Want to install OS from USB instead of CD : How to deal with *.img image files?

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Published on 2010-05-21T01:14:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 1:21 UTC
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I'm on windows.

I'm trying DragonflyBSD operating system. as you can see here: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/download/ there are two kinds of images CD (.iso) and USB (.img) files available for download.

I downloaded *.iso and using UNetbootin to make a bootable USB stick. But its taking hell lot of time. Its been 2 hours and its just 50% done(9k of 18k files). I'm really pissed off now!

I used *.iso because I didn't know how to deal with *.img files. Will it be quick *.img file? How to use it to make bootable USB?

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