molotov - Create a bootable media from a Windows® 10 iso
image.
Molotov is a command line utility that creates a bootable USB
drive from a Windows 10 iso image, all you need is a flash drive with enough
space and a Windows image which can be downloaded from Microsoft's website.
In order to use Molotov you must have root access to your system.
- molotov -i <iso-image> -d <block-device>
[OPTIONS]
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options is included
below.
- -i, --iso-image
FILE
- Iso image to be used in the media creation
- -d, --device
DEVICE
- Device where the image must be burnt, it must be a block device
- -h, --help
- Display the help message
- -v, --verbose
- Turn on verbose output
- -V, --version
- Print molotov's version and exit
- -u, --uefi
- Make an uefi-bootable media (default is legacy)
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory
or optional for any corresponding short options.
- 0
- Success!
- 1
- Some crucial internal function exited with the status 1, such as mkfs.ntfs
or fdisk
- 2
- Some crucial internal function exited with the status 2, such as mkfs.ntfs
or fdisk
- 64
- Unknown parameter
- 65
- Missing required arguments, it happens when the user omits either the -i
or -d flag
- 66
- Iso image not found, when the user passes as argument a non-existent ISO
image
- 67
- Block device not found, when the user passes as argument a non-existent
device
- 68
- Insufficient permissions, it happens when the program is not run as
root
Report bugs to <https://github.com/cizordj/molotov>
Copyright © Cézar Augusto de Campos
License: GPL-3+