There was a cd image floating around that you could use to pass things on to a USB. The vinux project hosted it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 00:32:54 -0500 Subject: Re: A Live Boot Image for the Mac that Talks > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list