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Create a bootable usb drive from command line on a mac
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Bootable USB From Image

  1. Convert the .iso to .img (A Debian install for example)

     hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/output.img ~/path/to/input.iso
 mv ~/path/to/output.img.dmg ~/path/to/output.img

  2. Copy the image to the target device (/dev/disk3 for example)

     diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
 sudo dd if=/path/to/output.img of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=1m

  3. Eject the disk

     diskutil eject /dev/disk3
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