write iso image to usb stick in linux / mac os

Linux

sudo lsblk

Mac OS

sudo diskutil list

Select device

The name of the device looks like this /dev/disk1

Now comes the dd command, which expects an if for InputFile and an of for OutputFile as parameters. The InputFile is your image and the OutputFile is your device.

sudo dd if=/path/to/example.iso of=/dev/path_to_device

Linux

if the device is busy then

sudo umount /dev/path_to_device 

Mac OS

if the device is busy then

sudo diskutil umountDisk /dev/path_to_device