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Created June 3, 2017 08:54
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Writing a disk image to an SD card/USB flash drive on OSX.
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writeimage.sh
# List disks so you know which ones which.
$ diskutil list
# Unmount if mounted.
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
# Write iso with dd.
$ sudo dd if=ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/diskX bs=1M
# You can press ctrl-t to check progress.
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