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I've decided to switch from OS X to Ubuntu. I'm following this documentation on Ubuntu's site for creating a bootable USB Drive.

  1. I created the ISO to IMG.
  2. I ran diskutil list and inserted my flash drive and ran diskutil list again. My drive is assigned to /dev/disk1.
  3. I ran diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1, then executed sudo dd if=/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.dmg of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
  4. Then I ran diskutil eject /dev/disk1. Then I restarted, held the alt+option key.
    The Boot Manager came up, but my flash drive wasn't coming up as an option.

I tried this again just now and it said: 

The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.

I've never had an issue with this drive before. I restarted anyway, just to see if it worked and I'm still only getting my main hard drive as an option in Boot Manager.

Where do I go from here?

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  • This looks promising: pendrivelinux.com
    – v2r
    Feb 21, 2014 at 19:35
  • I spotted an error: The option-key is the alt-key (in os x), which brings up the startup manager, before the system is booted. (Maybe edit your Q and correct that). Not sure now, if this is the reason it is not shown as a possible boot option?!
    – v2r
    Feb 21, 2014 at 19:49
  • That link didn't work, as it was for Linux and Windows, not Mac OS X.
    – WickedJill
    Feb 21, 2014 at 20:06
  • I didn't put that there, someone else edited my question and put that there. I put alt/opt.
    – WickedJill
    Feb 21, 2014 at 20:08

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http://u.tpps.cf/7 and http://u.tpps.cf/8

These should do the trick.

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  • Neither of those sites or coming up. It says that the pages can't be loaded.
    – WickedJill
    Feb 21, 2014 at 20:08
  • I haven't had any problems with them, maybe try again today?
    – Rumanoid
    Feb 22, 2014 at 13:49
  • They still aren't coming up.
    – WickedJill
    Feb 22, 2014 at 20:55
  • penguintosh.com/2012/02/26/linux-usb-creator-released ------unetbootin.sourceforge.net
    – Rumanoid
    Feb 22, 2014 at 21:09
  • Thank you so much! I'm not at home right now, but I'll try this when I'm at my desktop and let you know if it worked. If it works, I'll be posting it on my blog and hope you don't mind me mentioning you. :)
    – WickedJill
    Feb 23, 2014 at 22:08

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