Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Booting From USB Drive

[Stefan M. <mo...@ir...>]

>>> Is it possible to boot Linux from a USB drive without modifying the Mac?
>> In theory, it is possible: all Intel Macs can boot from USB (AFAIK).
>> But the legacy BIOS in those Macs does not support booting from USB.
>> So you'll have to boot using EFI.
>> I've been trying to do that on-and-off, in the hope to get my trusty
>> "rescue USB key" to also work on my Macbook Pro, but until now I haven't
>> had much success, tho it seems that some people do get to boot Linux via
>> EFI on their Mac.
>> Any information about this would be welcome,
> I have used rEFIt for this purpose: http://refit.sourceforge.net/

rEFIt doesn't boot Linux.  So it's not a solution to this problem.

> Just plug in the USB stick prior to booting and an additional icon
> will show up on the initial selection.

What USB stick?  What do you need to put on it?

This said, I have finally managed to get Grub2's EFI support to work.
Incidentally, I do use rEFIt on top of Grub2 (basically, I use rEFIt to
choose between Grub2-ia32 and Grub2-amd64, since rEFIt luckily uses
a fat-binary whereas Grub2 doesn't).


        Stefan