cannot install unetbootin

[Nicholas Saunders]

I used Ventoy and got so far as to install Windows:

https://superuser.com/q/1831084/977796

but cannot understand this bit about UEFI, EFI, GPT, MBR and CSM.

If the the hdd has MBR, then what?

If the hdd has GPT, then what?

I cannot find anything about CSM in the Dell BIOS settings.  The closest I
see is to disable legacy boot.

I could possibly mount the hdd externally, provided that I can find the
right cables.  If so, maybe I can just "install" windows 10 from Linux
somehow?



thanks,

Nick


On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 17:17, <saunders.nicholas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It seems very difficult to install unetbootin,
>
> It is very old and obsolete.
>
> > so I'm looking at Ventoy.
> > Ventoy seems very odd.
>
> Not really, no.
>
> You run it. You don't need to install it. You unzip it and run it, once.
>
> It formats a USB key.
>
> Then you can delete the download.
>
> Now, copy your Windows ISO onto the big empty partition on the USB key.
>
> Not write it, don't do anything to it. Copy it. Drag and drop, or
> select and press Ctrl+C then go to the Ventoy drive and Ctrl+V.
>
> Or
>
> `cp win11.iso /media/saunders.nicholas/Ventoy/`
>
> Or whatever you like.
>
> Then boot from the key.
>
> That's it.
>
> > I'm trying to install Windows 10 and have the ISO, but am finding out
> that
> > Windows ISO's are a bit different from Linux ISO's.
>
> You never ever need to go inside them and you should not.
>
> > What might be the quickest, easiest, or simplest way to do this?
>
> If you have Windows and you want to make a Windows USB key, I
> recommend Rufus. It's very _very_ slow but it's free and it works.
>
>
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