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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Windows 10 Installation USB images are known to not work when made from normal USB burning tools. When using Fedora, luckily a built in tool for this exists: WoeUSB. An important tool for any Linux-based IT staff.

      You can install this easily with this command:

      sudo dnf install WoeUSB

      You can download a Windows 10 ISO directly from Microsoft. Or use one you already have.

      That's it. Just run WoeUSB from the menu. Select your downloaded ISO file, select your target device and away you go. Much easier and much faster than making a bootable Windows 10 installer from Windows, in fact. No special tools to download, no insanely long waits for it to run. Fast and easy, Windows installers the Linux way.

      0_1533405333987_Screenshot from 2018-08-04 12-54-36.png

      If the installer complains that the device is in use, check the device name in WoeUSB (which is /dev/sdc in my example) and you can force it to unmount with this command...

      sudo umount /dev/sdc

      WoeUSB is also available for many other Linux platforms. A PPA is available for Ubuntu for example.

      https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB

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      • ObsolesceO
        Obsolesce
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        I use the built in Fedora Media Writer on Workstation.

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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite
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          WoeUSB has always work for me.

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite @Obsolesce
            last edited by black3dynamite

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

            I use the built in Fedora Media Writer on Workstation.

            Have you tried etcher? It works pretty well too. Except for creating a bootable Windows installer.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
              last edited by

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

              I use the built in Fedora Media Writer on Workstation.

              Doesn't work by default. I don't know any setting that makes Windows 10 work.

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

                I use the built in Fedora Media Writer on Workstation.

                I always use this for Linux bootables.

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                  1337
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                  Good to know about WoeUSB.

                  If you have windows available, rufus is an easy tool to make bootable USB drives.
                  Doesn't need to be installed and it's fast.
                  https://rufus.akeo.ie/

                  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.

                  You can copy more files onto the drive, for instance drivers or other software. If you do that, it makes sense to make a dd image of the entire thing when you're done. That way you can easily write a new USB drive with your custom files on it.

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                  • PhlipElderP
                    PhlipElder @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller We use RUFUS by default to set things up as uEFI has a specific set of requirements for two partitions.

                    FAT32 will generally not work anymore as there is a 4GB file size restriction.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @PhlipElder
                      last edited by

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

                      @scottalanmiller We use RUFUS by default to set things up as uEFI has a specific set of requirements for two partitions.

                      You can get Rufus on Fedora?

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by black3dynamite

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

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

                        @scottalanmiller We use RUFUS by default to set things up as uEFI has a specific set of requirements for two partitions.

                        You can get Rufus on Fedora?

                        No.
                        And rufus can create bootable usb using dd too.

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                        • ObsolesceO
                          Obsolesce @1337
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                          @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.

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                          • black3dynamiteB
                            black3dynamite @Obsolesce
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                            @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?

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              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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                              • PhlipElderP
                                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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                                • jmooreJ
                                  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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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    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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                                    • jmooreJ
                                      jmoore @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller That is true. I am just saying I use both systems regularly

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        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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                                        • dbeatoD
                                          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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                                          • IRJI
                                            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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