# cfdisk /dev/sdb or fdisk /dev/sdb (partition type 7, and bootable flag) Delete all partitions, create a new one taking up all the space, set type to NTFS (7), and remember to set it bootable: Grub is installed there!)Ĭheck what device your USB media is assigned - here we will assume it is /dev/sdb. Or alternatively, make sure lilo is installed (but do not run the liloconfig step on your local box if e.g. Install ms-sys - if it is not in your repositories, get it here. This works with the Windows 7 retail version. Basically, the missing step was to write a proper boot sector to the USB stick, which can be done from Linux with ms-sys or lilo -M. OK, after unsuccessfully trying all methods mentioned here, I finally got it working.
