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WoeUSB won't work it said it can't be mounted, Balena won't work it doesn't support Windows iso's.

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Quick google reveals the following :

1. dd - sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/input.iso of=/dev/sd<?> conv=fdatasync status=progress

2. bootiso - You have to install the wimtools package for the bootiso command to work

3. multibootusb 

4. Ventoy

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3 minutes ago, bennysnk said:

Quick google reveals the following :

1. dd - sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/input.iso of=/dev/sd<?> conv=fdatasync status=progress

2. bootiso - You have to install the wimtools package for the bootiso command to work

3. multibootusb 

4. Ventoy

I don't know the 3 only the 4th

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15 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

WoeUSB won't work it said it can't be mounted, Balena won't work it doesn't support Windows iso's.

WoeUSB is the only one that's worked for me with windows10/11 UEFI. The bigger question is why it can't be mounted?

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2 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

WoeUSB is the only one that's worked for me with windows10/11 UEFI. The bigger question is why it can't be mounted?

I don't know the time that I had used it on other systems it wasn't reliable and crashes

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4 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

WoeUSB is the only one that's worked for me with windows10/11 UEFI. The bigger question is why it can't be mounted?

My last drive after using it didn't work after trying again it didn't appear again

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Ventoy work for me. 

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1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

Ventoy work for me. 

but Ventoy doesn't work for me

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1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

Ventoy work for me. 

 

2 hours ago, bennysnk said:

Quick google reveals the following :

1. dd - sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/input.iso of=/dev/sd<?> conv=fdatasync status=progress

2. bootiso - You have to install the wimtools package for the bootiso command to work

3. multibootusb 

4. Ventoy

 

I got this:

 

udo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sda1
[sudo] password for zack:

**********************************************
      Ventoy: 1.0.77  x86_64
      longpanda admin@ventoy.net
      https://www.ventoy.net
**********************************************

/dev/sda1 is a partition, please use the whole disk.
For example:
    sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdb1 <=== This is wrong
    sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdb  <=== This is right

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38 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

 

 

I got this:

 

udo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sda1
[sudo] password for zack:

**********************************************
      Ventoy: 1.0.77  x86_64
      longpanda admin@ventoy.net
      https://www.ventoy.net
**********************************************

/dev/sda1 is a partition, please use the whole disk.
For example:
    sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdb1 <=== This is wrong
    sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdb  <=== This is right

Are you asking a question? 🤔 

You need to install Ventoy on the whole USB drive, after that you just copy the ISO into the USB drive.

btw /dev/sda/ is your USB drive? 

 

Why you don't use the GUI? 

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4 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Are you asking a question? 🤔 

You need to install Ventoy on the whole USB drive, after that you just copy the ISO into the USB drive.

btw /dev/sda/ is your USB drive? 

 

Why you don't use the GUI? 

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I got that after I Ventoy finished copying I exited all the applications and waited for the shutdown but it took a while so I forced off it and when I opened the boot menu my drive wasn't detected so I tried installing it again and I only watched the terminal version, My motherboard is a MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4.

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I presume you have a Windows iso file.

If I was making a bootable USB (I often do) I'd simply right click on the iso file and it would say in the menu that appears, 4th item down, "Make bootable USB stick".

 

It could not be simpler. I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon so other Linux versions might not have that option.

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15 minutes ago, RollyShed said:

I presume you have a Windows iso file.

If I was making a bootable USB (I often do) I'd simply right click on the iso file and it would say in the menu that appears, 4th item down, "Make bootable USB stick".

 

It could not be simpler. I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon so other Linux versions might not have that option.

Well that makes me sad something so simple is not on base Ubuntu

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49 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

I got that after I Ventoy finished copying I exited all the applications and waited for the shutdown but it took a while so I forced off it and when I opened the boot menu my drive wasn't detected so I tried installing it again and I only watched the terminal version.

Are you on live Linux and trying to create a bootable USB on the same drive as the live Linux? 

Can you post your fdisk -l output?

26 minutes ago, RollyShed said:

If I was making a bootable USB (I often do) I'd simply right click on the iso file and it would say in the menu that appears, 4th item down, "Make bootable USB stick".

+1 I forgot about this because i had some ISO that didn't work with this method.

I can right click on the ISO and select Open With>Disk Image Writer and then select which drive i would like to restore the ISO. 

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11 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Are you on live Linux and trying to create a bootable USB on the same drive as the live Linux? 

Can you post your fdisk -l output?

+1 I forgot about this because i had some ISO that didn't work with this method.

