Comments on: Convert ISO to .img using hdiutil under Mac OS (via Installation/FromUSBStick for Ubuntu)

By: zo

zo — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:32:41 +0000

nice Tom Witko, it works with small d. Thanks!

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:41:14 +0000

Travis this is for the purpose of having ubuntu on a flash drive that you can boot on a mac

thats my guess

By: Tom Witko

Tom Witko — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:38:34 +0000

Thomas you used hdiutil convert -format RDxx -o /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.img /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/linux/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.iso I did the same mistake Its Rdxx small d. This was the only command that worked on OSX 10.5 G4 mirror door to make a immage

By: Travis Siegel

Travis Siegel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:52:18 +0000

Why is it necessary to conveert to an img file first? Why not just dd the iso image? What’s the purpose of converting to img first? Nobody seems to explain why this is necessary. Any comments?

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:48:17 +0000

I also tried both
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.img /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/linux/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.iso

and

hdiutil convert -format RDxx -o /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.img /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/linux/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.iso

nothing happens =(

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:44:14 +0000

P.S., I also tried RDxx and got the same response

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:40:04 +0000

I’m wanting to convert an ISO to an IMG to create a bootable SD card ubuntu, I’ve been looking ALL OVER and so far everywhere I go seems to be missing a step that maybe everyone but me knows/assumes ;-)
When I do what seems to be suggested:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /Users/parasamagate/Desktop /Users/parasamagate/Desktop/linux/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-powerpc.iso
I get back:
Usage: hdiutil convert -format -o [options]
hdiutil convert -help
I try variations on this and sometimes get file no found, I tried reversing it and putting the ISO first and the desk-top (as target spot) second, I tried with and without the tilda ~, I tried with and without specifying .img on the end of the target, I tried using a folder instead of desktop as target… getting frustrated here.
I’m using macbook air (version mid 2011 … 4,2) with os 10.7.2
can anyone tell me what I’m missing?

By: Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:30:10 +0000

John Doe’s advice worked perfectly for me! Thanks! :)

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:48:26 +0000

hdiutil convert -format Rdxx -o /path/ubuntu2.img path/ubuntu.iso
Preparando creación de imagen…
…………………………………………………………………….
Finalizando creación de imagen…
Añadiendo recursos…
…………………………………………………………………….
Tiempo transcurrido: 59.027s
(2 tareas, cargas 100)
Tamaño del archivo: 729067520 bytes, Suma: CRC $05211022
Sectores procesados: 1423960, 1423960 copiados
Velocidad: 11.8Mbytes/s
created: /path/ubuntu2.img

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:36:24 +0000

JUST Worked for me on a file that was 2.01 gig
Thank you so much