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Trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on iBook G4 from a USB key
I want to install Ubuntu on my iBook G4, but I cannot use liveCD because a CD is stuck in the drive lol... It's been a year or so. I've tried everything excepted opening it up but yeah... I've thought ...
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Create a bootable USB drive for installing Linux
I have a netbook that I would like to start using agan and and need to reinstall things (I think an update broke a bunch and it is faster to rebuild vs figuring it out. Anyways I have my Macbook Air ...
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Live USB Instructions for Mac don't work for 12.10
The are several guides online (including a few on the ubuntu website) that follow the general pattern of instructions found in this one.
I assume that at some point, this worked.
However, on an ...
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Installing Ubuntu to an Imac via USB
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu to a imac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) via USB.
I've seen this guide.
Plus countless other forum post to no avail but haven't been able to recognize it on startup, let ...
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Making bootable usb in Mac OS 9?
So I have an old G3 imac with mac os 9.2 and mac os 10.1.5 installed on it. I would like to use this computer to make a bootable ubuntu usb stick. However when I followed the instructions for using ...
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USB becomes unreadable after putting the .img on it-Mac
I am trying to put Ubuntu on my USB to install it on my MacBook Pro, but after following step 8 of this Ubuntu guide it becomes unreadable and it doesn't show up while rebooting my computer and ...
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Bootable Ubuntu Studio USB flash drive is reported to be not readable on Mac OS X
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 and I'm trying to set up my computer to dual boot with Ubuntu Studio. In order to create a bootable USB flash drive with the installer, I followed the steps from this ...
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“Grub-efi package failed to install to /target/” on Kubuntu 12.10 [closed]
I tried to install Kubuntu 12.10 (AMD64+mac) to my Mac Mini via a live USB. The live USB boots OK (with the help of rEFIt), but during install I get the error "grub-efi package failed to install to ...
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Creating flash drive from OS X broke my USB?
I downloaded Ubuntu .iso file from ubuntu.com and wanted to make a bootable USB stick from my MacBook Pro, I use OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
I followed instructions from here.
When I did do the sudo ...
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“No bootable device — insert boot disk and press any key” when trying to boot mac from ubuntu usb live disk
I've been following the instructions at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx for creating a bootable usb drive for my new Mac Mini 5,1, but when I boot into the drive I ...
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How can I make a bootable USB ubuntu live disk for a Mac using Ubuntu?
I've found guides that explain how to make a bootable disk for macs using macs, but I want to use ubuntu to make this mac-bootable disk. Is there a way to do that?
In other words, I have:
a ...
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How do I burn an Ubuntu CD or USB on a Mac?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on a PC with no OS. I have a Mac and tried burning the disk and my Mac did not like the disk. I would like to do that or create a USB boot instead.
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Problems with making a bootable USB Drive on a Mac
I am following these instructions to create a Bootable USB Drive for me Mac and this is the output I get on step 8.
new-host:~ Jason$ sudo dd if=/Users/Jason/Desktop/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.dmg ...
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Why can't I mount the Ubuntu 12.04 installer ISOs in Mac OS X?
Over the past few days, I have downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit version of server and desktop to install on an Intel based PC.
It is normal from within OS X to double click on an ISO and it will ...
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How should USB stick in Lion for 12.04 be formatted initially? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get my Mac to boot from an Ubuntu USB key?
To create an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USB stick in Mac OS X Lion, how should be the stick formatted initially?
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Boot from USB on a Macbook
How do I boot from USB on a Mac? Mac OS X crashed on that PC and I want to make the owner switch to Ubuntu.
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How do I create an Ubuntu live USB using a Mac? [closed]
I'd like to create a live USB stick on a Mac so I can install Ubuntu on another machine. How do accomplish this?
