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I'm trying to boot a USB with Windows-10 and making it bootable from Linux (Ubuntu).

For this purpose, I installed Woe-USB as a snap package. The USB drive is formatted to exfat.

I get this weird error:

sudo woe-usb.woeusb --device ~/Desktop/Win10_2004_EnglishInternational_x64.iso /dev/sdb
WoeUSB v@@WOEUSB_VERSION@@
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/snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb: line 918: /bin/mount: Permission denied
/snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb: line 899: /bin/mount: Permission denied
Mounting source filesystem...
mkdir: cannot create directory '/media/woeusb_source_1590608570_38263': Permission denied                                             
mount_source_filesystem: Error: Unable to create "/media/woeusb_source_1590608570_38263" mountpoint directory
/snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb: line 1302: /bin/mount: Permission denied                                                                 
mount_source_filesystem: Error: Unable to mount source media
Error: Unable to mount source filesystem                                                                                              
/snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb: line 899: /bin/mount: Permission denied                                                                  
You may now safely detach the target device

Any ideas?

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You got a /bin/mount: Permission denied mount_source_filesystem: Error: Unable to mount source media Error: Unable to mount source filesystem error. Connect the woe-usb:removable-media plug to the woe-usb:removable-media slot in order to enable USB devices to be mounted automatically by WoeUSB.

  1. Search for woeusb in Ubuntu Software and click it to go to the woe-usb screen.

  2. Click the Permissions button.

  3. Toggle the Read/Write files on removeable storage devices slider from OFF to ON as shown in the below screenshot.

  4. Authenticate with your user password when the Authentication Required window pops up.

woe-usb Permissions

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Install

Fix Permissions

It is happening because WoeUSB running under /snap "partition", to fix this, just copy it to a different location, for example:

sudo cp -v /snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb /usr/bin/

Usage

sudo /usr/bin/woeusb --device PATHTO.iso /dev/sdb --target-filesystem NTFS

Note: Make sure to change PATHTO.iso to the desired image, and /dev/sdb to the correct USB device (you can use sudo blkid to see your devices), and NTFS, otherwise, see the supported list.

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