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Install Windows 7 ISO to USB key.
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Install Windows 7 ISO to USB key

Plug in USB key and get device name:

$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1             110G   34G   71G  33% /
udev                  7.9G  4.0K  7.9G   1% /dev
tmpfs                 1.6G  1.5M  1.6G   1% /run
none                  5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
none                  7.9G   69M  7.8G   1% /run/shm
none                  100M   28K  100M   1% /run/user
/dev/sdc1             2.4G  2.4G     0 100% /media/XXXXXXXXXXX

Run dd - BE CAREFUL!:

$ sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sdc

To monitor progress, in another terminal:

$ ps fax | grep dd
$ sudo kill -USR1 PID_OF_DD_PROCESS
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