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by omegaham 3319 days ago
> 5. PUTTING AN ISO ON A USB DRIVE

  dd if=myiso.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync
Be careful! :)
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sathackr 3319 days ago
I've tried that -- it's what I would think would work, but the few times I did, it didn't work. I don't recall what I was testing with, but it was likely either a Windows OS ISO, or a VMWare ESXi ISO. I haven't tried since then, I just go boot up the Windows 7 desktop I keep just for this purpose and use Rufus.

I think it only works that way with ISOs made in a way to support it?

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omegaham 3319 days ago
Huh, I guess it is a problem with Windows OS ISOs. I'll test this posted solution[1] when I have some time later this week.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=30645773&sid=6...

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sathackr 3319 days ago
That looks like it would probably work -- it looks a lot like one of the methods I used on Windows --

diskpart

> select disk 2

> clean

> create partition primary

> format fs=fat32 quick

> active

> assign

> exit

mount ISO and drag/drop contents of ISO to drive.

But I think that method stopped working with Win8/10, maybe something to do with UEFI/Secure Boot?

edit: fix formatting

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