Hi there,
i tried to get a bootable usb stick. I used the x86 as well as the x64 image. I also tried 2 different usb-sticks. I used unetbootin under MacOs.10.7 Lion.
After that i tried the tutorial given at the ubuntu-Homepage for mac users. So:
01 Download the desired file
02 Open the Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/ or query Terminal in Spotlight)
03 Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil (e.g., hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso)
Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
04 Run "diskutil list" to get the current list of devices
05 Insert your flash media
06 Run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
07 Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
08 Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m (replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is located; for example, ./ubuntu.img or ./ubuntu.dmg).
Using /dev/rdisk instead of /dev/disk may be faster.
If you see the error dd: Invalid number '1m', you are using GNU dd. Use the same command but replace bs=1m with bs=1M.
If you see the error dd: /dev/diskN: Resource busy, make sure the disk is not in use. Start the 'Disk Utility.app' and unmount (don't eject) the drive.
09 Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes
10 Restart your Mac and press alt while the Mac is restarting to choose the USB-Stick
But with that method, there is no persistent Area. So how can i get one?? Eather with a working Version of unetbootin, or with some fancy console commands… anyone knows sth??
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thisismyname 1 year, 7 months ago.