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How to make Windows 7 USB flash install media from Linux?

Install ms-sys - if it is not in your repositories, get it here. Or alternatively, make sure lilo is installed (but do not run the liloconfig step on your local box if e.g. Grub is installed there!)
Check what device your USB media is assigned - here we will assume it is /dev/sdb. Delete all partitions, create a new one taking up all the space, set type to NTFS (7), and remember to set it bootable:

# cfdisk /dev/sdb
or fdisk /dev/sdb (partition type 7, and bootable flag)

	#generate ECDSA key using secp256r1 (or as openssl knows it, prime256v1)
	#heed warnings about this curve: http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/
	openssl ecparam -out kelley.ca_ec_key.pem -genkey -name prime256v1

	#generate your CSR
	#note: Comodo PositiveSSL will issue the cert both with and without www. automatically if you prepend www to your CN
	openssl req -new -key kelley.ca_ec_key.pem-nodes -out www_kelley_ca.csr -keyout www_kelley_ca.key -subj "/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=John Kelley/CN=www.kelley.ca"

	#submit your CSR and follow instructions