
(great link here )īIOS, using MBR partitioning scheme, is obviously used on windows 7 and earlier pc's, along with some Linux OS's as well. This will work for MAC or for windows 8 computers like Surface Pro 1-3 (when modifying their boot order).

I don't have a MAC myself nor access to one. I'm a little new to the Linux community and I'm learning about EFI so my question is, is it a specific distro that would launch on both Windows and Macs as a live USB or what do i need to do to accomplish this task?īottom line is: I'm trying to help a co-worker recover files.

The link I mention above does say to use UNetbootin yet in the second paragraph, under requirements, there is a blurb that the resulting USB will only be usable on PCs. Windows 7 or 8, it doesn't matter which one I use. This USB must be created on a PC however. I'm trying to create a bootable linux live USB that will work on a MAC (by holding the option/alt button down while booting)OSX Lion 10.7.something. How to create a Mac bootable live Linux USB on Windows? I'm trying to get more info on this subject.
