Hello! I have 64gb exFAT USB and I want to format it to FAT32 to write Windows ISO on it.
I go to built-in Disks program, select this USB, press Format Disk and it gives me the following options:
MBR / DOS
GPT
No partitioning
Could anybody tell me what should I select for my purpose?
…for simple purpose install mintstick , it ihas two features - formatting and burning isos. Easy to use and never failed for my linux installs.
In your special case (a bootable windows iso) ventoy is a good option.
Alternative option for preparing a bootable windows iso is woeusb (AUR) .
The advantage of Ventoy is that in many cases you can boot an iso image simply by copying the iso file to the first partition.
Disk space can be used without wasting it.
The format of this first partition of ventoy can be FAT32/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 filesystem, whichever is recognised.
I have also installed Ventoy on my usb stick. I reformatted it to ext4, but you don’t have to change anything.
I have confirmed booting of Windows 10,11 Japanese installer iso and Manjaro iso.
Ventoy formats your stick and makes it bootable - but not with a single ISO - as many ISO files you can store on the stick and every single one of them is bootable through the ventoy boot menu.
And there’s really many - many topics on the subject.
If you use ventoy, you do not need an image writer.
After installing ventoy on the USB stick, simply copy the Windows iso file to the ventoy partition as a file.
Don’t forget to give priority to the usb stick in the bios boot order.
Hello again. There is no problem with your solution, but I accidentally skipped steps:
Locating my usb (lsblk)
And this step: $ sudo ventoy -i /dev/sdy
Will be everything ok or I have to make everything again?
P.S. Now I have ready USB with iso written.
P.S. 2 When I go to Disks app and select this USB with iso, under Device it shows me /dev/sda1
But in disks app it shows that usb is bootable. Ventoy was installed successfully on a stick and I didn’t experience any problems with preparing it. Do I need to redo anyways?
P.S. I haven’t tried to boot from it yet.