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      Obsolesce @black3dynamite
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      @black3dynamite said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

      @obsolesce said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

      @pete-s said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

      But in all honesty it's very easy to make a bootable windows installer USB drive manually. Just make a primary bootable FAT32 partition on the USB drive and copy the files from the ISO onto it. Done.

      Yeah on windows I always do it manually because it's so fast. But I always use ntfs, never fat32.

      Isn't fat32 partition needed for UEFI bootable installer?

      I guess not, because I always specifically do fs=ntfs in disk part when I make one.

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        PhlipElder
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        This is what a Rufus formatted USB flash drive looks like:

        0_1533527315238_2018-08-05 MangoL - Rufus Formatted USB.PNG

        We have a fair number of different high speed and ultra-high speed flash drives we use for OS loading. Since using Rufus to set up the uEFI ones we do not have anymore issues especially with servers where things can get finicky.

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          jmoore @PhlipElder
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          @phlipelder Yeah I'm a fan of Rufus on windows but like the Fedora media writer on Fedora

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            scottalanmiller @jmoore
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            @jmoore said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

            @phlipelder Yeah I'm a fan of Rufus on windows but like the Fedora media writer on Fedora

            But Fedora Media Writer on Fedora can't write Windows media.

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              jmoore @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller That is true. I am just saying I use both systems regularly

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                Dashrender @Obsolesce
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                @obsolesce said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                @black3dynamite said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                @obsolesce said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                @pete-s said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                But in all honesty it's very easy to make a bootable windows installer USB drive manually. Just make a primary bootable FAT32 partition on the USB drive and copy the files from the ISO onto it. Done.

                Yeah on windows I always do it manually because it's so fast. But I always use ntfs, never fat32.

                Isn't fat32 partition needed for UEFI bootable installer?

                I guess not, because I always specifically do fs=ntfs in disk part when I make one.

                Are you positive you're booting UEFI mode using that USB stick?

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                  dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                  @jmoore said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                  @phlipelder Yeah I'm a fan of Rufus on windows but like the Fedora media writer on Fedora

                  But Fedora Media Writer on Fedora can't write Windows media.

                  I believe @JaredBusch had a post on this a while ago. Found it
                  https://mangolassi.it/topic/17140/create-uefi-bootable-usb-from-fedora/

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                    IRJ
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                    WoeUSB

                    Installation on Ubuntu 18.04

                    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install woeusb
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                      IRJ
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                      Not working for me. I tried two different USB drives. It is just booting to a grub menu. Unless I am supposed to launch something from here.

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                        black3dynamite @IRJ
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                        @IRJ said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                        Not working for me. I tried two different USB drives. It is just booting to a grub menu. Unless I am supposed to launch something from here.

                        I've had success using CLI instead.

                        sudo umount /dev/sdb1
sudo woeusb --tgt-fs NTFS --device Win10_1903_V1_English_x64.iso /dev/sdb
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                          IRJ @black3dynamite
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                          @black3dynamite said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                          @IRJ said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                          Not working for me. I tried two different USB drives. It is just booting to a grub menu. Unless I am supposed to launch something from here.

                          I've had success using CLI instead.

                          sudo umount /dev/sdb1
sudo woeusb --tgt-fs NTFS --device Win10_1903_V1_English_x64.iso /dev/sdb

                          Trying now..

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                            IRJ @black3dynamite
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                            @black3dynamite said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                            @IRJ said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                            Not working for me. I tried two different USB drives. It is just booting to a grub menu. Unless I am supposed to launch something from here.

                            I've had success using CLI instead.

                            sudo umount /dev/sdb1
sudo woeusb --tgt-fs NTFS --device Win10_1903_V1_English_x64.iso /dev/sdb

                            Same result

                            IMG_20190702_220747.jpg

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                              black3dynamite
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                              Not sure why but I'm getting this message using the CLI.

                              /usr/bin/woeusb: line 1676: echo: write error: Invalid argument
The command "exit 0" failed with exit status "1", program is prematurely aborted

                              Instead of

                              Unmounting and removing "/media/woeusb_source_1559784507_8150"...
Unmounting and removing "/media/woeusb_target_1559784507_8150"...
You may now safely detach the target device
Done :)
The target device should be bootable now
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                                scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                @black3dynamite I've not seen that happen. This is every time?

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                                  black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                                  @black3dynamite I've not seen that happen. This is every time?

                                  It happened twice so far with the same USB.

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                                    scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                    @black3dynamite said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Installer from Fedora Linux:

                                    @black3dynamite I've not seen that happen. This is every time?

                                    It happened twice so far with the same USB.

                                    Try another USB, maybe there is something wrong with that one?

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