If it lists a number of boot options you're good to go. To see whether you're currently using UEFI boot, run sudo efibootmgr -v in a terminal. If you find an EFI directory in the ISO that's usually a good sign. Once again: Please note that for this to work, your computer's firmware must be UEFI compliant and the ISO must be ready for UEFI boot.
I don't know why, but GParted could still see it and the end result was still a bootable USB drive, so I guess it doesn't really matter.) We will meet you here 3 free programs imagine having her a bootable USB stick from an ISO file can create under Windows. (While testing this I couldn't mount the USB drive anymore after setting the boot flag. In GParted, right click the partition, choose "manage flags" and then check the "boot" option. Step 3: Click 'Open in Explorer' A few seconds later, you will get a message: Current image has been mounted to Drive H(as an example). Click 'Mount' on the toolbar, or you can also click 'Tools' on the menu, then choose 'Mount Image'.
When I boot to an MBR USB 2 flash drive into BIOS boot mode enabled with TrueNAS SCALE on it, it starts up and the installation proceeds and I can install it to a drive installed on the system. This is what I do to create a bootable USB drive for UEFI firmware: First, I have used Rufus 3.14 to write the most recent ISO ( TrueNAS-SCALE-21.06-BETA.1.iso) to USB both with MBR and GPT. Don't know why, but WinUSB worked so I didn't investigate further.)
(Edit: I just tried this with Windows 10 without success.
I've successfully done this with both Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04, but I can't vouch for any other OS. The ISO must be configured for UEFI boot for this to work. CSM)) all you'll need is GParted and a file manager. It should say status is Onlineĥ.If you boot with UEFI (not BIOS or UEFI with BIOS compatibility mode (a.k.a. Another free (although the site accepts donations) ISO to USB tool, the site is specific to Ubuntu.
I was trying to do this using Hyper-V 2012 Core and to offline the USB drive:Ĥ. It also directs users to directions on how to transfer ISO files to a USB drive when you dontneed it to boot the system. Rightclick on the Frontrow (where it say's "Disk 1" e.g.) select "Offline".Īn addition from JonE (Thx for that Jon): Rightclick on the appropriate Partition(s) in the Graphical View (right lower pane), select "Change Drive Letter an Paths.", click on Removebutton. Dataloss is possible, you've been warned. If you don't know what Diskmanager is good for, or what a Partition is, you should better stop reading right now. Connect your USB-Drive, wait until you can access the Drive in Explorer.Įxpand Storage, click on Disk Management.