It’s not possible to dd a Windows ISO to a USB stick.
What way too many people fail to understand, because Linux ISOs are applying this method, but this is essentially a MAJOR HACK CALLED ‘ISOHYBRID’, is that, in most cases, you cannot simply take an ISO image and copy it byte for byte to a USB drive, and expect that to boot.
It’s certainly not, there are other iso to USB drive tools for Linux. But the only way to make a Windows To Go USB from Linux is with rufus on a Windows VM with USB passthrough.
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huh??
you can just flash/dd the iso directly, no need for ventoy
It’s not possible to dd a Windows ISO to a USB stick.
https://superuser.com/questions/1527197/debian-creating-windows-10-bootable-install-usb-drive-using-terminal-dd#1527373
Thanks for the info, good read
That didn’t work for me the last time I tried it (and neither did Ventoy). I had to borrow a Windows PC and use the media creation tool.
I’ve literally never used the media creation tool, i always installed windows from isos flashed with rufus/balena/dd/whatever
Aren’t Rufus and balena media creation tools?
by media creation tool, i mean specifically the proprietary “Windows Media Creation Tool” that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website
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It’s certainly not, there are other iso to USB drive tools for Linux. But the only way to make a Windows To Go USB from Linux is with rufus on a Windows VM with USB passthrough.
Nah man, before ventoy was created there was this one https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB
Akchually, before ventoy was created everyone used this to do what you’re talking about https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB