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List disks (OSX)

diskutil list

Single Drive

sudo dd if=~/test.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m

Single Drive with Progress

pv ~/test.img | sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m

Multiple Drives

pv ~/test.img | tee >(sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m) | tee >(sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=1m) | sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk4 bs=1m

Notes:

  • For OSX /dev/rdisk is faster than /dev/disk
  • Is faster when given a block size (bs=1m)
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