A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I'm curious about this as well. I've used dd to create bootable USB 
sticks for years. Here's just one page that instructs you to use dd from 
the command line 
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-create-a-bootable-linux-usb-drive/


On 2/1/20 5:32 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I may be wrong, but I seem to remember instructions to do just that to 
> create a bootable source for installing a distribution. Do you know 
> where I can read about this subject?  Thanks!
>
>
> Al
>
>
> On 2/1/20 6:07 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> dd is not a good command for burning usb sticks and this is probably why
>> you had a failure.
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 18:01:42
>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks
>>>
>>> I suspect I am about to learn something so here's the deal:
>>>
>>>     I downloaded the iso image and used dd to pour it in to a
>>> thumb drive
>>>
>>> dd if=imagefile of=/dev/sdd in this case and away it went.
>>>
>>>     Several minutes later, the roughly 1-gig file ended up on
>>> the thumb drive.
>>>
>>>     The mac is old enough not to have the T2 chip so if the
>>> drive is bootable, it should boot which it does not.
>>>
>>>     If you plug the drive in, a message pops up stating that
>>> it is unreadable on this computer
>>>
>>>     How do I get the Mac to boot off of that drive?
>>>
>>> Martin McCormick
>>>
>>>
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