Can't make a live USB using Linux subsystem

Asked Jul 18 '21 at 15:22

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I'm trying to install Linux-lite
Tried Rufus but uefi option didn't show up in boot sequence.
So I thought I would use the dd command using Linux bash on Windows.

Obviously lsblk doesn't work So I got the physical-name from PowerShell

Get-CimInstance  Win32_DiskDrive | Select Caption,DeviceID,InterfaceType,Size | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceType -eq "USB"}

Output

Caption                         DeviceID           InterfaceType        Size
-------                         --------           -------------        ----
SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 USB           15373048320

Which I tried in Linux terminal

sudo mkfs.vfat -I \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2

But I got this error

mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open \.PHYSICALDRIVE2: No such file or directory

I'm stuck here and I don't know how to move forward with installation.

asked Jul 18 '21 at 15:22

Roo Tenshi

But I will say that this looks like a duplicate of "Need help regarding dd command on Ubuntu app for windows 10", even though that was written before WSL2 was available. – NotTheDr01ds Jul 18 '21 at 22:30
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WSL is on topic y'all – Zanna Jul 19 '21 at 06:03
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Does this answer your question? How to create a bootable Clonezilla USB that works? – karel Jul 19 '21 at 06:04

Can't make a live USB using Linux subsystem

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