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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
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        @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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                              • IRJI
                                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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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @IRJ
                                  last edited by black3dynamite

                                  @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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                                  • IRJI
                                    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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                                    • IRJI
                                      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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                                      • black3dynamiteB
                                        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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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                          @black3dynamite I've not seen that happen. This is every time?

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                                          • black3dynamiteB
                                            black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            @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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