Create bootable Windows 11 USB in Linux

commands.sh

# usb drive: /dev/sdg

# Format your USB flash drive
wipefs -a /dev/sdg

parted /dev/sdg
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) mkpart BOOT fat32 0% 1GiB
(parted) mkpart INSTALL ntfs 1GiB 10GiB
(parted) quit

parted /dev/sdg unit B print

# Mount Windows ISO somewhere
mkdir /mnt/iso
mount /tmp/Win11_24H2_Polish_x64.iso /mnt/iso/

# Format 1st partition of your USB flash drive as FAT32
mkfs.vfat -n BOOT /dev/sdg1
mkdir /mnt/vfat
mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/vfat/

# Copy everything from Windows ISO image except for the sources directory there
rsync -r --progress --exclude sources --delete-before /mnt/iso/ /mnt/vfat/

# Copy only boot.wim file from the sources directory, while keeping the same path layout
mkdir /mnt/vfat/sources
cp /mnt/iso/sources/boot.wim /mnt/vfat/sources/

# Format 2nd partition of your USB flash drive as NTFS
mkfs.ntfs --quick -L INSTALL /dev/sdg2
mkdir /mnt/ntfs
mount /dev/sdg2 /mnt/ntfs/

# Copy everything from Windows ISO image there
rsync -r --progress --delete-before /mnt/iso/ /mnt/ntfs/

# Unmount the USB flash drive and Windows ISO image
umount /mnt/ntfs
umount /mnt/vfat
umount /mnt/iso
sync

# Power off your USB flash drive
udisksctl power-off -b /dev/sdg