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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
      last edited by JaredBusch

      @Tim_G I just used Fedora Media Writer to burn the Fedora 28 Workstatino NetInst ISO and that appears like it will work. Testing now.
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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @JaredBusch
        last edited by JaredBusch

        @jaredbusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

        @Tim_G I just used Fedora Media Writer to burn the Fedora 28 Workstatino NetInst ISO and that appears like it will work. Testing now.
        0_1525408338446_a51d6d0e-f616-48c8-8b26-98266c7f062d-image.png

        Yup, worked. Shows in the UEFI section.
        0_1525408444556_5B195269-6302-487E-AA2D-EC5B609C8D57.jpeg

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        • FATeknollogeeF
          FATeknollogee
          last edited by

          I've always used Fedora Media Writer for my UEFI USB boot sticks.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @FATeknollogee
            last edited by

            @fateknollogee said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

            I've always used Fedora Media Writer for my UEFI USB boot sticks.

            That is what I did this morning and had the problem that resulted in this post.

            As you can see using the NetInst ISO for Fedora worked just fine.

            But the Windows 10 1803 ISO does not.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch
              last edited by

              Still an issue today. I wanted to make a Windows 10 1903 USB stick and it wilil not boot after writing the USB with Fedora Media Writer.

              Creating a Fedora 30 USB worked just fine.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch
                last edited by JaredBusch

                FYI This is what I have been using: WoeUSB.

                Just thought I would try again.

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                • EddieJenningsE
                  EddieJennings
                  last edited by EddieJennings

                  I just use ddafter getting rid of the partitions on the USB drive, but that's probably more manual than you want.

                  Edit (after reading the rest of the thread): I haven't used my method of dd with a Windows ISO. I'll try it if I get a chance to tonight and let you know how it goes.

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite
                    last edited by black3dynamite

                    Try using WoeUSB via command line. Here's what I did with my USB drive.

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

                    After running the command.

                    WoeUSB v3.2.12
                    ==============================
                    Mounting source filesystem...
                    Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdb...
                    /dev/sdb: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
                    /dev/sdb: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
                    Ensure that /dev/sdb is really wiped...
                    Creating new partition table on /dev/sdb...
                    Creating target partition...
                    Making system realize that partition table has changed...
                    Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...
                    Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
                    Creating NTFS volume structures.
                    mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.
                    --2019-06-05 19:28:36--  https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/raw/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
                    Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113
                    Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
                    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
                    Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img [following]
                    --2019-06-05 19:28:37--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
                    Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
                    Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
                    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
                    Length: 524288 (512K) [application/octet-stream]
                    Saving to: ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.JXhyoC.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’
                    
                    uefi-ntfs.img       100%[===================>] 512.00K  2.70MB/s    in 0.2s    
                    
                    2019-06-05 19:28:37 (2.70 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.JXhyoC.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’ saved [524288/524288]
                    
                    1024+0 records in
                    1024+0 records out
                    524288 bytes (524 kB, 512 KiB) copied, 0.293463 s, 1.8 MB/s
                    Mounting target filesystem...
                    Applying workaround to prevent 64-bit systems with big primary memory from being unresponsive during copying files.
                    Copying files from source media...
                    1%
                    Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support...
                    Installing for i386-pc platform.
                    Installation finished. No error reported.
                    Installing custom GRUB config for legacy PC booting...
                    Resetting workaround to prevent 64-bit systems with big primary memory from being unresponsive during copying files.
                    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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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                      last edited by

                      @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

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                      • EddieJenningsE
                        EddieJennings
                        last edited by

                        I confirmed my dd method did not result in a functional USB for a windows install.

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                        • warren.stanleyW
                          warren.stanley
                          last edited by

                          WoeUSB is the only convenient way I've been able to make bootable (UEFI) USB Windows medium. Usually purge all the partitions on the USB device prior, using Gnome Disks application.

                          I use Gnome Disks application - restore (or DD), for Linux

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                          • IRJI
                            IRJ
                            last edited by

                            I went through this fiasco recently. I did not know about WoeUSB so I tried everything like DD and gnome disks, but they dont create a bootable UEFI disk. You have to turn on legacy boot which I did not want.

