RUFUS UEFI bootable USB stick

[Dave Rice]

Needed to create some bootable USB sticks, one DOS to update the BIOS and the other UEFI to install Ubuntu on a Gigabyte Brix.

The trail lead to a wonderful utility called Rufus http://rufus.akeo.ie/

It lets you use format the stick as GPT and you use an EFI aware ISO, like Ubuntu or Win 7+, to make it EFI bootable. For Ubuntu the advice was to also add a file called bootia32.efi in the /EFI/BOOT folder. Get it from http://tinyurl.com/omfc8f6

For DOS it has Freedos built in which did the job for the BIOS update – which nearly bricked the Brix. FFS how does a BIOS update that knackers booting from an internal drive get past testing?

[RSB]

Thanks for the info, welcome to forum and I like the new pig you have going on  :good:

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[Wheels-Of-Fire]

Hi Dave

Well I finally got here in the lifeboat from the MicroMart forums so I thought i should post something. Pitty I cant think of anything at the moment though. ?

[JayCeeDee]

Welcome Graham – glad you made it!! 🙂  :yes:

[blacklion1725]

This has reminded me what a great tool Rufus is – and last time I used it I noticed an option to create the ISO in “Windows -t0-Go” mode. Definitely have a tinker with it when time permits.

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