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auto-image2dev(8)	    System Manager's Manual	     auto-image2dev(8)

SYNOPSIS
       auto-image2dev [--success-file file] file.img|file.iso device

ARGUMENTS
       --success-file file Name	a file to create upon success.
       file.img|file.iso   A file containing an	image of a disk	with
       device		   Device name under /dev for the writable device

DESCRIPTION
       auto-image2dev  bit-copies  a disk image	to a writable storage disk de-
       vice such as a USB thumb	drive.	All data on the	device,	including  any
       existing	partition table, will be lost.

       Note  that this does not	copy the file to the filesystem	on the device,
       but makes the device itself a copy of the file.

       The --success-file option is useful when	running	auto-image2dev from  a
       GUI application through a terminal emulator, which typically do not not
       pass back the exit status of the	processes running under	them.

       The  image  file	should be a complete disk image	containing one or more
       filesystems, such as a .iso file, a macOS .dmg file, or a FreeBSD  .img
       installer image.

       The device name can generally be	determined by running dmesg after con-
       necting	it.  On	FreeBSD, device	names are typically da0, da1, etc.  On
       Linux and NetBSD, sd0, sd1, etc.	 The device name can be	given with  or
       without a /dev/ prefix.

RETURN VALUES
       0 on success, non-zero error code on failure

EXAMPLES
       auto-image2dev FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img /dev/da0

SEE ALSO
       dd(1), auto-media-format(8)

							     auto-image2dev(8)

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