Why the fuck does dd'ing a Windows 11 install ISO to a thumbdrive not work, but Ventoy handles it fine?

I'm unusually grumpy about this. This is basic shit that should work.

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@zorinlynx Windows .iso files are meant to be burned on a DVD, so they only make them to boot that way (a bootloader is not included like on linux distros). :bunhd:

Ventoy is a bootloader, which handles booting from the usb drive. :abunhd:

@DeltaWye @corrupt @zorinlynx I was going to suggest Unetbootin but apparently it doesn’t support making windows boot drives… I swear it did?

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