The dd command is a powerful low-level utility used for bit-by-bit copying of files or entire drives. While dd natively handles raw image files (like .img or .iso ), it cannot directly process compressed archives like .zip without a helper command to extract the data on the fly. 1. Writing a Zipped Image to a Disk
If your image is compressed as a .gz file rather than a .zip , you can use zcat or gunzip in a similar fashion. dd.zip
unzip -p path/to/image.zip | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress The dd command is a powerful low-level utility
: Extracts the file to standard output (stdout) instead of creating a file on disk. dd.zip