====== Writing a disk image to a disk ======

:!: Before using the below methods, keep in mind that writing the image will overwrite what is currently on the disk.

===== Using cat =====

Writing a disk image is usually done with ''dd'', but actually, you might just as wel simply use cat:

''cat image.img > /dev/sda''

The above command would write the image file ''image.img'' to the disk represented by ''/dev/sda''.

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