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Can't boot from USB on MacBook

Asked by Ian Dickinson

I followed the pertty standard instructions to make a usb drive I could install from found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20USB%20Stick

all of the files are on the usb fine, but when I restart my computer and hold down option, it unfortunately does not show up as a bootable device. Is this just something weird with OS X or the thumb drive? TBefore following the instructions the drive was formatted as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?

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Ian Dickinson (idickinson) said : 		#2

i get 7de611b50c283c1755b4007a4feb0379 which I think is fine...?

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andresimi (andresimi) said : 		#3

I could boot from USB on my Macbook burning PLOP Boot Manager (http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html) on a CD. Then you can install from USB from computers not suported...

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#4

google "ubuntu check md5sum" to get the hash codes and match the code to the code that you have posted. if the codes don't match, it means you don't have a good download and you need to download again.

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