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Creating USB bootup on windows for mac?

Asked by kriltos

I own a Macbook which is completely wiped, so no OS. cant install SL and i have a windows laptop to work with.

Pretty much given up with installing a mac OSX and wanted to get Ubuntu as the main OS. so my question is, "Can i make a USB flash drive on a windows machine to boot up on a mac for installation?"

so far im coming up short

(if anyone knows how to sort out my SL problem that would be cool aswell ! haha i get an error saying " Unable to install Mac OSX on this machine")

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Zach Grogg (yearomonkey) said : 		#1

If you want to install Linux via a USB, try this.

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

It is the only program I use for creating install USB's. You can also use it to install application files. Just start it up, find your target drive and your ISO and hit the start button.

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kriltos (ross-tonkin) said : 		#2

nice one, i'll give it a try right now.

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kriltos (ross-tonkin) said : 		#3

Nope. good try tho. i think your answer is more suited for booting it to a Windows computer.

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kriltos (ross-tonkin) said : 		#4

Problem is still there. Is it even possible?

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Zach Grogg (yearomonkey) said : 		#5

Good question. I personally haven't touched a Mac in about 12 years. I'm only going off of what I do for installing on Windows based machines. This might help:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+question/127942
and this
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/25129
and if you still can't find an answer
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+questions?field.search_text=mac&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=en&field.language=es&field.language=iu&field.language=yi&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=OPEN&field.status=NEEDSINFO&field.status=ANSWERED&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=1

Good luck to you.

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kriltos (ross-tonkin) said : 		#6

Haha none of them answer my question. cheers for trying tho.

I think it cant be done. I'm seeing a friend of mine tomorrow, he has a Macbook Air, I;m pretty confident it'll work he we use that machine to create a bootable USB for my macbook.

Bloody cross converting !!!! i really dont like Windows... well only good for games. thats about it !

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kriltos (ross-tonkin) said : 		#7

Un-answerable ! **Bump**

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Chris (fabricator4) said : 		#8

Go here and jump to section (2):
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Click "USB" and "Mac" and then click on the "Show me How" button.

The instructions seems to require that you have a working Max OS to do the conversion on however. If you know what/how it is doing it you might be able to find other tools to do the job.

Chris

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Neil Bhisma (neilbhisma) said : 		#9

Since few months ago i had also faced this same issue as i am unable to Creat USB bootup on windows for mac then i start searching to get proper guideline to resolve this issue where i found https://www.mactechnicalsupportnumbers.com/blog/fix-safari-cant-establish-secure-connection-server/ blog it really helps me a lot to get resolve it, you can also read it if you are getting same issue like me.

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