this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
413 points (94.4% liked)

linuxmemes

20751 readers
328 users here now

I use Arch btw

Sister communities:

Community rules

  1. Follow the site-wide rules and code of conduct
  2. Be civil
  3. Post Linux-related content
  4. No recent reposts

Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
poopsmith@lemmy.world
zephyr@lemmy.world
413
I just felt like making this after taking that picture of my cat (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by tsugu to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The original photo, in case anyone else sees potential in this meme format

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The power of Ventoy cannot contain Windows

[–] ambrosiaforest@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 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

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 7 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the info, good read

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Aren't Rufus and balena media creation tools?

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[–] ambrosiaforest@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 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

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 5 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.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

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