Live USB

[XxionxX]

I have a USB with puppy Linux on it, and I am able to use it with every windows computer I've come in contact with. But I can't use it with my dad's mac laptop (tiger OS with intel chipset). I did some digging, but I can't find anything that will allow me to switch between macs and pcs :/ Does anyone know how to do this? No worries if no one knows, I will keep digging, I just wanted to see if someone had already done this. B)

 

[Prometheus]

Try holding down the Option key whilst booting. This should give you the option to boot from it.


However, you may find that you won't get very far with this - if Puppy Linux can't deal with EFI instead of a BIOS (those who claim that x86-based Macintoshes are identical to all other x86 hardware are mistaken due to this rather irritating difference :lol: ), you may not be able to use it anyway, and the legacy BIOS-mode that EFI can switch to (I don't know how - not enough experience with it) does not have a USB driver.

 

[XxionxX]

I tried the option key, but it just showed me the laptop's hard drive and it did not recognize the usb as a bootable device.


Edit: I feel like I should be able to find an EFI bootloader to add to the pendrive... I guess I'll find a puppylinux forum.

 

[Prometheus]

I'm sorry that I couldn't offer any more help than that - best of luck to you.

 

[XxionxX]

I'm sorry that I couldn't offer any more help than that - best of luck to you.

Thanks anyway!