Apple - Will bootable usb created by bootcamp on mac work with PC?
After reading through several stackexchange answers, I found steps that worked on this site.
He walks you through how to format the USB stick so that Windows will recognize it, and how to use Unetbootin to copy the ISO image.
I'll reproduce the steps here for convenience:
Format the disk in Disk Utility, with the correct MBR
- Open Disk Utilty
- Select the USB device
- Click Partition
- Select 1 partition in the partition layout
- Select “Master Boot Record” in the options
- Select MS-DOS (FAT) in the format type.
- Click Apply, then Partition
- Close Disk Utility
This will wipe the USB disk and set it up with the correct boot record
Install the MBR binary from the SysLinux project
Use the command line diskutil to find the device name for your USB drive.
diskutil list
Unmount the USB drive with the command line. NB: Be sure to swap the device reference (in my case it is /dev/SOMEdisk2) with the correct one for your usb key that you identified in the previous step – this will change for each machine.
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/SOMEdisk2
Mark the partition active, then unmount it again
sudo fdisk -e /dev/SOMEdisk2 print f 1 write print exit diskutil unmountDisk /dev/SOMEdisk2
- Download Syslinux and extract the mbr.bin file
Install the MBR
sudo dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=mbr.bin of=/dev/SOMEdisk2
NB: see my full instructions if you need further help with steps 4 & 5.
Use UnetBootin to install your OS install files
- Download and install UnetBootin if you haven’t already
- Load the application, choose your preferred distribution, and then click OK
- When it’s finished, eject the USB key and use it