If you don’t want to search for ages, this is how to create a bootable windows usb install dongle on your linux:
sudo cfdisk /dev/sdd
Delete all existing partitions, create a new one, Type 7 NTFS, Flag Bootable, Write, End.
Create a NTFS file system.
sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdd1
Create the Windows-7-MBR.
sudo apt install ms-sys sudo ms-sys -7 /dev/sdd
Mount both ISO and USB partitions, copy the files, unmount again.
# Create folders sudo mkdir /mnt/usb sudo mkdir /mnt/iso # Mount USB and ISO sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/usb/ sudo mount -o loop ~/Downloads/Isos/Win10_1511_1_N_German_x32.iso /mnt/iso/ # Copy files sudo rsync -avP /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb/ sudo sync # Umount sudo umount /dev/sdd1 sudo umount /mnt/iso
Done!
As always, watch your partition and devices names (/dev/sdd{,1} ) when using dd and cfdisk!
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