Note: this procedure requires an .img file that you will be required to create from the .iso file you download. TIP: Drag and Drop a file from Finder to Terminal to ‘paste’ the full path without typing and risking type errors.
- Download the desired file (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu)
- Open the Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/ or query Terminal in Spotlight)
- Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil (e.g.,
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso)
- Note: OS X tends to put the
.dmg ending on the output file automatically.
- Run
diskutil list to get the current list of devices
- Insert your flash media
- Run
diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
- Run
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
- Execute
sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m (replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is located; for example, ./lubuntu.img or ./lubuntu.dmg).
-
- Using
/dev/rdisk instead of /dev/disk may be faster.
- If you see the error
dd: Invalid number '1m', you are using GNU dd. Use the same command but replace bs=1m with bs=1M.
- If you see the error
dd: /dev/diskN: Resource busy, make sure the disk is not in use. Start the ‘Disk Utility.app’ and unmount (don’t eject) the drive.
- Run
diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes
- Done
Unetbootin seems rather good but doesnt work in this instance. odd. (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ )
Reference from : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download