As far as I know Etcher has a Windows version - never tried it, but it works well on Linux so should be a good alternative - and (at least the Linux version) has a nice GUI so should be good for a Windows user.
On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:34:17 +0000 "Daniel Shahaf" <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > I tried to walk a friend through using Windows 10 to create a bootable > Linux USB disk, so they'd install their first Linux box. > > Debian (and FreeBSD) recommend win32diskimager. Arch suggested a few > other tools, of which I tried Rufus 3.19 and "dd for windows". The > first and third didn't work at all; the second worked once but not > again on the same image. > > Rather than try a fourth tool, I went ahead and created the bootable > USB disk for my friend myself using good old dd(8) on one of my > existing Linux machines. > > Now I wonder how a random Windows user is supposed to bootstrap > themselves a bootable Linux USB disk. Perhaps my experience is not > representative. > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.18.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
