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How do I create an MBR on a USB stick using DD command line tool

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Okay I'm trying to create a BOOTABLE Windows7 image on a USB key from a Mac running Lion. My image is .iso format. I tried: And this succeeded in writing the files, except in DISK UTILITY on the mac, it shows the partition type as GUID Partition Table and not 'Master Boor Record'. Booting the key o…

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sudo dd if=/Users/myusername/Win7.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m

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Use Disk Utility Options to set the partition type to Master Boot Record before you do dd.

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