Unetbootin, for all its qualities, simply doesn't display any choice at all, and Etcher does its thing the Etcher way: The less the end-user knows, the better.īottom line is, I can't boot my MacBook Pro on the USB. In Rufus, for example, the only option for a partition table on the USB stick is MBR, and I can't create a GPT that would make the darn thing recognized on startup by my Mac. Problem is, they all seem to create an MBR on the USB stick ***because, apparently, the Windows PC I'm using to copy Mint onto the USB thingy IS MBR/BIOS-based (?)***.

I've read countless topics, tips and tricks about using Etcher, Unetbootin or Rufus, but every single one of them brought its own caveats. How can I 'burn' Mint 19.3 (32-bit only) on a USB stick from Windows (MBR-based Lenovo laptop running Server 2019, as it were) to make it bootable on a venerable, 2006, CoreDuo, MacBook Pro 1,1 (model A1150) that's forever stuck with Snow Leopard, since it can't run 64-bit OSes?

This time, I'm coming down with a tough one: I'm new here, but I've used Linux Mint off and on for several years, often under the Live form, but on occasion after installing it on my PC too.

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