Prepare Microsoft Windows® USB installation media on Linux using WoeUSB.
Download official Windows 10 ISO.
Download woeusb utility.
$ wget https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB/releases/download/v5.1.2/woeusb-5.1.2.bash
Execute it to build a bootable Windows USB device using a specific ISO.
$ sudo bash woeusb-5.1.2.bash --device Win10_21H1_Polish_x64.iso /dev/sdb
WoeUSB v5.1.2 ============================== Info: Mounting source filesystem... Info: Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdb... /dev/sdb: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa /dev/sdb: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success Info: Ensure that /dev/sdb is really wiped... Info: Creating new partition table on /dev/sdb... Info: Creating target partition...Info: Making system realize that partition table has changed...Info: Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31) mkfs.fat: Warning: lowercase labels might not work properly on some systems Info: Mounting target filesystem... Info: Copying files from source media... Writing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20210805-200227-Thursday.7XAbMd/./sources/install.swm" (part 1 of 2): 0 MiB of 4553 MiB (0%) written Writing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20210805-200227-Thursday.7XAbMd/./sources/install2.swm" (part 2 of 2): 4094 MiB of 4553 MiB (89%) written Finished writing split WIM part 2 of 2 Info: Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support... Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. Info: Installing custom GRUB config for legacy PC booting... Info: Done :) Info: The target device should be bootable now Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-source-20210805-200227-Thursday.ZWjJWs"... Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20210805-200227-Thursday.7XAbMd"... Info: You may now safely detach the target device
It works flawlessly, but remember to read readme file at https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB to install dependencies.
