Find the name of your USB stick with a script

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:20:59 +0000

You can use this script to retrieve the name of your USB stick.
The name of your USB stick can be used in Apple’s sudo command to create a USB installer.

Step 1: Open the Terminal application
Step 2: Go to your home directory, type: # cd
Step 3: Optionally create a scripts directory, type: # mkdir scripts
Step 4: Navigate to the newly created scripts directory, type: # cd scripts
Step 5: Create a bash script, type: # vim usbstick.sh
Step 6: Insert the following code:

Create a USB rEFIt boot disk

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:45:53 +0000

# hdiutil convert /path/to/refit-0.14.cdr -format UDRW -o /path/to/refit-0.14.img
# diskutil list
# diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
# sudo dd if=/path/to/refit-0.14.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
Using rdisk2 here seems to speed up things

# diskutil eject /dev/disk2

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Find the name of your USB stick with a script

Create a USB rEFIt boot disk