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    I just felt like making this after taking that picture of my cat (slrpnk.net)
    submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    The original photo, in case anyone else sees potential in this meme format

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    [–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    which is ironic because afaik ventoy is the only way to make a windows installer from linux

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    Akchually, before ventoy was created everyone used this to do what you're talking about https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    huh??
    you can just flash/dd the iso directly, no need for ventoy

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    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.

    https://superuser.com/questions/1527197/debian-creating-windows-10-bootable-install-usb-drive-using-terminal-dd#1527373

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

    Thanks for the info, good read

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    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.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    I've literally never used the media creation tool, i always installed windows from isos flashed with rufus/balena/dd/whatever

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Aren't Rufus and balena media creation tools?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    by media creation tool, i mean specifically the proprietary "Windows Media Creation Tool" that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    damn, really? i thought windows had some weird stuff that wouldnt work properly with dd. doesnt really matter. i have no need for windows anyways

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    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.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    Nah man, before ventoy was created there was this one https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB