[vox-tech] creating a bootable USB key

Harold Lee harold at hotelling.net
Tue Nov 16 10:56:13 PST 2010


I was thinking the same thing: how to boot Linux from a USB key on a Windows PC.

But if you want to make a Windows installer USB key, try this article from MS:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:14:33AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 01:29:13AM -0800, Thomas Johnston wrote:
>> [snip]
>> >
>> > My question is, has anyone successfully made a bootable windows USB
>> > key using Linux? If so, how did you do it?
>>
>> Let me just share my own experience and see if it provides assistance.
>
> Sorry, I just automatically saw bootable USB. I missed that you wanted it to
> be a Windows bootable.
>
> I found this. Did you try this? It's not "free" software in the sense of freedom.
>
> It uses components of free software components and works with XP and
> 2003 server. I don't know about Windows 7 though.
>
> http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>
> I found it as a result of this page.
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html
>
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