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DorianGraph

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Registered: 2008-07-20

Posts: 5

Setup USB .img from.. Windows?

Okay, so on the USB guide it says to use a terminal command, dd if=image.img of=/dev/sd[x], but what if I download the .img and want to 'install' it onto a USB stick from Windows [Vista]?

This is probably a simple, oft repeated question but I had a quick look in the wiki / forums and I didn't find anything. D:

KimTjik

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 715

Re: Setup USB .img from.. Windows?

Long time ago I used physdiskwrite because I had to write an image of m0n0wall to a CF card, but hadn't any Linux computer available. See these instructions they might be of use: http://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php

DorianGraph

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Registered: 2008-07-20

Posts: 5

Re: Setup USB .img from.. Windows?

That looks like it'd do the job. Also, would there be anything I'd need to do to make it bootable?

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

Posts: 5,000

Re: Setup USB .img from.. Windows?

Check the following "flashnull" from Faunos...

                http://wiki.faunos.com/index.php/Make_a … on_Windows

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