How to make a bootable Ubuntu USB on MAC running 10.7.5?

Question

I'm using a 2008 MacBook and the newest version of OS X it can run (10.7.5). The program to create the bootable USB on the Ubuntu website doesn't work.

Any other suggestions?

Solution 1

You can use the dd command from the Terminal:

dd if=path_to_your_image.iso of=/dev/sdX

Replace /dev/sdX by your USB stick's. You can find the /dev/sdX device path matching your USB with this command: diskutil list

dd needs a few seconds or minutes to write your ISO (depending on its size), just wait until your command prompt comes back and you'll have a bootable USB.

Solution 2

Download UNetbootin for Mac OS X and create the bootable USB with the Ubuntu ISO-file.

UNetbootin is self-explainable, version-independent and works pretty fine on all systems.

Comments

[Ronan Boiteau]

You can also use Etcher which offers similar features.