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Trying to create a bootable linux usb on my mac
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<blockquote data-quote="zongamin" data-source="post: 868766" data-attributes="member: 43765"><p>[Edit - just to make it clear - I want to use my mac to create the bootable USB drive, but it will be used to boot the Aspire One)</p><p></p><p>I have a Acer Aspire One which I am trying to install 'EasyPeasy' linux on via a usb drive. (its a version of ubuntu remix)</p><p></p><p>I have downloaded the .iso to my mac, now I need to copy it onto my usb drive so that it will be bootable by the Aspire One.</p><p></p><p>I thought I had manged this last night using the following command:</p><p></p><p>$ mount</p><p>$ diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1</p><p>$ dd if=(myeasypeasy.iso) of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m</p><p></p><p>(I entered the full path).</p><p></p><p>This took about 30 minutes and appeared to work (I saw something like this)</p><p></p><p>681+1 records in</p><p>681+1 records out</p><p>714407936 bytes transferred in 2236.533110 secs (319426 bytes/sec)</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER - On inserting the usb into the Aspire, and telling it to boot from the USB it still didn't - it appeared to read the usb for a few seconds before booting as usual from the SSD Drive.</p><p></p><p>I know that I need the USB to be formatted to FAT32 - do I need to tell it do this using the dd command?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zongamin, post: 868766, member: 43765"] [Edit - just to make it clear - I want to use my mac to create the bootable USB drive, but it will be used to boot the Aspire One) I have a Acer Aspire One which I am trying to install 'EasyPeasy' linux on via a usb drive. (its a version of ubuntu remix) I have downloaded the .iso to my mac, now I need to copy it onto my usb drive so that it will be bootable by the Aspire One. I thought I had manged this last night using the following command: $ mount $ diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 $ dd if=(myeasypeasy.iso) of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m (I entered the full path). This took about 30 minutes and appeared to work (I saw something like this) 681+1 records in 681+1 records out 714407936 bytes transferred in 2236.533110 secs (319426 bytes/sec) HOWEVER - On inserting the usb into the Aspire, and telling it to boot from the USB it still didn't - it appeared to read the usb for a few seconds before booting as usual from the SSD Drive. I know that I need the USB to be formatted to FAT32 - do I need to tell it do this using the dd command? [/QUOTE]
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