I am trying to create a live usb I can use to set up my laptop for dual booting (Specifically with Kali Linux)
I am running:
- OSX Yosmite
- Macbook Pro 15 inch early 2011
- 64 bit intel i7
- 8gb RAM
- 1TB HDD
What I have tried:
- Using Disk Utility - Erase flash disk and format as MS DOS (FAT)
- Using Mac Linux USB Loader - Set up USB using latest version of Kali
- Restart, holding alt/option
- Selecting boot from iso, then kali option
I then get the error: live/ vrnlinuz not found
So I tried again with refind
- Get error: disk 'loop' not found
Trying the same steps with Ubuntu worked fine
Plugging in the USB I created to my windows machine worked fine
So then I tried it a different way:
- Used Disk Utility to wipe USB Drive and set it as FAT partition
- Using Terminal - diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
- sudo dd if=lkmini.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs = 512 conv=noerror, sync
- All the messages back indicate sucess
Reboot
- In refind select legacy option
- Error message: No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key
- Then I tried rebooting and holding alt/option
- Doesn't find flash drive at all
I tried all the steps above multiple times with different iso's. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!! Thanks