In the boot folder put at least the two files bootX64.efi and boot.iso, as described at: In /Volumes/Windows create a „efi“ folder, and in „efi“ create a „boot“ folder. dev/disk0s4 35Gi 702Mi 35Gi 2% /Volumes/WINDOWS You may want to exclude it from darned Spotlight.įilesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on In DiskUtility, Shrink your LION or other boot partition by at least 2-3gig, and add a MS-DOS partition.īelow mine is named WINDOWS and is 35gig. At least this worked for me on new MacbookPro8,1 Intel Core i5 with 10.7.3 as of March 2012 (with EFI 2.7 update). That is, below is a variation on above method that seems to works even on 2011-2012 macbookpro without needing any of these tricks: no USB, no rEFIt.
HowTo Boot live-ubuntu virtual-cd (just an iso file) on 2012 MacBookPro8,1.Īctually, you do not need USB if you have a few gig available for FAT32 partition after the first or 2nd EFI partitions. Please consider creating a free Dropbox account via this referral link, if you want to say thanks.
Don’t forget to enable TRIM! Any questions?įeel free to ask me anything and please say hello if you are the creator of the tools behind „ISO-2-USB EFI-Booter for Mac 0.01 beta“ you saved my life. Nothing special.Īfter you’ve booted into Ubuntu just follow the official guide.
Here’s what I did to boot Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop Edition 64 bit as a live system from an external USB Drive on a MacBook Pro 13’3 early 2011 that was equipped with a 320GB HDD and a 120GB OCZ Agility 3 :
I found it in a German Mac Forum and it comes with a very detailed description how to use it but this description didn’t work for me. Okay, I found an EFI-loader that has been able to boot nearly every version of Ubuntu and is very easy to setup and it even doesn’t need rEFIt. My Solution How To Boot A Linux Live System As mentioned earlier boot processes crashed or froze.
I replaced my optical drive with a HDD to insert a SSD in the original HDD-Bay – a common modification – but obviously a Mac hates to boot from an external optical drive.There is no SSD firmware update tool by OCZ for OS X so you’re forced to use a Linux live system unless you want to make changes to your hard drive setup – like using Bootcamp.(Update: Things have changed, but I still don’t want to mess around, just to update my SSD)
A common workaround seems to be rEFIt but it isn’t compatible with OS X Lion and I don’t like to modify system tools. Everything crashed or froze or didn’t even show up in the boot menu. I experienced a decent lack of EFI support when I used Linux live systems.
Interested in installing Linux on your Lion-driven-Mac permanently? Go here. But you didn’t buy a 1000$+ combination of hard- and software just to exchange it’s superior personal-computing software, or did you? Some Problems I Experienced Update An OCZ SSD’s Firmware On A Mac Running OS X Lion Without Installing Another OS.Boot A Linux Live System From A USB Drive On A Mac Running OS X Lion.This guide is about how to achive the following: For the most recent version of this guide visit my new blog.