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Create Bootable USB on Mac OS
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BootableUSB.txt
Open a Terminal (under Utilities)
Run
masbogs-MacBook-Pro:$diskutil list
and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
Run
masbogs-MacBook-Pro:$diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN
(replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
Execute
masbogs-MacBook-Pro:$sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.iso of=/dev/diskN bs=1m
(replace /path/to/downloaded.iso with the path where the image file is located; for example, ./BT5R3-GNOME-32.iso)
Run
masbogs-MacBook-Pro:$diskutil eject /dev/diskN
and remove your flash media when the command completes (this can take a few hours on slower drives)
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