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I've been pulling my hair out trying to get a full Ubuntu installation running on my USB, and I think I just got it working for Windows (by disconnecting my hard drives during Live CD installation...).

However, the result isn't bootable on my Macbook Air. After more reading, it seems that it's a U/EFI problem which Ubuntu solved by creating an amd64+mac version of the installation.

I'm downloading that now, but I'm wondering: will this ONLY work for my Macbook, and stop working on the Windows computer?

Thanks.

Bilal Akil
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The amd64+mac version should work on both the Mac and the PC.

The difference between the amd64 and the amd64+mac is that the amd64 version is 'multi-catalog', ie it can boot on either BIOS or UEFI systems whereas the amd64+mac version only support BIOS booting.

The problem is that Macs are not able to boot 'multi-catalog' disks. However, you can get your Windows machine to boot from it by selecting the Legacy/BIOS option instead of the UEFI option.

Rohith Madhavan
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