How do I configure a CDC ethernet device ( a 4g USB dongle). Devices out there that do work, and particularly easily with Debian, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu and maybe other OS's. Download office 365 business free. I did not read this device list here. They asked for my MAC number for the device. So I am stil hoping networking skills can get this device working if modeswitch. Like other modern versions of Linux, Debian's default GNOME desktop is configured to automatically mount USB storage devices as soon as they are plugged in, followed by a prompt to either view the files in the file manager or to eject the device.

I'm trying to create a bootable USB key with Linux (debian) and that can be booted on Macintel hardware. I have read that MAC's EFI can only boot GPT GUID formatted disks. I'm desperately trying to find a good tutorial which explains how to create such a key. Here what I have done so far: • create a GUID partition on te key using Linux GNU parted • create a HFS+ or ext3 partition on the key, with the boot flag on • install a Linux.iso with unetbootin While all steps were successfull and in some cases I could even boot on a PC, the step of booting on Macintel software failed (on a macbook).

I need to precise that I holded the 'alt' key while booting the mac and the only visible bootable disk was the hard disk. PS: I have tried with rEFIt as well. In one case I had a 'Windows' icon but it then failed to boot with a message like 'no system found' Edit: This is a rather old question, I haven't tried for a while, maybe today it is just a matter of running dd to copy the iso, but it did not work 5 years ago.

I'm going to try with a recent macbook and linux iso. From: It works! Can now boot Linux on an unmodified MacBook Pro (5,2) from a single USB stick (or external hard drive). I created a small 25MB partition as the first partition, formated it as Mac OS X Journaled and installed rEFIt to it, then followed that partition with a 100 MB boot partition, and then a root partition on a thumb drive (if using an external hard drive you could create swap as well, but I don’t do that on thumb drives so they don’t get worn out). Install linux normally (debootstrap is how I do it) onto the second and third partitions.

Make sure Grub is installed to the MBR of the drive and points to the /boot partition as the second partition. Then take the USB drive to a MacBook Pro and insert it. Turn on the MBP and hold down the Alt/Option key until you see a boot menu offering Mac OS X or rEFIt. Choose rEFIt.

After that you’ll be give a menu to choose OS X again or Linux. Here, choose Linux.

Tada, now comes the Grub boot screen and then on into the Linux of your choice. Congrats and enjoy Some other useful articles that contain detailed instructions: • • •.

I have found that a standard Ubuntu/Fedora and even Debian install disc, live CD or USB key will boot fine on a Mac. With a CD you may need to hold down the c key to boot. But I have no problems with USB installs. I would warn that I only have Linux installed on my MacBook now. Visual studio for mac os. I installed Ubuntu with a live CD a while ago, now rocking Fedora.

Once there is no more OS X, any Linux distribution will boot without much trouble. I'm not sure what happens when you boot a USB key and OS X is still on the machine though. I would recommend looking up key combinations to hold down to boot from USB – c might be enough.

Here is an easier alternative and also a more modern answer. I do the following from macOS (assuming the USB was listed as disk4): diskutil list diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Temp disk4 diskutil unmountDisk disk4 sudo dd if=/Users/Joe/name.iso of=/dev/disk4 bs=16m && sync With that ready, then do the following to prepare your Mac system. Download, unzip it, place it in Applications. Cd ~/Downloads unzip refind-bin-0.11.2 cp -R refind-bin-0.11.2/ /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/ You should disable SIP first (optional but recommended), so restart your Mac, holding command + R, and once in recovery, open a Terminal up and disable SIP: csrutil disable Now that SIP is disabled, you can install refind without Recovery mode. Cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/refind-bin-0.11.2/./refind-install Insert USB drive from Step 1 above reboot (Some users report trouble, even after disabling SIP, so the refind maintainer recommends installing refind in Recovery Mode if this happens.) You will be greeted by the refind bootloader now. At this stage, select your Debian.iso that you made in Step 1. There will be an option to pick Grub or to pick the kernel directly (since refind is also an alternative to Grub).