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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 12/31/2024 2:35 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > BDB wrote:   
   >> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>> Apparently he is currently working on checking out a W10 install.   
   >>   
   >> Sadly, that didn't work!  balenaEtcher warned me not to use it for Windows   
   (but I used it anyway - 'cause it was late and I was tired!)   
   >>   
   > Balena's site explains the Win problem and provides workarounds:   
   >   
   >> Etcher copies images to drives byte by byte, without doing any   
   >> transformation to the final device, which means images that require   
   >> special treatment to be made bootable, like Windows images, will not   
   >> work out of the box.   
   >   
   > Etcher also mentions other tools which include Rufus described in my other   
   msg.   
   >   
   > But, if you are trying to do this on a Mac, you can't use rufus.   
      
   Some days, you need to be a level 39 wizard, stand on the top of a mountain,   
   and throw lightning bolts :-) Jeez. What a mess of answers.   
      
      https://askubuntu.com/questions/289559/how-can-i-create-a-win   
   ows-bootable-usb-stick-using-ubuntu   
      
   I tried to "dd" one, and that didn't work.   
      
   Either burn to a DVD (inconvenient or not possible!) or use Ventoy.   
      
   A Win10 x86 (32-bit) DVD is guaranteed to fit on a single-layer DVD,   
   but the 64-bit ones are most likely to need a dual-layer blank   
   (which not a lot of people stock as a standard item). I got a short   
   stack of those, the last time I was at the computer store, and   
   their entire stock of DVDs, fits under the cash register stand.   
   Not many left...   
      
   That's about it really. This is based on the notion of "shortest path".   
      
   a lot of the recipes will leave you spinning in circles.   
   Like my "dd" attempt. I got a line of "binary" garbage and   
   then the BIOS moved on. It would not boot off it, and it looked   
   for all the world, like only legacy boot was supported. Windows   
   installer DVDs (when you burn a DVD), those are hybrid and   
   there are two entries in the popup boot in that case.   
      
   Microsoft does not particularly care to make their DVDs "convenient".   
   When the x64 version goes over 4.700 E9 bytes, then the media   
   doesn't fit on single layer DVD. And you need dual layer. You   
   would also need dual-layer DVD for a Ubuntu this week. In addition,   
   the install.wim (or esd.wim) on a Windows DVD, it can go over 4GB   
   and then a FAT32 container on the USB stick won't work. Some other   
   install media, the designer uses multiple squashfs files, so that   
   even a FAT32 for containment works.   
      
   I would think, learning how to use Ventoy would be best, taking   
   care to finish loading up with an LM22 image and a Windows image,   
   before destroying something and coincidentally ending up with no   
   boot media.   
      
   And for your computer room, I heartily recommend the DVD drive in   
   USB enclosure. Available as a slim, or as a regular size. I have   
   one (and I think I have a spare IDE DVD to stuff in the enclosure   
   if the current one dies). I got the IDE DVD at the surplus center,   
   I held my breath and asked the guy "you got some of this ancient   
   technology" and he never tells you how many he's got, he just   
   answers with Yes, and you can't even look at his stock which   
   is hidden upstairs. He comes down with your item and there you are.   
   His "stock" was obtained from a bankrupt radio station and their   
    IT department. Which means at most, there were 30 IDE DVD drives   
   upstairs.   
      
   In an emergency, I can pull the DVD drive out of the Mac G4 and   
   boot off that :-) That's why we keep old computers, for the parts.   
      
      Paul   
      
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