converter

A basic UUP converter aimed for Linux users who don't have access to any Windows machine, but want or need to create ISO image for latest Windows Insider version downloaded from UUP dump.

Usage

./convert.sh [compression] [uups_directory]

Compression options:

wim - standard compression
esd - solid compression

Usage examples

./convert.sh - starts conversion using files from UUPs directory and creates ISO image with install.wim
./convert.sh esd - starts conversion using files from UUPs directory and creates ISO image with install.esd
./convert.sh wim MyUUP - starts conversion using files from MyUUP directory and creates ISO image with install.wim

Requirements

This script uses the following commands to do its work:

cabextract - to extract cabs
wimlib-imagex - to export files from metadata ESD
chntpw - to modify registry of first index boot.wim
genisoimage - to create ISO image

If you use Debian or Ubuntu you can quickly install these using the following command:

sudo apt-get install cabextract wimtools chntpw genisoimage