                            It seems the solution was right in front of me, and I didnt even know it. Gnome has a startup disk utility that is specifically for creating startup disks. Works with UEFI right out of the box 🙂

                            dec37737-de7f-436d-a2ed-de74571deddd-image.png

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                            • black3dynamiteB
                              black3dynamite @IRJ
                              last edited by

                              @IRJ said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                              I went through this fiasco recently. I did not know about WoeUSB so I tried everything like DD and gnome disks, but they dont create a bootable UEFI disk. You have to turn on legacy boot which I did not want.

                              It seems the solution was right in front of me, and I didnt even know it. Gnome has a startup disk utility that is specifically for creating startup disks. Works with UEFI right out of the box 🙂

                              dec37737-de7f-436d-a2ed-de74571deddd-image.png

                              Have you tried it with Windows 10 iso?

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ @black3dynamite
                                last edited by

                                @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                @IRJ said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                I went through this fiasco recently. I did not know about WoeUSB so I tried everything like DD and gnome disks, but they dont create a bootable UEFI disk. You have to turn on legacy boot which I did not want.

                                It seems the solution was right in front of me, and I didnt even know it. Gnome has a startup disk utility that is specifically for creating startup disks. Works with UEFI right out of the box 🙂

                                dec37737-de7f-436d-a2ed-de74571deddd-image.png

                                Have you tried it with Windows 10 iso?

                                I have not, but I do think it would work. If anyone can confirm that would be cool

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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                  @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

                                  Were you able try create a bootable usb with the CLI?

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                                    last edited by

                                    @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                    @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

                                    Were you able try create a bootable usb with the CLI?

                                    Never tried. I would assume it will work as the GUI works. The GUI is just buttons for the CLI.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                      @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                      @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

                                      Were you able try create a bootable usb with the CLI?

                                      Never tried. I would assume it will work as the GUI works. The GUI is just buttons for the CLI.

                                      And a steering wheel is just an interface to turn the wheels on a car. . .

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                        @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                        @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                        @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                        @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

                                        Were you able try create a bootable usb with the CLI?

                                        Never tried. I would assume it will work as the GUI works. The GUI is just buttons for the CLI.

                                        And a steering wheel is just an interface to turn the wheels on a car. . .

                                        Totally not the same scenario.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                          @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                          @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                          @JaredBusch said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                          @black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.

                                          Were you able try create a bootable usb with the CLI?

                                          Never tried. I would assume it will work as the GUI works. The GUI is just buttons for the CLI.

                                          And a steering wheel is just an interface to turn the wheels on a car. . .

                                          Totally not the same scenario.

                                          Was humor.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                                            last edited by

                                            @black3dynamite said in Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora:

                                            Try using WoeUSB via command line. Here's what I did with my USB drive.

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

                                            After running the command.

                                            WoeUSB v3.2.12
                                            ==============================
                                            Mounting source filesystem...
                                            Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdb...
                                            /dev/sdb: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
                                            /dev/sdb: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
                                            Ensure that /dev/sdb is really wiped...
                                            Creating new partition table on /dev/sdb...
                                            Creating target partition...
                                            Making system realize that partition table has changed...
                                            Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...
                                            Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
                                            Creating NTFS volume structures.
                                            mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.
                                            --2019-06-05 19:28:36--  https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/raw/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
                                            Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113
                                            Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
                                            HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
                                            Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img [following]
                                            --2019-06-05 19:28:37--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
                                            Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
                                            Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
                                            HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
                                            Length: 524288 (512K) [application/octet-stream]
                                            Saving to: ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.JXhyoC.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’
                                            
                                            uefi-ntfs.img       100%[===================>] 512.00K  2.70MB/s    in 0.2s    
                                            
                                            2019-06-05 19:28:37 (2.70 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.JXhyoC.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’ saved [524288/524288]
                                            
                                            1024+0 records in
                                            1024+0 records out
                                            524288 bytes (524 kB, 512 KiB) copied, 0.293463 s, 1.8 MB/s
                                            Mounting target filesystem...
                                            Applying workaround to prevent 64-bit systems with big primary memory from being unresponsive during copying files.
                                            Copying files from source media...
                                            1%
                                            Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support...
                                            Installing for i386-pc platform.
                                            Installation finished. No error reported.
                                            Installing custom GRUB config for legacy PC booting...
                                            Resetting workaround to prevent 64-bit systems with big primary memory from being unresponsive during copying files.
                                            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
                                            

                                            Just did this today from CLI. Worked perfectly.

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