woeusb(1)

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NAME

11       woeusb - Bootable Windows installation/PE USB storage creator
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SYNOPSIS

15       woeusb [OPTIONS] --device|--partition source_media target_media
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DESCRIPTION

19       woeusb  is  a  command-line utility that enables you to create your own
20       bootable Windows installation USB storage device from an existing  Win‐
21       dows Installation DVD or its ISO image.
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23       It  mainly  extracts all files from source_media to target_media , then
24       installs GNU GRUB bootloader and a small configuration into it to  sup‐
25       port chainloading Windows BOOTMGR.
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27       It  also  supports  UEFI bootstrap scheme, however in this case Windows
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COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

31   CREATION METHOD
32       --device / -d source_media target_device
33              Drop target_device ´s partition table(if there's any), create  a
34              new PC/Legacy/MBR partition table, create a FAT32/NTFS partition
35              spanning (almost) the entire disk, then setup  bootable  Windows
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38              WARNING: ALL PREVIOUS DATA ON target_device WILL BE DROPPED!
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41       --partition / -p source_media target_partition
42              Mount  target_partition  ´s file system, extracts all files from
43              source_media into it, then make it bootable.
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45              WARNING: ALL FILES EXISTING ON target_partition  WITH  THE  SAME
46              FILENAME IN source_media WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
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49   MISCELLANEOUS
50       --help / -h
51              Print application help message
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53       --version / -V
54              Print application version
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56       --about / -ab
57              Print info about this application
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59       --verbose / -v
60              Be more verbose
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63              Enable script debugging
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66              Disable message coloring
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68       --label / -l filesystem_label
69              Specify label for the newly created file system in --device cre‐
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72              Note that the label is not verified for validity and may be  il‐
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75       --workaround-bios-boot-flag
76              Apply workaround for buggy BIOSes that doesn't consider a device
77              bootable if none of its partition's boot flag is toggled.
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79       --debugging-internal-function-call   function_name    (function_parame‐
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81              Development option for developers to test certain function with‐
82              out running the entire build
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85              Specify the filesystem to use as the target partition's filesys‐
86              tem.  Currently supported: FAT(default)/NTFS
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EXAMPLES

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92       Completely  DESTROY all previous data on a USB storage device, recreate
93       the partition table and the target partition, copy the  Windows  files,
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95       # woeusb --device win7_amd64.iso /dev/sdX
96       # woeusb --device /dev/sr0 /dev/sdX
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98       Copy Windows files to an existing FAT partition of a USB storage device
99       and make it bootable
100       # woeusb --partition win7_amd64.iso /dev/sdX1
101       # woeusb --partition /dev/sr0 /dev/sdX1
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EXIT STATUS

105       0 when success, 1 (and non-zero if there's any) when failure
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BUGS

109       Refer to our  issue  tracker  ⟨https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB/issues⟩
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AUTHORS

118       Colin GILLE / congelli501 <colingille@hotmail.com>
119       林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin) <Buo.Ren.Lin@gmail.com>
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