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> Windows setup ISOs You can't dd them. Format a USB drive, make a fat32 or ntfs[1] partition. Extract all the files from the ISO (mount -o loop to an interm
by moonchild 6y ago
> Windows setup ISOs
You can't dd them. Format a USB drive, make a fat32 or ntfs[1] partition. Extract all the files from the ISO (mount -o loop to an intermediate directory and copy the files out, 7z can also do it) onto said partition. Set the bootable and ESP (EFI System Partition flag) flags. Works like a charm every time.
(You can also try the woeusb[2] tool, but it's not doing anything fundamentally different to or better than that.)
1. Fat may be problematic; iirc install.wim is >4gb lately. But ntfs-3g is adequate if lacklustre.
2. https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
- divingdragon 6y ago> make a [...] ntfs partition I think it would only work if your UEFI firmware happen to contain a driver for reading NTFS partitions. UEFI firmwares are only required to read FAT12/FAT16/FAT32. Rufus solves this by making an extra FAT partition with a UEFI:NTFS [1] binary which loads its own NTFS driver to boot the Windows `bootmgfw` EFI binary. [1]: https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs