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		gruez on May 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility You shouldn't need it on linux because you can just use dd

shassard on May 7, 2021 [–]

or cp ...

  cp my.iso /dev/sdc

abrowne on May 7, 2021 | [–]

The Debian manual agrees to use `cp` and then to run `sync` to make sure all data is really written to the disk. I've been doing this for a year or two now with no issues, even from a Mac.

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