Comments on: How To Create A Portable Ubuntu Installation USB On The Mac

By: Alemao

Alemao — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:35:15 +0000

Just a very short comment, cause everything else was well written and I do prefer using the command line instead of the Disk Utility GUI.

You don’t need the trouble of moving the IMG file to a higher hierarchy level just to save you from typing long paths. Instead, just leave the file wherever you want and use the autocomplete with the TAB key, it really easy, just type the first letters, hit TAB and it will complete the whole path (or hit it twice for possibilities).

That’s it. Hope it helps someone that didn’t knew it…

Cheers!

By: joeri

joeri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:59:03 +0000

this is a silly article.
You created an ubuntu for your eee on your mac?

So how to create a live ubuntu with your mac for your mac.
And NO rEFIt nor Bootcamp on your mac ’cause I want my stick to be bootable on every intel mac.

I got ubuntu to boot ( rEFIt on usb stick, ubuntu cd in drive ) but using the “create usb stick” removes the rEFIt…

By: D

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:37:56 +0000

I just wanted to thank you for your how-to guide. Despite the fact that I could have done it with Disk Util, like all these people were suggesting, I wanted to use terminal and appreciated your straightforward guide.

Well Done!

By: Raymondo

Raymondo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:39:13 +0000

There’s also a neat way to get the full path and filename into the command window, and get it right every time – type the first part of the command up to the ‘if=’ and then drag and drop the image file from a finder window into the command window, and magically the file’s entire path and filename are typed for you.

By: Peabrain

Peabrain — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:46:57 +0000

How long do you have to wait for the file to load onto the USB? I entered the password when asked, but no characters went onto the sreen. When I pressed “enter” the cursor went to the LHS on the next line and stayed there.

By: niyam bhushan

niyam bhushan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:26:35 +0000

has anyone managed to boot a macbookpro into UNR, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, via a usb-thumbdrive? am trying to do this, but haven’t succedded yet. any directions will be welcome. i do have rEFIt installed on my macbookpro 5,1 and i have ubuntu 9.04.

thanks.

regards
niyam

By: penutur

penutur — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:24:18 +0000

1. Maybe you could use this article as a reference. 2. If you've followed the suggestion to move the img file to the highest position of the folder structure and change the name to something shorter like "unr.img" (sans quote), then you can replace the "/path/to/downloaded.img" into "/unr.img"

By: M.O.D

M.O.D — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:06:26 +0000

2 questions; 1. for those claiming it is possible to use Disk Utility for this, please show us how. 2. I fail to use this guide due to: “type : sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m in the Terminal and hit Enter. But there are several things that you have to change here before you hit Enter:
- first the /path/to/downloaded.img is the location of the downloaded UNR installer file.” Could someone please describe the correct path? I.e. what am I supposed to put instead of “path/to”?

By: webby

webby — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:49:29 +0000

If you still need any plugins, check these sites: http://filesmixx.com (rapidshare search) and http://filesburner.com (using a torrent). Hope youâ€™ll find necessary soft there!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:48:15 +0000

“…my daughter has to continuously â€˜competeâ€™ with his father…”

I think you meant that she has to compete with “her” father.