diff --git a/docs/msd.md b/docs/msd.md index 24ccb09..08f8035 100644 --- a/docs/msd.md +++ b/docs/msd.md @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Here some options: [root@pikvm ~]# kvmd-helper-otgmsd-remount ro ``` -??? example "Step by step: Creating DMG image for target macOS on a local macOS" +??? example "Step by step: Creating an image on a local macOS" 1. Open `Disk Utility`. @@ -339,20 +339,25 @@ does not recognize it correctly and even refuses to work with USB keyboard and m ----- -## Create a Windows based Flash disk image +## Making Windows Boot Flash Image An alternative version of this can be found below that does not require a physical usb flash -This procedure will create a disk image of a USB stick. This is mostly required for Windows based images since they are larger than the CDROM based limit of 2.2GB. +This procedure will create a disk image of a USB stick. +This is mostly required for Windows based images since they are larger than the CDROM based limit of 2.2GB. You can create a bootable USB stick with the normal Microsoft tools, e.g. Media Creation Tool. -Creating a bootable USB stick can also be made from an ISO file with other tools like Rufus. +Creating a bootable USB stick can also be made from an ISO file with other tools like [Rufus](https://rufus.ie). -Without resizing, the full size of the USB stick will be used, so keep the stick as small as possible (e.g. 4GB or 8GB) but still large enough for all Windows files. The Media Creation tool will tell you what the minimum size is. +Without resizing, the full size of the USB stick will be used, so keep the stick as small as possible (e.g. 4GB or 8GB) +but still large enough for all Windows files. The Media Creation tool will tell you what the minimum size is. -Before creating the image file, you can use a tool like "EaseUS Partition Master Free" or "GParted" to resize the main FAT32 partition on the USB stick. This will save space on PiKVM. +Before creating the image file, you can use a tool like +[EaseUS Partition Master Free](https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html) or [GParted](https://gparted.org) +to resize the main FAT32 partition on the USB stick. This will save space on PiKVM. -You can also perform these steps on a separate unix machine and transfer the image over to pikvm with e.g. SCP. -Or, on Windows you could use a program like PassMark ImageUSB (only for full USB size images) or 'dd' for Windows to create the image. Then use WinSCP to transfer the image over to PiKVM. +You can also perform these steps on a separate UNIX machine and transfer the image over to PiKVM. +Or, on Windows you could use a program like PassMark ImageUSB (only for full USB size images) +or `dd` for Windows to create the image. Once you have the desired USB stick perform the following on the RPi to create the image directly to the PiKVM image storage folder.