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dd under osx
Per the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#In_Mac_OS_X
Doesn't work with El Capitan:
$ sudo dd if=archlinux-2016.03.01-dual.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
dd: invalid number: ‘1m’
Works with El Capitan:
$ sudo dd if=archlinux-2016.03.01-dual.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1M
709+0 records in
709+0 records out
743440384 bytes (743 MB, 709 MiB) copied, 113.871 s, 6.5 MB/s
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