Creating a bootable Debian USB flash drive on MacOsX

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  • download the iso

    wget http://napoleon.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/6.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.4-i386-CD-1.iso # or http://debian.ens-cachan.fr/ftp/debian-cd/6.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.4-i386-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o target.img debian-6.0.4-i386-CD-1.iso
mv target.img.dmg target.img

  • identify where is your USB stick

    diskutil list

  • unmount the USB stick

    diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

  • write on the stick

    mv target.img.dmg target.img
sudo dd if=target.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m

  • eject the USB stick

    diskutil eject /dev/disk2