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Thread: Make a bootable ubuntu USB for Macbook Pro using Windows?


my macbook pro's hard drive failed recently, i've ordered new 1 amazon , trashed old one. while i'm waiting new one, though, want try make persistent bootable flash drive can run ubuntu on mbp (is possible boot that, without there being internal sata hard drive?)

have windows xp desktop, , blank 8gb flash drive (fat32 formatted). have xubuntu iso, , tried using linux live usb creator install on flash drive. finished no issues, when try boot mbp while holding alt, flash drive not show recognized drive.

doing wrong?

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i have xubuntu iso, , tried using linux live usb creator install on flash drive. finished no issues, when try boot mbp while holding alt, flash drive not show recognized drive.

doing wrong?
macs fickle when comes booting off of external usb sticks and/or disks. during last 2 years or so, have tried couple of different approaches on different apple hardware. i've never had luck liveusb creator, , little luck unetbootin. 1 guide had been successful me 1 http://www.devslashzero.com/node/160, didn't work hardware. may have try several things , prepared stubborn...


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