molotov1

Overview

Molotov is a command line utility designed to create a bootable USB drive using a Windows ISO image. To use Molotov, you'll need a flash drive with sufficient storage space and a Windows image which can be obtained by downloading it from Microsoft's website.

- You need to have root access in order to perform the USB drive creation.

- Bear in mind that ALL data in your device will be deleted!

Examples

molotov -i Win10_22H2_BrazilianPortuguese_x64v1.iso -d /dev/sdc -v -u

Options

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options is included below.

-i, --iso-image FILE

Iso image to be used in the media creation

-d, --device DEVICE

Device where the image must be burnt, it must be a block device

-h, --help

Display the help message

-v, --verbose

Turn on verbose output

-V, --version

Print molotov's version and exit

-u, --uefi

Make an uefi-bootable media (default is legacy)

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Exit status

0

Success!

1

Some crucial internal function exited with the status 1, such as mkfs.ntfs or fdisk

2

Some crucial internal function exited with the status 2, such as mkfs.ntfs or fdisk

64

Unknown parameter

65

Missing required arguments, it happens when the user omits either the -i or -d flag

66

Iso image not found, when the user passes as argument a non-existent ISO image

67

Block device not found, when the user passes as argument a non-existent device

68

Indicates insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation.

Commonly occurs when attempting to write to a device that requires administrative privileges (root access).

Common causes:

- The current user does not have write access to the target device

- Device ownership is limited to root

- The user is not root