From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 18:15:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10e5062a-cb11-97d5-e394-2042b9dedfaf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d75a7b21-75c1-ee44-5d35-71129cfeea51@verizon.net>
I'm curious about this as well. I've used dd to create bootable USB
sticks for years. Here's just one page that instructs you to use dd from
the command line
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-create-a-bootable-linux-usb-drive/
On 2/1/20 5:32 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I may be wrong, but I seem to remember instructions to do just that to
> create a bootable source for installing a distribution. Do you know
> where I can read about this subject? Thanks!
>
>
> Al
>
>
> On 2/1/20 6:07 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> dd is not a good command for burning usb sticks and this is probably why
>> you had a failure.
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 18:01:42
>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
>>> To: blinux-list@redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks
>>>
>>> I suspect I am about to learn something so here's the deal:
>>>
>>> I downloaded the iso image and used dd to pour it in to a
>>> thumb drive
>>>
>>> dd if=imagefile of=/dev/sdd in this case and away it went.
>>>
>>> Several minutes later, the roughly 1-gig file ended up on
>>> the thumb drive.
>>>
>>> The mac is old enough not to have the T2 chip so if the
>>> drive is bootable, it should boot which it does not.
>>>
>>> If you plug the drive in, a message pops up stating that
>>> it is unreadable on this computer
>>>
>>> How do I get the Mac to boot off of that drive?
>>>
>>> Martin McCormick
>>>
>>>
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