svu
April 3rd, 2010, 02:42 AM
I am trying to recover my Ubuntu (from broken 10.04 installation) on Power G4. The Superdrive is not functioning - so I am trying to give USB boot a try. The are instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
I am following them... Up to the point where hdiutil has to convert .iso to .dmg:
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/kubuntu.iso) Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
No luck. I am getting the error. Same thing actually happens with the release ISO 9.10. Tried on 2 Macs:
$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o out.img lucid-alternate-powerpc.iso
Reading Driver Descriptor Map (DDM : 0)…
Reading Apple (Apple_partition_map : 1)…
Reading Ubuntu 10.04 ppc (Apple_ISO : 2)…
Reading Ubuntu 10.04 ppc (Apple_HFS : 3)…
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Usage: hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
hdiutil convert -help
With -versbose, I getting the error code 22
DIDiskImageConvertWithDiskImage: converter returned 22
hdiutil: convert: result: 22
Any ideas? How could I make bootable flash?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
I am following them... Up to the point where hdiutil has to convert .iso to .dmg:
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/kubuntu.iso) Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
No luck. I am getting the error. Same thing actually happens with the release ISO 9.10. Tried on 2 Macs:
$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o out.img lucid-alternate-powerpc.iso
Reading Driver Descriptor Map (DDM : 0)…
Reading Apple (Apple_partition_map : 1)…
Reading Ubuntu 10.04 ppc (Apple_ISO : 2)…
Reading Ubuntu 10.04 ppc (Apple_HFS : 3)…
.................................................. ............................
Usage: hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
hdiutil convert -help
With -versbose, I getting the error code 22
DIDiskImageConvertWithDiskImage: converter returned 22
hdiutil: convert: result: 22
Any ideas? How could I make bootable flash?