutil command. Writing the ISO with Etcher Now that the disk is properly formatted, we will write the Linux Live USB to the drive using Etcher.
Open Etcher and click “Select Image.” Navigate to your ISO in the pop-up Finder window and select it. Click “Select Drive” and select the USB drive you just formatted. Click the “Flash!” button to start the writing process.
Wait for the writing process to finish. It may take a couple of minutes, depending on the size of your distro’s ISO file. When the flashing is complete, macOS will pop up a warning that says “The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.” This is expected, but do not click initialize. That will send us back to Step 1, requiring a reformat of the USB drive. Instead, click “Ignore.” Booting into Linux Once you’ve created the drive, now you can boot up into your Linux Live USB.
Reboot your Mac with the USB drive plugged in. Hold down the “Option/Alt” key while the computer reboots. This will launch the Startup Manager which allows the user to select a startup disk. Select your USB drive from the menu and boot.
I'm trying to get more info on this subject. I'm trying to create a bootable linux live USB that will work on a MAC (by holding the option/alt button down while booting)OSX Lion 10.7.something. This USB must be created on a PC however. Windows 7 or 8, it doesn't matter which one I use. The link I mention above does say to use UNetbootin yet in the second paragraph, under requirements, there is a blurb that the resulting USB will only be usable on PCs. I'm a little new to the Linux community and I'm learning about EFI so my question is, is it a specific distro that would launch on both Windows and Macs as a live USB or what do i need to do to accomplish this task?
Bottom line is: I'm trying to help a co-worker recover files. I don't have a MAC myself nor access to one. Virtual box with MAC software is also off the table. Within my curriculum we are studying live boot USBs, so the challenge has been issued. I don't know whether EFI is an issue or not. What process do I take to create this USB? Just wanted to Post back with the answer to my own question.
It is quite possible. Short answer: you need 2 things along with a windows OS installed on a comp. Rufus rufus.akeo.ie.
EFI Bootable Linux like Ubuntu 14.0 or higher. Must be for 64 bit OS (amd64) Choose GPT for the partition Scheme and FAT32 for the file system, in Rufus and create. This will work for MAC or for windows 8 computers like Surface Pro 1-3 (when modifying their boot order). Long answer: a collection of information It comes down to BIOS vs UEFI. (great link here ) BIOS, using MBR partitioning scheme, is obviously used on windows 7 and earlier pc's, along with some Linux OS's as well.
GPT (GUID Partition Table), using UEFI which replaces BIOS, is used for MAC computers along with Windows 8 computers like Surface, Surface PRO, and others. At the end of the day, the LIVE USB that was created worked on both Win8 and MAC computers as the partition scheme was the same. A second USB would be needed to live boot with computers that use MBR/BIOS. Thanks to LiveWireBT for an answer.
If only I'd checked it earlier it may have saved me all the research time! And thanks all for letting me post here!