{"id":12055,"date":"2017-05-08T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=12055"},"modified":"2017-05-08T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T04:53:12","slug":"how-to-boot-a-live-linux-usb-on-mac-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-boot-a-live-linux-usb-on-mac-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the event that you’ve at any point needed to attempt Linux distros, for example, Ubuntu, you more likely than not saw that you can utilize a USB drive to make a bootable “Live USB” for it. This basically suggests you don’t need to introduce the distro on your framework, and you can simply boot into it from the Live USB, and test it out. In the event that you like the distro, you can essentially introduce it from the USB itself. The way toward doing this is simple, and should be possible on any Mac (and Windows PC). Along these lines, in case you’re thinking about how to make a Live USB, and boot into live Linux USB on Mac, here is given below you can do it:<\/p>\n

Creating a Bootable Live USB for Linux Distros<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

To live boot into Linux on Mac, you will first need to make a Live USB for the distro you want. We\u2019re showing this\u00a0utilizing Ubuntu 14.10 \u201cYakkety Yak\u201d<\/strong>, on a MacBook Air running the latest version of macOS Sierra. Now you can download Ubuntu from the official website<\/a>, for free. Once you have done that, you can download with this guide. Ensure you have a USB drive with\u00a0at least 8 GB limit, within reach.<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>This USB drive will be\u00a0formatted,\u00a0and all the data on it will be erased. Ensure you take a backup of any important data you may have on this USB drive.<\/p>\n

To create a Bootable Live USB for Ubuntu on macOS, just follow the steps below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Download UNetbootin<\/a>, and\u00a0install it on your Mac. Once you\u2019ve done this,\u00a0launch the app<\/strong>, and click on the radio button next to \u201cDisk Image<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click on the button labelled with \u201c\u2026\u201d<\/strong>, and select the ISO file<\/strong> you downloaded from Ubuntu\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

Now, connect the USB drive<\/strong> that you want to use as the Live USB, launch Terminal<\/strong>, and type \u201cdiskutil list\u201d<\/strong>. Check the \u201cidentifier\u201d for your USB drive.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In UNetbootin, select this identifier in the drop down menu that says \u201cDrive\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Ensure that you have chosen the identifier for your USB drive, because the chosen drive\u00a0will be formatted.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re sure that you have selected the correct drive, just click on \u201cOK\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNetbootin will now\u00a0work thru a couple of steps, and create a bootable Live USB\u00a0that you can use to boot into Linux, on your Mac.<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>By default, when you shut down a Live Session, any changes you create\u00a0are deleted. So, if you install apps, and create documents in Ubuntu while it is in Live mode, they will not be obtainable the next time you fire up the\u00a0OS with its Live USB. If you need\u00a0any changes you create to continue between reboots, you can do that by setting a value under \u201cspace used to preserve files across reboots (Ubuntu only)<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

Live Boot Linux in\u00a0Mac<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Now that the Live USB has been created, let\u2019s see how we can boot into it, using the Mac Startup Manager<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t know how to open Startup Manager on Mac, just follow the steps given below:<\/p>\n

Keep the Live USB plugged in<\/strong> to your Mac, and shut it down. Then, press the power button, and press and hold<\/strong> the \u201coption\u201d<\/strong> key, till you reach the \u201cStartup Manager<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

Now, you will see all of the drives that\u00a0your Mac can be booted up from, contains the \u201cMacintosh HD\u201d which including macOS Sierra.\u00a0Maybe, you will only have two options obtainable, one of which will be \u201cMacintosh HD\u201d and other will be the Linux USB drive dubbed \u201cWindows or EFI<\/strong>\u201c. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Linux\u00a0drive<\/strong>, and press \u201cReturn\/Enter<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now your Mac use the bootable USB drive to boot into Ubuntu. When you see\u00a0a blue screen<\/strong> with some options, choose the one that says \u201cTry Ubuntu without Installing<\/strong>\u201c, and press \u201cReturn\/Enter<\/strong>\u201c. Your\u00a0Mac will boot up in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n

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How to Boot a Live Linux USB on Mac (Guide) – PC – This suggests you don’t need to introduce the distro on your framework, and you can boot into it by USB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5739],"tags":[33815,33830,30598,36665,33817,30597,36658,36664,36667,36655,36654,36652,36657,36669,36651,36644,36668,30533,36649,36646,36640,36643,36650,36641,36645,36642,36660,30592,36659,30548,36656,36666,36647,33816,33814,36661,36662,36663,36653,36648],"class_list":["post-12055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coding","category-pc","tag-bootable-pendrive","tag-bootable-pendrive-maker","tag-bootable-usb-creator","tag-how-to-make-bootable-usb","tag-how-to-make-pendrive-bootable","tag-iso-bootable-usb","tag-iso-to-bootable-usb","tag-iso-to-usb","tag-iso-to-usb-bootable","tag-iso-to-usb-mac","tag-iso-usb","tag-iso-usb-burner","tag-kali-linux-bootable-usb","tag-kali-linux-usb","tag-linux-live-usb-creator","tag-linux-live-usb-mac","tag-linux-mint-bootable-usb","tag-linux-pendrive","tag-linux-usb-driver","tag-mac-create-bootable-usb-from-iso","tag-mac-linux-usb","tag-mac-linux-usb-creator","tag-mac-linux-usb-loader","tag-mac-linux-usb-loader-free","tag-mac-linux-usb-loader-free-download","tag-mac-linux-usb-loader-kali","tag-mac-stick","tag-make-bootable-usb-from-iso","tag-os-on-usb","tag-pendrive-linux","tag-ubuntu-download-usb","tag-ubuntu-install-usb","tag-unetbootin-mac","tag-usb-boot","tag-usb-bootable","tag-usb-disk","tag-usb-image","tag-usb-os","tag-usb-windows-installer","tag-windows-to-usb-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}