I just tried this command: $ sudo dd if=Win10_2004_English_x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk2s1 bs=1m
It completes successfully, but the flash drive is rendered unreadable by both macOS and Windows. I guess I'll have to give up and buy an el-cheapo Win10 CD on eBay... -Carl > On Jul 25, 2020, at 6:15 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> > wrote: > > I am trying to write a .iso file to a USB flash drive to be used to install > Windows 10 onto a PC with a blank HDD. > > I've downloaded the 5.27GB 64bit Windows10.iso file (twice) from > microsoft.com, but when I use DiskUtility.app to "restore" the .iso file to > the flash drive (formatted as ExFAT & GUID), it always errors out with: > "Could not validate source - invalid argument". It sounds like it's trying to > parse the .iso file and can't (the .iso isn't corrupted). This is the > behavior on both Mojave and Catalina. > > Is there any other way I can do this on a Mac, or do I have to hunt down > another Windows PC? > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