I can right click on the ISO and select Open With>Disk Image Writer and then select which drive i would like to restore the ISO. 

I am not on a live boot it is installed in my system directly and this doesn't look good:

 

fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop0: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop1: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop2: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop3: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop4: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop5: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop6: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop7: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/nvme0n1: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop8: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop9: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop10: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop11: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop12: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop13: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop14: Permission denied

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22 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

Well that makes me sad something so simple is not on base Ubuntu

Install Gnome-Disk-Utility a.k.a Disk from Ubuntu Software Center if it not come preinstalled.

Select which USB you want to use on left side, then select the 3 dot on the right side/
Select Restore Disk Image and pick the ISO file you want to restore. 

PwQiLT6.png

 

11 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

I am not on a live boot it is installed in my system directly and this doesn't look good:

Run as Super User

sudo fdisk -l

I don't see your USB drive there, it is connected?

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5 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Install Gnome-Disk-Utility a.k.a Disk from Ubuntu Software Center if it not come preinstalled.

Select which USB you want to use on left side, then select the 3 dot on the right side/
Select Restore Disk Image and pick the ISO file you want to restore. 

PwQiLT6.png

 

Run as Super User

sudo fdisk -l

I don't see your USB drive there, it is connected?

I'm doing it now heres the output:

 

Disk /dev/loop0: 113.89 MiB, 119418880 bytes, 233240 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 61.89 MiB, 64901120 bytes, 126760 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 61.93 MiB, 64933888 bytes, 126824 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 162.29 MiB, 170172416 bytes, 332368 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 161.52 MiB, 169369600 bytes, 330800 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop6: 254.09 MiB, 266436608 bytes, 520384 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop7: 248.76 MiB, 260841472 bytes, 509456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: KINGSTON SNVS500G                       
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 315F1A4B-476A-49A4-9045-8A4B14428852

Device           Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 976771071 975720448 465.3G Linux filesystem


Disk /dev/loop8: 81.26 MiB, 85209088 bytes, 166424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop9: 45.86 MiB, 48087040 bytes, 93920 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop10: 45.86 MiB, 48091136 bytes, 93928 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop11: 43.63 MiB, 45748224 bytes, 89352 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop12: 46.95 MiB, 49233920 bytes, 96160 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop13: 284 KiB, 290816 bytes, 568 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop14: 284 KiB, 290816 bytes, 568 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 29.3 GiB, 31457280000 bytes, 61440000 sectors
Disk model: ProductCode     
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xbdcc3dbf

Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        2048 61374463 61372416 29.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       61374464 61439999    65536   32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

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12 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

Disk /dev/sda: 29.3 GiB, 31457280000 bytes, 61440000 sectors
Disk model: ProductCode     
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xbdcc3dbf

Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        2048 61374463 61372416 29.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       61374464 61439999    65536   32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

Look like your USB drive already have Ventoy installed. 

Try run sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -I /dev/sda to force reinstall Ventoy 

After that just copy your ISO into the USB drive. 

Reboot and select the USB drive from boot menu.

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30 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Look like your USB drive already have Ventoy installed. 

Try run sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -I /dev/sda to force reinstall Ventoy 

After that just copy your ISO into the USB drive. 

Reboot and select the USB drive from boot menu.

It works but immediately after I click install theres a driver issue:

 

Load Driver

 

A media driver your computer needs is missing. this could be a DVD, USD or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now.

 

Note:If the installation media for WIndows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step.

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11 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

Load Driver

 

A media driver your computer needs is missing. this could be a DVD, USD or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now.

I'm guessing you missing the Intel VMD driver. 

 

Download the attachment below. Extract into your Ventoy USB drive. 

Click LOAD when you installing and load the driver for your NVME manually. 

F6flpy-x64 (Intel® VMD).zip

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8 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

How do I extract it?

I don't know what software Ubuntu use for compress and decompressing files.

Try run unzip F6flpy-x64 (Intel® VMD).zip 

If cannot you need to install unzip from Software Center

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I don't know what software Ubuntu use for compress and decompressing files.

Try run unzip F6flpy-x64 (Intel® VMD).zip 

No I mean how do I put it in Ventoy I already extracted it.

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14 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

No I mean how do I put it in Ventoy I already extracted it.

Just copy and paste into the USB drive. This is not related to Ventoy. 

When window installer ask for driver you click Load and browse to the extracted driver location. 

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17 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Just copy and paste into the USB drive. This is not related to Ventoy. 

When window installer ask for driver you click Load and browse to the extracted driver location. 

It said it's read only

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