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From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 18:07:28 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.21.2002011806001.10332@panix1.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1iy1ln-00062r-3h@wb5agz>

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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