Hi Grant
Thanks for your reply.
> Apple computers use something called EFI (extensible firmware
> interface) for their bios, which is why the disk isn't recognized as
> being bootable. There is someone who has made live-bootable USB
> sticks that work on Apples, using the EFI boot software.
> http://ccobb.net/demos/liveusb/ this is his site, and with this info
> is the closest we've gotten to a working live-usb bootable on Macs....
> however, even though the disk is recognized and starts to boot, it
> ends up hanging part way through the boot process, and the bug hasn't
> been ironed out. No one has had regular access to an apple machine to
> fix things unfortunately.
Right, this was something I came across when I was trying Ubuntu. I did try a
tutorial where I made efi/boot, dropped a 32 bit file in there and and an iso
file renamed to boot.iso. It did recognise it, booted as far as the Ubuntu log
in screen and then crashed showing a sort of corrupt file on screen. Sounds
very similar to what you described.
I wonder if using the extracted iso would make any difference with Puredyne.
How do you do it, iso or extracted? The tutorial you mentioned describes
putting Ubuntu in its own directory on the USB stick. Did you do this with
Puredyne?
I'll have time to do some more tests tomorrow. The cd is really just a short
term testing solution for me.
Does anyone on the list know if the Puredyne USB sticks sold on the site are
bootable on OSX? Would using terminal to copy all of one of those to other USB
sticks work?
Garrett
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