Flash_sdcard

Updated: March 13, 2025

How to flash linux onto an sd card using the terminal.

Using diskutil and pv = process viewer, used to see progress during piping.

diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
pv ~/Downloads/linuxdistro.img | sudo dd bs=1m of=/dev/rdisk3
touch /Volumes/boot/ssh     # enables ssh
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2