It is also available under Windows if you have Cygwin installed. dd It should be already available under any Linux installation. The other possibility is to use the good ol’ Linux utility disk dump ( dd). (That’s Too Long Wanna Read for the lack of a better acronym!)
The good thing about this app is that the USB flash drive will end up with a single partition and is still usable in Windows. There is a great application called rufus that does the trick for you. There are two ways to create a UEFI compatible flash drive: TL DR Most of us are already familiar with all the necessary steps but the creation of a bootable UEFI compatible flash drive from an ISO file 😀. There is a comprehensive guide about installing Linux in UEFI mode that details all the do’s and don’ts.
Update: If you’re looking for Windows 10 UEFI installation, take a look at the addendum at the end of the post!Īlthough there are a lot of applications for creating a bootable flash drive using an ISO image (such as UNetBootin), not many of them support the creation of a bootable flash drive that can be used for installing the operating system in UEFI mode (I’ve never succeeded with UNetBootin personally!).
