How can one create a bootable linux usb key that works on Mac (Intel 64 bit CPU) hardware ?
- by user3621
Hi,
I'm trying to create a bootable usb key with linux (debian) and that can be booted on Macintel hardware.
I have read that MAC's EFI can only boot GPT GUID formatted disks. I'm desperately trying to find a good tutorial which explains how to create such a key.
Here what I have done so far:
create a GUID partition on te key using linux GNU parted
create a HFS+ or ext3 partition on the key, with the boot flag on
install a linux .iso with unetbootin
While all steps were successfull and in some cases I could even boot on a PC, the step of booting on Macintel software failed (on a macbook).
I need to precise that I holded the "alt" key while booting the mac and the only visible bootable disk was the hard disk.
Thanks for any advice.
PS: I have tried with rEFIt as well. In one case I had a "windows" icon but it then failed to boot with a message like "no system found"
