I would be careful with assuming dd will work in macOS. I have not tried on this particular image but have tried on others. Even though there are different *nix flavors, the filesystem needs to be supported. I previous tried on a Pi project I had I could not use dd because the image I needed to write was not on a format the Mac supported. I use Balena Etcher on my Mac. It provides a nice interface that makes creating bootable SD cards a breeze.
Carlos
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On Jul 1, 2020, at 6:48 AM, chuck gelm <rpi4ham@...> wrote:
On 6/30/20 11:53 PM, John Nicholas wrote:
So what is the difference between dd on Linux and Balena Etcher?
W3DJS recommends Balena Etcher. Is this because dd only works on Linux and he is working with people working on Mac or PC?
JN
Hi, John:
Mac-OS uses the commercial OS, Unix (circa 1965).
Linux is, kinda, cloned from Unix.
Linux is original code, but does behaves exactly the same as Unix (Mac-OS).
Conversely, Mac-OS will do everything that Linux-OS does.
Mac users have 'dd' already installed.
So, 'balena-etcher' may be only for Windows users.
Windows 10 now includes the Linux kernel, so 'dd' is available to Windows users.
Chuck
