I inherited a circa 2011 Macbook and since support is being discontinued for this OS I want to re purpose it as a Ubuntu laptop. I'm trying to create a bootable USB stick to install Ubuntu but the OS is too old to support the Etcher app that makes a bootable disk. Alternately I could make a DVD but not sure how to make a bootable install disk. Simply burning the .ISO file doesn't work. HELP!
Installing Ubuntu on MacBook OSX 10.6.8
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Hello and welcome.
I am not experienced with Linux at all. I do know that some folks have installed it, but normally you need some type of EFI loader to enable you to startup in Ubuntu Linux.
I would search for some Ubuntu forums to see if they may be able to lend a hand.
Sorry,
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I am not experienced with Linux at all. I do know that some folks have installed it, but normally you need some type of EFI loader to enable you to startup in Ubuntu Linux.
I would search for some Ubuntu forums to see if they may be able to lend a hand.
Sorry,
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Also, which exact model is it, as most Macs from that era can still upgrade to macOS 10.12 Sierra/10.13 High Sierra at least.
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SUCCESS! To answer my own question: I used etcher on a PC to create a bootable Mac USB stick: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
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Excellent...glad you found a solution.
Sorry we couldn't help more,
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Sorry we couldn't help more,
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Carbon Copy Cloner might work for this too.
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I use a free app called Rufus on a PC to build Linux USB installers.