'I'm looking for a bootable USB flash drive partition manager which will be able to resize partitions.' This is a common need related to the partition manager in the forums. This article will guide you to create a bootable USB drive partition manager.

In the following procedure we will create a Microsoft Windows bootable USB flash drive in macOS, from scratch with command line. Root privileges are required. Note: This works only with BIOS or UEFI CSM (supports old BIOS style booting). Not compatible with native UEFI. Test environment: macOS 10.13.1 Requirements: and Warning: All the data on the USB flash drive will be destroyed without warning! Make sure you selected the correct drive or you will destroy a wrong disk! Identify the USB flash drive, in my example the device is /dev/disk2.

./syslinux -i /dev/disk2s1 syslinux for Mac OS X; created by Geza Kovacs for UNetbootin unetbootin.sf.net '/dev/disk2s1' unmounted successfully. /dev/disk2s1 DOS_FAT_32 /Volumes/WINDOWS mountpoint is /Volumes/WINDOWS checkpoint1 checkpoint1.5 checkpoint1.6 /Volumes/WINDOWS/ldlinux.sys ldlinuxname checkpoint2 checkpoint3 '/dev/disk2s1' unmounted successfully. Checkpoint4 checkpoint5 checkpoint6 checkpoint7 checkpoint8 /dev/disk2s1 DOS_FAT_32 /Volumes/WINDOWS 8. Copy syslinux BIOS modules and create syslinux.cfg. Hi le-snake and Henrik, You were right there was some errors in this tutorial, I corrected them. Because the link for syslinux-4.03.tar.gz now it’s redirected, the curl command was not working because I did not used the -L parameter to follow the redirect, now I uploaded the files to oueta.com. Bootable flag was not set, I added step three.

Create mac os usb installer. Make sure that the Mac OS installer file is present in your /Applications folder. If it's not there, or you're not sure of its name, seethe previous section of this guide for details on the installer file name, and how to download the needed file. Plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Check the flash drive's content. A bootable USB drive is a handy tool if you need to reinstall OS X Yosemite on your Mac, or if you're updating other Macs. To create this drive, download the OS X Yosemite installer from the App store and then use a specific command in Terminal to load it onto the USB disk. Connect the bootable installer to a compatible Mac. Use Startup Manager or Startup Disk preferences to select the bootable installer as the startup disk, then start up from it. Your Mac will start up to macOS Recovery.

There was also an error on step eight, I removed the -e parameter from the echo. Make sure you try to boot with legacy BIOS or UEFI CSM (supports old BIOS style booting).

Please let me know if you still have problems, thanks.

If you're thinking about installing, the first thing to consider is whether you want to install it directly onto your Mac or create a bootable drive. You can use a bootable drive on a for dual-software installation, to install on multiple Macs in your home, or as a bootable drive if you can't use the Internet Recovery partition. Note: These instructions require the use of Terminal. If you don't feel comfortable making changes to your Mac with Terminal, you can create a bootable disk using the.

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How to format your external drive for macOS Mojave You'll need to start with a clean thumb drive or external hard drive in order to make it a bootable drive. Email in draft folder not deleting outlook for mac. • Plug the thumb drive or cable for your hard drive into the appropriate port on your Mac. • Click on Finder in your Dock to open a Finder window. • Select Applications from the list on the left side of the window. • Scroll down and double-click on Utilities.

• Scroll down and double-click on Disk Utility. • Select your thumb drive or external drive under External. • Click on the Erase tab at the top of the window.

• Note the name of your external hard drive (probably 'Untitled') because you will need it when you create a bootable drive. If you have more than one external drive with the same name, you will need to rename the drive you are using as a bootable installer now. • If your Mac is using AFS+, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the format list. If your Mac is using APFS, select APFS from the list of options.

• If Scheme is available, select GUID Partition Map. • Click Erase. • Click Done when the process is complete.

• Close the Disk Utility window. Your thumb drive or external hard drive is now ready.

How to put macOS Mojave onto your external drive Important: You will need to use an administrator account on your Mac in order to run the Terminal commands to create a boot drive. You'll also need to ensure that the macOS Mojave beta is in your Applications folder and you'll need to know the name of the external drive.

• Click on Finder in your Dock to open a Finder window. • Select Applications from the list on the left side of the window. • Scroll down and double-click on Utilities. • Scroll down and double click on Terminal.

• Recall the name of your when entering the following text into Terminal. If it is not named 'Untitled,' you will need to change the command syntax for the pathname where it says: Volumes/Untitled. The name of the drive can't have any spaces and it is case sensitive. • Enter the following text into Terminal ( Don't forget to change the name 'Untitled' in the text below to the actual name of your external drive. Names are case sensitive and can't have any spacing.): sudo /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled -- /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app • Hit the enter/return key. • Enter your administrator account password.