You should now be booted into the ISO “burned” to the USB and be 100% ready to install that OS on that 2008 MacBook. Start it up holding down the option key and be sure to select the correct disk to boot from. With that done, eject the USB flash drive with the ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso “burned” onto it and stick it in a USB port on your 2008 MacBook.
The output should be something like this: /dev/sdb: # ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'Ubuntu-Server 12.04.5 LTS amd64 ' (bootable) When it’s done you can confirm the procedure went as expected by running this file command to get info on what /dev/sdb exactly is right now: sudo file -s /dev/sdb Now just wait for it to finish copying the data. So now with those two piece of the puzzle, let’s run the dd command to copy the contents of ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso to /dev/sdb: sudo dd if=~/ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1MĬheck the post-copy status of the USB flash drive. For my testing, I used the Ubuntu 12.04.5 Server ISO named, ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso. Now knowing that we will be acting on /dev/sdb, make sure you have your Linux ISO readily available. Run the dd command to “burn” the ISO to the USB flash drive. For this example, we’ll assume it is available on /dev/sdb but make sure that ID matches the USB flash drive device on your setup. With that done run lsblk and determine the device ID for the USB flash drive you installed. So to install it on CentOS/RedHat it can be installed via this command: sudo yum install util-linux-ngĪnd if you want to install it on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint it can be installed via this command: sudo apt-get install util-linuxĬheck the output of lsblk to find the device ID for the USB flash drive. If it isn’t you can install it like this: Now make sure you have lsblk (list block devices) installed. Was able to boot right into the final USB flash drive from my MacMini so I assume it should work for Linux Mint-and possibly other ISOs-as well.īoot into Linux, and have the USB flash drive inserted.įirst, boot into your Linux OS system and make sure the USB flash drive is installed.
This works great for me when setting up a bootable Ubuntu 12.04.5 Server USB flash drive using the ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso ISO. A blank USB flash drive for the ISO data “burning.”.I wrote some larger ideas/thoughts/discoveries at the bottom of this answer but have come up with a far simpler solution that requires three simple things: How to “Burn” a Linux ISO onto a bootable USB Flash Drive in Linux
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