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Create a USB install drive from any ISO file on Mac
# Check out what disks exist on your Mac, make sure the installation disk exists
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 250.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: Apple_HFS Mac-Arefly 200.2 GB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac-Backup 200.2 GB disk1s2
3: Windows_NTFS Arefly-Important 104.9 GB disk1s3
4: Windows_NTFS Arefly-Other 495.0 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *4.0 GB disk2
1: 0x17 1.0 GB disk2s1
# Unmount the disk you want to create installation disk into
$ diskutil unmountDisk [DISK-LOCATION]
Unmount of all volumes on [DISK-LOCATION] was successful
# Read the iso file into disk, it MA takes a long time about 3-5 minutes, be patient.
$ sudo dd if=[ISO-FILE-PATH] of=[YOUR-DESTINATION-DISK] bs=1m; sync
980+1 records in
980+1 records out
4111581184 bytes transferred in 407.371084 secs (10092963 bytes/sec)
# Eject the disk
$ diskutil eject [DISK-LOCATION]
Disk [DISK-LOCATION] ejected
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