Create UEFI bootable USB from Fedora
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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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FYI This is what I have been using: WoeUSB.
Just thought I would try again.
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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
ddwith a Windows ISO. I'll try it if I get a chance to tonight and let you know how it goes. -
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/sdbAfter 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 -
@black3dynamite never looked into the CLI since I am always doing it from my laptop. handy to know.
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I confirmed my dd method did not result in a functional USB for a windows install.
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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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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
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@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
Have you tried it with Windows 10 iso?
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@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
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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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/sdbAfter 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 nowJust did this today from CLI. Worked perfectly.
