Check the boot checkbox, then close.Īfter all that, you probably want to back up your USB media for further installations and get rid of the ISO file. Open gparted, select the USB drive, right-click on the file system, then click on 'Manage Flags'. or use the standard GUI file-browser of your systemĬall sync to make sure all files are written. Mount ISO and USB media: # mount -o loop win7.iso /mnt/iso or (if syslinux is installed), you can run sudo dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb.
on newer Ubuntu installs) sudo lilo -M /dev/sdb mbr ( info) Write Windows 7 MBR on the USB stick (also works for windows 8), multiple options here: # cfdisk /dev/sdb or fdisk /dev/sdb (partition type 7, and bootable flag) Delete all partitions, create a new one taking up all the space, set type to NTFS (7), and remember to set it bootable: Grub is installed there!)Ĭheck what device your USB media is assigned - here we will assume it is /dev/sdb. Or alternatively, make sure lilo is installed (but do not run the liloconfig step on your local box if e.g. Install ms-sys - if it is not in your repositories, get it here. This works with the Windows 7 retail version. Basically, the missing step was to write a proper boot sector to the USB stick, which can be done from Linux with ms-sys or lilo -M. OK, after unsuccessfully trying all methods mentioned here, I finally got it working.
