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Cannot BIOS boot Windows 10 1803/1809 on git
latest stable works fine, but it's broken on git.
Can't UEFI boot on either multibootusb but there's another issue open for that.
what do you mean "latest stable" vs "git", what versions? where did you obtain them? what OS are you running the multibootusb on? I'm trying to add window10-64 (1809) iso and but it wont boot from multibootusb created usb stick (ubuntu-18.04 will) I'm using https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/releases/download/v9.2.0/python3-multibootusb_9.2.0-1_all.deb (windows iso boots ok if burned direct on dvd-rw)
it wont boot from multibootusb created usb stick
And you're actually trying to BIOS boot it and not UEFI boot it?
Here's latest stable release - https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/releases
Here's latest git - https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb
Am running Arch, and am using the package manager for the stable version and AUR/multibootusb-git for the git version.
That said, seems like multiboot flash drives will always be wonky(see Rufus FAQ), so I decided to go for a more hardware approach and just use a Pi Zero (maybe W) to be fake mass storage, which should eliminate all issues with real mass storage multiboot.
https://gist.github.com/gbaman/50b6cca61dd1c3f88f41
Thanks for clarifying latest stable == release tag v9.2.0 and latest git == master/default branch I was trying to UEFI boot it (that seemed to work for the linux distros). There are a few other odd boot entries for the Win10 installer and I tried all of them. I wound up just going with dvd-rw iso burn. However found it still very useful for running several distributions from usb stick while keeping the usb stick still usable in general, so thanks to devs for multibootusb!
For Windows UEFI boot there's this issue - https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/issues/425
Even after MultibootUSB gets Windows images working properly, you can only have one installed at the time until Microsoft releases better images (good luck).
Easy2boot(proprietary!) has support for multiple Windows images and UEFI, but they do it in an extremely hacky way it seems - http://www.easy2boot.com/add-payload-files/adding-uefi-images/ hence why a HW solution is a better one for multiboot USB drive.
But now am getting OT.
Ok, so I can boot from legacy usb and windows 10 will boot from multibootusb, however it seems to result in an installation which is in BIOS, not UEFI mode - so now I will figure out if it's possible to convert existing BIOS install to UEFI. I guess I want to know if it is possible to boot win10-64 (even only one image per multibootusb stick) in UEFI, and if so maybe someone can share their tips on how to get it working?
ok so sorry for muddying the waters here.. i see the issue #425 is opened for UEFI boot.
@zerog2k I found this which describes converting Windows from MBR (BIOS) to GPT (UEFI).
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-convert-mbr-disk-gpt-move-bios-uefi-windows-10
