Here, you will see all of the drives that your Mac can be booted up from, including the “Macintosh HD” which contains macOS Sierra. Most probably, you will only have two options available, one of which will be “Macintosh HD” and other will be the Linux USB drive dubbed “ Windows or EFI“. Then, press the power button, and press and hold the “option” key, until you reach the “ Startup Manager“.Ģ. Keep the Live USB plugged in to your Mac, and shut it down.
#HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON USB ON MAC HOW TO#
If you don’t know how to open Startup Manager on Mac, just follow the steps given below:ġ. Now that the Live USB has been created, let’s see how we can boot into it, using the Mac Startup Manager. If you want any changes you made to persist between reboots, you can do that by setting a value under “ space used to preserve files across reboots (Ubuntu only)“. I have seen this: a Mac that has 4 USB ports. Dont worry, rEFInd knows that you already have rEFIt and it will take care of everything. Install Linux or BSD Optional: install rEFInd (not rEFIt - now old) from OS X after the successful OS install. So, if you install apps, and create documents in Ubuntu while it is in Live mode, they will not be available the next time you fire up the OS with its Live USB. You dont need Mac Linux USB Loader or anything special. Once it loads, you can select the Terminal option from the top. Load one true recovery OS (1TR) - Turn of the Mac, and hold power button until you see 'loading options'. Connect the USB drive to the Mac using an adapter, via the USB C port (The USB A port is not supported yet).
Note : By default, when you shut down a Live Session, any changes you make are deleted. Furthermore, Ubuntu, a popular variety of the open-source OS, works well on a Mac, and best of all, it can be booted natively. To find the path of your usb Drive, enter the command sudo blkid.
UNetbootin will now work through a couple of steps, and create a bootable Live USB that you can use to boot into Linux, on your Mac.