windows 10 iso on usb refuses to boot
I am using a windows "standard" ISO file: Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso and I have verified its md5 matches the expected. The iso is mountable in OS X as a "UDF" format.
I then copy it "straight" to my USB drive, like:
sudo dd if=Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
then plug it into my dell optiplex 780 (a little old, I know), enable booting from USB device in the BIOS, and choose it, and all I get is:
No boot device available - strike F1 to retry boot ...
What am I doing wrong?
The created USB is readable in OS X, but in other windows boxes, it just says "You need to format the disk in Drive E: before you can use it." So it doesn't boot, nor can windows read it...
Update: I ran the OS X "Boot Camp Assistant" (check the box "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" and gave it the same ISO file), then it magically boot fine (appears to be formatted FAT32). Maybe it's some special Dell limitation they can only boot on USB if it's FAT32? Why would it not boot from straight UDF?
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I am using a windows "standard" ISO file: Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso and I have verified its md5 matches the expected. The iso is mountable in OS X as a "UDF" format.
I then copy it "straight" to my USB drive, like:
sudo dd if=Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
then plug it into my dell optiplex 780 (a little old, I know), enable booting from USB device in the BIOS, and choose it, and all I get is:
No boot device available - strike F1 to retry boot ...
What am I doing wrong?
The created USB is readable in OS X, but in other windows boxes, it just says "You need to format the disk in Drive E: before you can use it." So it doesn't boot, nor can windows read it...
Update: I ran the OS X "Boot Camp Assistant" (check the box "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" and gave it the same ISO file), then it magically boot fine (appears to be formatted FAT32). Maybe it's some special Dell limitation they can only boot on USB if it's FAT32? Why would it not boot from straight UDF?
boot usb-flash-drive iso-image
asked Apr 8 '16 at 22:16
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84621428
add a comment |
I am using a windows "standard" ISO file: Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso and I have verified its md5 matches the expected. The iso is mountable in OS X as a "UDF" format.
I then copy it "straight" to my USB drive, like:
sudo dd if=Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
then plug it into my dell optiplex 780 (a little old, I know), enable booting from USB device in the BIOS, and choose it, and all I get is:
No boot device available - strike F1 to retry boot ...
What am I doing wrong?
The created USB is readable in OS X, but in other windows boxes, it just says "You need to format the disk in Drive E: before you can use it." So it doesn't boot, nor can windows read it...
Update: I ran the OS X "Boot Camp Assistant" (check the box "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" and gave it the same ISO file), then it magically boot fine (appears to be formatted FAT32). Maybe it's some special Dell limitation they can only boot on USB if it's FAT32? Why would it not boot from straight UDF?
boot usb-flash-drive iso-image
asked Apr 8 '16 at 22:16
rogerdpack
84621428
I am using a windows "standard" ISO file: Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso and I have verified its md5 matches the expected. The iso is mountable in OS X as a "UDF" format.
I then copy it "straight" to my USB drive, like:
sudo dd if=Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
then plug it into my dell optiplex 780 (a little old, I know), enable booting from USB device in the BIOS, and choose it, and all I get is:
No boot device available - strike F1 to retry boot ...
What am I doing wrong?
The created USB is readable in OS X, but in other windows boxes, it just says "You need to format the disk in Drive E: before you can use it." So it doesn't boot, nor can windows read it...
Update: I ran the OS X "Boot Camp Assistant" (check the box "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" and gave it the same ISO file), then it magically boot fine (appears to be formatted FAT32). Maybe it's some special Dell limitation they can only boot on USB if it's FAT32? Why would it not boot from straight UDF?
boot usb-flash-drive iso-image
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I cannot seem to find an official source for it, but it appears that "UDF" if copied verbatim, cannot be booted from USB. And many ISO files are UDF formatted.
Appears that for "cd rom drives" being able to boot from them is accomplished by their conforming to the El Torito standard.
However for "normal" disk to boot, the "MBR" has to be set in it (which is apparently different bits than the El Torito bits). And apparently you can set one or the other, or both.
So basically, if it's an ISO that's "just" El Torito, you "have" to use a tool (or carefully do the formatting, partition marking, and file copying manually), that will give you a MBR formatted, bootable USB. Copying raw ISO bits is not enough.
