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How can one create a bootable Linux USB key that works on Mac (Intel 64 bit CPU) hardware?

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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 …

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From Boot Linux from USB on MacBook Pro 17″ : 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 Journale…

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