How to create a persistent USB Installation from MAC?

Question

With current instructions in ubuntu.com I know how to create an USB to boot from MAC. It works but it is not a persistent installation.

How can I make a persistent Ubuntu 13.4 Installation in a USB Key to work in MAC Book air?

Solution

this is the solution for your problem...

http://studyblast.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/guide-mac-os-x-lion-how-to-boot-a-linux-live-system-from-a-usb-drive-how-to-update-any-ocz-ssds-firmware/

copy the file in a usb flash drive in fat32 create the folder efi inside efi create folder boot and inside efi/boot put 2 files the linux distro renamed boot.iso and the file bootx64.efi...reboot holding option and select usb device:done!

Comments

[user98085]

Well, what do you mean by "make it work"? Where are you stuck?

[MrG]

Hi FEichinger, With current instructions in Ubuntu.net I know how to create an USB to boot from MAC. It works but it is not a persistent installation. Everytime I boot up with it I need to reconfigure the WiFi, download my favorite apps, etc. I don´t know how to change my USB Live installation to a persistent one to be used in a MAC Book Air.

[Jepzen]

Have you tried the guide here? pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3

[Braiam]

@EliahKagan not sure those apply to mac's

[Eliah Kagan]

@Braiam That's a good point. While the master persistent USB creation question is still relevant and ought to contain information about persistent USB Ubuntu systems on Macs, the answers there are likely not sufficient. I've retracted my close vote.

[Eliah Kagan]

As Braiam has recently pointed out in comments, that probably doesn't apply for Macs; in particular, the Universal USB Installer doesn't produce USB flash drives that are bootable on Macs. (Even UNetbootin, which has a version that runs on Macs, doesn't make USB flash drives that boot on them.) I wouldn't expect it to work for persistent USB's if it doesn't work for "regular" ones.

[ubfan1]

Well, done after you edit the grub.cfg file to add the word "persistent". See bug #1159016.

[tatsu]

nice find @ubfan1