A "few" ISO's may not need any special tool: (note the mention of "isohybrid," whose documentation mentions that normal ISO's (UDF formatted) are only bootable from CD drives unless you add an extra master boot record [i.e. outside of UDF spec], apparently many main-line linux distro ISO's are made this special way, but I know from experience windows installs to at least windows 10 are not).
For the ones that do need it, apparently you should avoid raw disk copies from ISO to USB (ex: the dd command on unix*'s). Or you'll run into the problem I did.
In my experience, typically you'll be converting from a UDF ISO to a FAT32 USB device. (The former is El torito, the latter MBR, for their "boot system").
How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? (lists lots of utilities that do this "for you")
See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/234290/25085 for OS X related options.
related:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matt-harrington/2012/03/27/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-an-iso-image-for-uefi-systems/ (mentions that it needs to be FAT32, and have files copied from the ISO).
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Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits aboutUDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do withISO9660vsUDF(and neither isISO files are almost all UDF formattedtrue). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as perEl Toritoor "hybridly" including an MBR.
– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
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I cannot seem to find an official source for it, but it appears that "UDF" if copied verbatim, cannot be booted from USB. And many ISO files are UDF formatted.
Appears that for "cd rom drives" being able to boot from them is accomplished by their conforming to the El Torito standard.
However for "normal" disk to boot, the "MBR" has to be set in it (which is apparently different bits than the El Torito bits). And apparently you can set one or the other, or both.
So basically, if it's an ISO that's "just" El Torito, you "have" to use a tool (or carefully do the formatting, partition marking, and file copying manually), that will give you a MBR formatted, bootable USB. Copying raw ISO bits is not enough.
A "few" ISO's may not need any special tool: (note the mention of "isohybrid," whose documentation mentions that normal ISO's (UDF formatted) are only bootable from CD drives unless you add an extra master boot record [i.e. outside of UDF spec], apparently many main-line linux distro ISO's are made this special way, but I know from experience windows installs to at least windows 10 are not).
For the ones that do need it, apparently you should avoid raw disk copies from ISO to USB (ex: the dd command on unix*'s). Or you'll run into the problem I did.
In my experience, typically you'll be converting from a UDF ISO to a FAT32 USB device. (The former is El torito, the latter MBR, for their "boot system").
How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? (lists lots of utilities that do this "for you")
See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/234290/25085 for OS X related options.
related:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matt-harrington/2012/03/27/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-an-iso-image-for-uefi-systems/ (mentions that it needs to be FAT32, and have files copied from the ISO).
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Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits aboutUDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do withISO9660vsUDF(and neither isISO files are almost all UDF formattedtrue). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as perEl Toritoor "hybridly" including an MBR.
– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
add a comment |
I cannot seem to find an official source for it, but it appears that "UDF" if copied verbatim, cannot be booted from USB. And many ISO files are UDF formatted.
Appears that for "cd rom drives" being able to boot from them is accomplished by their conforming to the El Torito standard.
However for "normal" disk to boot, the "MBR" has to be set in it (which is apparently different bits than the El Torito bits). And apparently you can set one or the other, or both.
So basically, if it's an ISO that's "just" El Torito, you "have" to use a tool (or carefully do the formatting, partition marking, and file copying manually), that will give you a MBR formatted, bootable USB. Copying raw ISO bits is not enough.
A "few" ISO's may not need any special tool: (note the mention of "isohybrid," whose documentation mentions that normal ISO's (UDF formatted) are only bootable from CD drives unless you add an extra master boot record [i.e. outside of UDF spec], apparently many main-line linux distro ISO's are made this special way, but I know from experience windows installs to at least windows 10 are not).
For the ones that do need it, apparently you should avoid raw disk copies from ISO to USB (ex: the dd command on unix*'s). Or you'll run into the problem I did.
In my experience, typically you'll be converting from a UDF ISO to a FAT32 USB device. (The former is El torito, the latter MBR, for their "boot system").
How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? (lists lots of utilities that do this "for you")
See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/234290/25085 for OS X related options.
related:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matt-harrington/2012/03/27/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-an-iso-image-for-uefi-systems/ (mentions that it needs to be FAT32, and have files copied from the ISO).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45
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answered Apr 8 '16 at 22:16
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Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits aboutUDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do withISO9660vsUDF(and neither isISO files are almost all UDF formattedtrue). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as perEl Toritoor "hybridly" including an MBR.
– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
add a comment |
I cannot seem to find an official source for it, but it appears that "UDF" if copied verbatim, cannot be booted from USB. And many ISO files are UDF formatted.
Appears that for "cd rom drives" being able to boot from them is accomplished by their conforming to the El Torito standard.
However for "normal" disk to boot, the "MBR" has to be set in it (which is apparently different bits than the El Torito bits). And apparently you can set one or the other, or both.
So basically, if it's an ISO that's "just" El Torito, you "have" to use a tool (or carefully do the formatting, partition marking, and file copying manually), that will give you a MBR formatted, bootable USB. Copying raw ISO bits is not enough.
A "few" ISO's may not need any special tool: (note the mention of "isohybrid," whose documentation mentions that normal ISO's (UDF formatted) are only bootable from CD drives unless you add an extra master boot record [i.e. outside of UDF spec], apparently many main-line linux distro ISO's are made this special way, but I know from experience windows installs to at least windows 10 are not).
For the ones that do need it, apparently you should avoid raw disk copies from ISO to USB (ex: the dd command on unix*'s). Or you'll run into the problem I did.
In my experience, typically you'll be converting from a UDF ISO to a FAT32 USB device. (The former is El torito, the latter MBR, for their "boot system").
How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? (lists lots of utilities that do this "for you")
See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/234290/25085 for OS X related options.
related:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matt-harrington/2012/03/27/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-an-iso-image-for-uefi-systems/ (mentions that it needs to be FAT32, and have files copied from the ISO).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45
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answered Apr 8 '16 at 22:16
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I cannot seem to find an official source for it, but it appears that "UDF" if copied verbatim, cannot be booted from USB. And many ISO files are UDF formatted.
Appears that for "cd rom drives" being able to boot from them is accomplished by their conforming to the El Torito standard.
However for "normal" disk to boot, the "MBR" has to be set in it (which is apparently different bits than the El Torito bits). And apparently you can set one or the other, or both.
So basically, if it's an ISO that's "just" El Torito, you "have" to use a tool (or carefully do the formatting, partition marking, and file copying manually), that will give you a MBR formatted, bootable USB. Copying raw ISO bits is not enough.
A "few" ISO's may not need any special tool: (note the mention of "isohybrid," whose documentation mentions that normal ISO's (UDF formatted) are only bootable from CD drives unless you add an extra master boot record [i.e. outside of UDF spec], apparently many main-line linux distro ISO's are made this special way, but I know from experience windows installs to at least windows 10 are not).
For the ones that do need it, apparently you should avoid raw disk copies from ISO to USB (ex: the dd command on unix*'s). Or you'll run into the problem I did.
In my experience, typically you'll be converting from a UDF ISO to a FAT32 USB device. (The former is El torito, the latter MBR, for their "boot system").
How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? (lists lots of utilities that do this "for you")
See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/234290/25085 for OS X related options.
related:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matt-harrington/2012/03/27/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-an-iso-image-for-uefi-systems/ (mentions that it needs to be FAT32, and have files copied from the ISO).
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Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits aboutUDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do withISO9660vsUDF(and neither isISO files are almost all UDF formattedtrue). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as perEl Toritoor "hybridly" including an MBR.
– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
add a comment |
1
Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits aboutUDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do withISO9660vsUDF(and neither isISO files are almost all UDF formattedtrue). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as perEl Toritoor "hybridly" including an MBR.
– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
1
1
Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
Every windows bootable usb installer I have made since Vista has been fat32, not sure it is a Dell issue though.
– Moab
Apr 8 '16 at 22:25
2
2
The answer is quite right except all the bits about
UDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do with ISO9660 vs UDF (and neither is ISO files are almost all UDF formatted true). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as per El Torito or "hybridly" including an MBR.– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
The answer is quite right except all the bits about
UDF. The issue doesn't really have anything to do with ISO9660 vs UDF (and neither is ISO files are almost all UDF formatted true). It's about whether the ISO is made purely as per El Torito or "hybridly" including an MBR.– Tom Yan
Apr 9 '16 at 9:14
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
@TomYan ahh that explains it, thanks! I tried to update it.
– rogerdpack
Apr 10 '16 at 1:55
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