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Create A Booteable Ubuntu Usb From OSX

This document provides instructions for creating a bootable Ubuntu installation USB drive on a Mac. It requires downloading the Ubuntu Desktop ISO file, using the hdiutil command to convert it to a .img file, and then using dd to write the image to a USB drive, making it bootable. Users are advised to back up any data on the USB first as the process will reformat it.

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Create A Booteable Ubuntu Usb From OSX

This document provides instructions for creating a bootable Ubuntu installation USB drive on a Mac. It requires downloading the Ubuntu Desktop ISO file, using the hdiutil command to convert it to a .img file, and then using dd to write the image to a USB drive, making it bootable. Users are advised to back up any data on the USB first as the process will reformat it.

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We would encourage Mac users to download Ubuntu Desktop Edition by

burning a CD. But if you prefer to use a USB stick, please follow the
instructions below.

Note: this procedure requires that you create an .img file from the .iso file
you download. It will also change the filesystem that is on the USB stick to
make it bootable, so backup all data before continuing.

Tip: Drag and drop a file from Finder to Terminal to 'paste' the full path
without risking typing errors.

1. Download Ubuntu Desktop

2. Open the Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/ or query Terminal in


Spotlight)

3. Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil. Example:
hdiutil convert ­format UDRW ~/path/to/target.iso ­o 
~/path/to/ubuntu.img

4. Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file


automatically.
5. Run diskutil list to get the current list of devices

6. Insert your flash media

7. Run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to


your flash media(e.g. /dev/disk2)

8. Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN

9. (replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous
example, N would be 2)
10. Execute the following command while replacing
/path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is
located; for example, ./ubuntu.img or ./ubuntu.dmg).sudo dd 
if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m

11.
◦ Using /dev/rdisk instead of /dev/disk may be faster.
◦ If you see the error dd: Invalid number '1m', you are using GNU
dd. Use the same command but replace bs=1m with bs=1M.
◦ If you see the error dd:/devdiskN: Resource busy, make sure
the disk is not in use. Start the Disk Utility.app and unmount
(don't eject) the drive.
12. Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media
when the command completes

13. Restart your Mac and press Alt while the Mac is restarting to choose
the USB-Stick

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