Harold_1556
January 2nd, 2015, 03:35 AM
As I posted before (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2258822) my toshiba Satellite a205-s4597 is having issues ever since a large update a few months back. Freezes, gray outs, etc.
I wanted to try and format the hard drive over and reinstall 14.04 fresh. My problem is I've just discovered my DVD drive is dead. So I went about creating a usb installer. I tried using this page: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx (http://hdiutil convert -format UDRW ~/Users/enamoredink/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso /dev/disk1 bs=1m)
I ran into problems at step three. I tired using this command:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/dev/disk1 bs=1m ~/Users/username/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
What I get back is:
MY-imac:~ username$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/dev/disk1 bs=1m ~/Users/username/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
hdiutil: convert: only a single input file can be specified
Usage: hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
hdiutil convert -help
I'm not experienced at all using terminal commands. I got the usb location by watching this Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mndO508xq08). By using the command diskutil list you find the usb location. It sounded good but it doesn't seem to be working.
Any idea where I'm going wrong?
The Ubuntu iso is on my desktop and the USB is attached to a hub that is connected into the back of the machine. I'm using a 2011, 27" iMac, with an i7 processor and 8gigs of ram and OSX 10.9.4. The USB stick is 4 gigs.
I wanted to try and format the hard drive over and reinstall 14.04 fresh. My problem is I've just discovered my DVD drive is dead. So I went about creating a usb installer. I tried using this page: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx (http://hdiutil convert -format UDRW ~/Users/enamoredink/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso /dev/disk1 bs=1m)
I ran into problems at step three. I tired using this command:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/dev/disk1 bs=1m ~/Users/username/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
What I get back is:
MY-imac:~ username$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/dev/disk1 bs=1m ~/Users/username/Desktop/ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
hdiutil: convert: only a single input file can be specified
Usage: hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
hdiutil convert -help
I'm not experienced at all using terminal commands. I got the usb location by watching this Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mndO508xq08). By using the command diskutil list you find the usb location. It sounded good but it doesn't seem to be working.
Any idea where I'm going wrong?
The Ubuntu iso is on my desktop and the USB is attached to a hub that is connected into the back of the machine. I'm using a 2011, 27" iMac, with an i7 processor and 8gigs of ram and OSX 10.9.4. The USB stick is 4 gigs.