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Creating a Windows 11 Install USB in 2022

I have been installing Windows for a long time. Does it get easier? I want to say it gets easier, but it seems like there's always some new wrinkle! These instructions are as much a note to my future self as they may be useful to anyone else.

For me, I was not able to get any exfat-based installs, or even any of the GUI helpers to make this process any more straightforward. Maybe on your target Windows / host OS those helpers will work, but the below process (as of current year) is consistent, and not overly complicated.

Overview:

Downloading an official ISO image from MS:
- https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
Formatting the drive (at least 8GB) as GPT, and one FAT-format partition (aka MS-DOS)

Can use Disks or Disk Utilty for this

Use gh v0.11.0 or later for the "shell" aliases.

Run the following gh alias set commands for each operation. You can confirm the created aliases with gh alias list.

`gh listMilestones`

gh alias set listMilestones "api graphql -F owner=':owner' -F name=':repo' -f query='
    query ListMilestones(\$name: String\!, \$owner: String\!) {
        repository(owner: \$owner, name: \$name) {
            milestones(first: 100) {

Quick notes on installing Ubuntu with LUKS+LVM2

These are just some quick notes about installing Ubuntu to an encrypted partition (LUKS) with LVM2 on top of it. The installer GUI has an advanced option to do this, but it is only available if you select the Erase disk and install Ubuntu option. I wanted to use this setup while preserving dual boot with Windows.

You should probably follow the following guide, instead of my instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Full_Disk_Encryption_Howto_2019

TODO

Encrypt /boot partition (see the linked guide above).
Fix Windows boot loader, removed from GRUB after last update-grub.

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