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→Creating the USB stick on OS X: added "conv=" parameter to dd string, plus a comment
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sync
: ''Where diskX is your USB device name.
: ''Where diskX is your USB device name.
* Write the ISO to the USB device and make sure buffered data is written to disk.<br />'''WARNING! Be sure to pick the right device as you might destroy your system when wrong!!'''''
* Write the ISO to the USB device and make sure buffered data is written to disk.<br />'''WARNING! Be sure to pick the right device as you might destroy your system when wrong!!'''''
− dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/diskX
+ dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/diskX conv=sync
−: ''Again where diskX is your USB device name.
: ''Again where diskX is your USB device name.
+
+The dd command can take a long time, so be patient. The 670MB image transferred to an older USB 2.0 device took about seven minutes.
== Usage ==
== Usage ==
