Run Leap live on a Mac

ionmich · August 4, 2019, 5:17pm

Is it possible to boot and run Leap 15.1 live on a USB HD connected to a MacBook?

Thanks in advance.

malcolmlewis · August 4, 2019, 5:20pm

Hi
Should be, just power on and hold down the option key, this will present the boot menu and can select the USB device to boot from.

ionmich · August 4, 2019, 5:32pm

Many thanks. I’ll give it a try.

malcolmlewis · August 4, 2019, 6:17pm

Hi
Here is a live USB boot (MacBook late 2007);

ionmich · August 6, 2019, 7:58am

Worked like a charm and is surprisingly fast using a USB2 connected HD. Now I need to find out how to make it persistent as Xterm does not keep its settings and the text is tiny. All of this because the Mac owner won’t let me install Leap via a Mac VM. Now if I could write to the Mac’s APFS files, that would make it perfect. FAT chance!

Thanks again.