Older machines wouldn't have that capability. One computer I have can do it and the other computer cannot. The difference is the flash bios in each of the machines. One permits it and the other does not. On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 22:04:36 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks > > I don't have any experience with Macs or writing bootable images to > USB sticks(I just burn isos to DVD using wodim when I need to make a > new Linux disc), but my first two thoughts are: > > 1. Perhaps the Mac's bios isn't configured to allow booting from USB > media. I know I've had to get sighted assistance to fix the bios boot > order on every laptop and desktop I've acquired since going blind > before I could boot installation media to install Linux... I even had > to do it for a netbook that came pre-loaded with Ubuntu if memory > serves. > > 2. I could be wrong, but I believe the files needed for making a > CD/DVD bootable and making a USB stick bootable are different. If so, > even a properly written iso might not result in a bootable USB stick > if the iso only includes the files needed for booting from CD/DVD. > Again, no experience with making bootable USB sticks, so I might be > horribly mistaken. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list