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I only have linux machines in my home right now and was wondering if it is possible to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive from within linux using only a .ISO file.
Is there some utility that can do that, or am I stuck without WoW until I can get to a windows machine and use that to make the disk? (^.o)
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Thanks heaps for this i dont have any windows installs and been looking for a guide as i need to do this exactly I havent tried it yet will edit this Thanks post to confirm it works
EDIT: works well I tried FAT32 at first but it didnt work
format in fat32 if not already.
mark as active. (may have to use hp tools or syslinux to get it to be active some usb devices are real stinkers)
copy dvd to flash and reboot.
Jefro i saw that guide and many others as you can see its for people who already have a working windows install which of course I proudly do not.
all that guide really tells you is to format the stick and copy the files over I already knew that before researching the subject the problem was installing a reliable boot sector.
tar xvf ms-sys-2.1.5.tar.gz
cd ms-sys
make
make install #as root
Write a Windows 7 MBR to your USB drive (as root)
Code:
ms-sys -7 /dev/sdX
Replace 'X' with your USB drive letter
You now have a bootable USB Windows 7 installer
I also found this to be helpful, but I could not get it working at first. The comment "mark as active." was misleading. Instead, I just set the boot flag in gparted after formatting to ntfs. Copied the files over, installed the boot loader and it boots now.
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