With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:
- Install or upgrade Ubuntu, even on a Mac
- Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration
- Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe
- Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration
Boot Mac From Linux Usb
Creating a bootable USB stick is very simple, especially if you’re going to use the USB stick with a generic Windows or Linux PC. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.
Apple hardware considerations
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout. We’ll cover this in a later step.
Download Linux For Mac
- How to create a Mac bootable live Linux USB on Windows? 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.
- Live Boot Linux in Mac. Now that the live USB has been created, let’s see how we are able to boot into it, utilizing the Mac Startup supervisor. In case you don’t comprehend how to open Startup manager on Mac, simply comply with the steps given under: 1. Keep the live USB plugged into your Mac, and shut it down.
- Hello I have actually successfully created a live Ubuntu USB (12.04.3 64-bit on 8GB LiveUSB) using unetbootin, however it is not persistent and will not boot on a Mac. Or, if anyone has any suggestions on how to edit the.iso file so it boots from a Mac and is persistent, that would be great too.