A script developed for macOS systems to create a bootable Linux installer on a removable drive.
I am not responsible for any loss/corruption of data/devices when this program is used, use at your own risk.
- The script has been tested on macOS 10.12 and subsequent versions.
- The script creates an IMG file from the passed ISO file using the
hdiutilcommand. The generated image file will be deleted on a successful exit of the script. - Currently, the script will quit "ungracefully" if an error occurs (cannot unmount target disk, etc.), the created IMG file is not automatically deleted in this case.
linux_installer_creator.sh <path-to-iso-image> <path-to-target-disk>
- Insert the disk on which you will add the Linux installer.
- Open Terminal and run
diskutil listto find the path to the disk mounted above (e.g. "/dev/disk1") - Change to the directory where you have this script downloaded.
- Run the command as above, with
<path-to-iso-image>set to the path to your Linux .ISO image file, and<path-to-target-disk>set to the disk path you noted in step 2 above. - Type root user password when prompted.
- When script completes, run
diskutil eject <path-to-target-disk>before removing the drive from your computer.
Executing the same set of commands to get Linux ISOs on USB drives was getting repetitive. I didn't want to install third-party GUIs so I just wrote this bash script.