Method 3: How to Burn a DMG File to USB in Linux. The process of burning a DMG to USB in Linux is a little more complicated since it requires converting the file to an ISO before burning it to a drive. It also requires command line executions, but if you own a Linux machine you may already be familiar with command line work. Nov 02, 2013  #4 – Restore BaseSystem.dmg to USB Drive. Now we need to navigate to the BaseSystem.dmg file that we will be restoring on to the USB drive. Go to the Applications folder. Right-click “Install OS X Mavericks”. Select “Show Package Contents”. Navigate through Contents - SharedSupport; Double-click (open) InstallESD.dmg.

I have downloaded Lion to my Macbook Pro. We live in a rural area and are on a 'low speed' high speed internet connection, so it took me ~24 hours to download. I have not yet begun the installation process, and have copied the installesd.dmg from the install folder to my desktop. We have 3 macs in our house, and I don't want to have to try to download again, as the process is so slow. Can I just copy the installesd.dmg to a DVD or flash drive to install it on the other 2 macs?

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If this is possible, do I have to do anything special? Can I install from the flash or DVD or do I need to copy onto the target mac first? Although both other macs are backed up using time machine, I'm a little nervous about just launching an installation without really knowing what I'm doing.

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DMG files are a Mac OS X Disk Image files. like ISO files, DMG files are essentially disk images, which are intended to be used with the Mac operating system. The DMG files normally contain program installation files for Apple system and applications, but they can also be used to hold compressed files. With PowerISO, you can manipulate dmg files on Windows PC. PowerISO can burn dmg file directly to a CD / DVD disc. You needn't convert dmg to iso file before burning.

To burn dmg file on Windows PC, please follow the steps,

• Run PowerISO, and insert a blank or rewritable optical disc in the drive.

• Click 'Burn' button on toolbar or select the 'Tools > Burn' Menu.

• PowerISO shows 'DMG Burner' dialog.

  Click 'Browse' button to select the DMG file you want to burn.

  Select the burning drive and the burning speed from the list. The default burning speed is maximum speed supported by the writer and media. You can change it to a slower speed if necessary.

  Click 'Burn' button to start burning.

• PowerISO will start burning the dmg file to the disc. You can see the detailed progress information during burning. If no error occurs, you should see the message, 'Burning completed successfully.' at the end of burning. If 'Verify written data' is set, PowerISO will compare the source data with the data written to the disc, and show the compare result after comparing completes.

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