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Mac OS X Boot Ubuntu from Usb thumb drive. Help please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandermag89" data-source="post: 1130281" data-attributes="member: 176728"><p>Hi, I wanted to try out ubuntu using my Macbook Pro. To do this you must install Ubuntu from the website. It is a .iso file and this cannot be used on a thumb drive. I had to use the terminal command "hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso" to convert the 'ubuntu 10.10.iso' file into 'ubuntu10.10.img.dmg'. I then had to run "diskutil unmountDisk dev/diskN" (N being the node for the disk.) Then I ran "sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m". Finally i ran "diskutil eject/dev/diskN". I did everything correctly, I followed the instructions down to a T from the website "http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download". When I restarted my computer and held down option, the only disk that appeared was the regular Mac Hd. Can anybody help me? I just want to keep Ubuntu on my thumb drive, not install it on my Mac. Do I have to delete the .dmg off of the file to just have .img? Do I need to install Ubuntu on my thumb drive instead of just leaving all of the files as they are? Do I need to have a different format for my thumb drive (I currently have it as Mac os extended (journaled) )? Should I use a Fat 32 or something? Please help as I am new to using terminal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandermag89, post: 1130281, member: 176728"] Hi, I wanted to try out ubuntu using my Macbook Pro. To do this you must install Ubuntu from the website. It is a .iso file and this cannot be used on a thumb drive. I had to use the terminal command "hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso" to convert the 'ubuntu 10.10.iso' file into 'ubuntu10.10.img.dmg'. I then had to run "diskutil unmountDisk dev/diskN" (N being the node for the disk.) Then I ran "sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m". Finally i ran "diskutil eject/dev/diskN". I did everything correctly, I followed the instructions down to a T from the website "http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download". When I restarted my computer and held down option, the only disk that appeared was the regular Mac Hd. Can anybody help me? I just want to keep Ubuntu on my thumb drive, not install it on my Mac. Do I have to delete the .dmg off of the file to just have .img? Do I need to install Ubuntu on my thumb drive instead of just leaving all of the files as they are? Do I need to have a different format for my thumb drive (I currently have it as Mac os extended (journaled) )? Should I use a Fat 32 or something? Please help as I am new to using terminal. [/QUOTE]
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