To create a live USB for installation, I had to follow the instructions at the link below. The basic steps were to convert the .iso to a .img using diskutils, then dd that image onto a USB driver, which was formatted as FAT_32 in my case. I think other formatting schemes may work as well.
Update: Trying to do this from non-Mac platforms, one can try
mkfs.hfsplus to create a .dmg file. To do this, you will need to install the hfsplus hfsprogs and hfsutils packages. you can then install dmg2img to convert this to .img format by installing dmg2img.
The whole command is sudo apt-get install hfsplus hfsprogs hfsutils dmg2img
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/286419/how-to-build-a-dmg-mac-os-x-file-on-a-non-mac-platform for more details
Create a blank file of the size needed
dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/output.dmg bs=1 count=0 seek=590M
mkfs.hfsplus -v 'Description of DMG file' output.dmg
mount it, copy all files from ISO to DMG, then unmount.http://www.garrettcpa.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=linux:dmg
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20USB%20Stick
Once the live USB is created, simply reboot the Macbook Air while holding the alt (option) key, then select the yellow USB UEFI icon as the boot device. Make sure to install 3rd party sources when running the installer, as the Broadcom wireless device uses a 3rd party firmware blob.
After running the Ubuntu installer, everything should be running, but there are still a few usability issues to fix. I will cover these issues under separate headings below.
XMONAD
Installing XMonad is the next crucial step for me - I don't install a wireless manager, doing wifi management with wpa_supplicant instead.
sudo apt-get install xmonad xmobar suckless-tools
Suckless-tools is a package of helpful tools for xmonad, such as dmenu. I use dmenu for launching graphical programs like firefox or
I have two example configs for a MacBook Air running XUbuntu 12.04, located at http://www.github.com/kastnerkyle/Configs .Simply put the ~.xmobarrc file at ~/.xmobarrc, and put the xmonad.hs file in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/John_Goerzen%27s_Configuration
WIRELESS
Wireless in XMonad is ...interesting. Here I will document some common wireless connectivity scenarios, and how get on the net.
Easiest - install trayer by doing sudo apt-get install trayer
Now simply do
trayer &
then
nm-applet
to start the network manager applet in the bottom left hand corner. Simply click and connect as normal. When finished, kill trayer by doing pkill trayer
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843341
TOUCHPAD
After installing Ubuntu 12.10 and configuring XMonad, things appeared pretty good. The only issue so far is that the "right click" of the mousepad is two finger click, instead of clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the touchpad.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1966016.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20USB%20Stick
Once the live USB is created, simply reboot the Macbook Air while holding the alt (option) key, then select the yellow USB UEFI icon as the boot device. Make sure to install 3rd party sources when running the installer, as the Broadcom wireless device uses a 3rd party firmware blob.
After running the Ubuntu installer, everything should be running, but there are still a few usability issues to fix. I will cover these issues under separate headings below.
XMONAD
Installing XMonad is the next crucial step for me - I don't install a wireless manager, doing wifi management with wpa_supplicant instead.
sudo apt-get install xmonad xmobar suckless-tools
Suckless-tools is a package of helpful tools for xmonad, such as dmenu. I use dmenu for launching graphical programs like firefox or
I have two example configs for a MacBook Air running XUbuntu 12.04, located at http://www.github.com/kastnerkyle/Configs .Simply put the ~.xmobarrc file at ~/.xmobarrc, and put the xmonad.hs file in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/John_Goerzen%27s_Configuration
WIRELESS
Wireless in XMonad is ...interesting. Here I will document some common wireless connectivity scenarios, and how get on the net.
Easiest - install trayer by doing sudo apt-get install trayer
Now simply do
trayer &
then
nm-applet
to start the network manager applet in the bottom left hand corner. Simply click and connect as normal. When finished, kill trayer by doing pkill trayer
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843341
TOUCHPAD
After installing Ubuntu 12.10 and configuring XMonad, things appeared pretty good. The only issue so far is that the "right click" of the mousepad is two finger click, instead of clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the touchpad.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1966016.html
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