I've made a number of small changes to Mac Linux USB Loader, but perhaps the biggest new feature that I'm working on is making USB drives created with Mac Linux USB Loader compatible with OS X's startup disk selector. Here is the screen I'm referring to:
In order for this to work, a few prerequisites have to be met:
- You must enable support for HFS+ drives in Mac Linux USB Loader's preferences, under the Experimental section
- You must be willing to have files placed outside of the EFI folder on the root of your USB drive, as OS X must find certain files in certain places (essentially, we're tricking it into thinking that your USB has an install of OS X on it)
- You must use a distribution which includes drivers for the HFS+ file system in its initrd. Otherwise, your distribution will not be able to load properly. You may need to disable journaling.
More information will be forthcoming. In the mean time, feel free to comment, email me, or donate to the project.
