[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] Add hint about Etcher to Install from USB

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 4/12/19 11:24 AM, Dominic Jäger wrote:
> Since version 1.5.0 Etcher reports that PVE ISOs are not bootable even though
> it works without further problems.
> While I'm resolving this we might want to give users a hint.

with resolving do you mean that you plan to bring this upstream? because it
seems the error comes from them seeing that we are neither windows, nor have
a MBR here[0], and thus warn There MBR check should rather be MBR or GPT, as
both are valid nowadays and we use the latter and want to keep doing that :-)

[0]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/58de7375a26a2073f70fe5454d6a69de93a3029a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/controllers/image-selection.js#L92

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominic Jäger <d.jaeger at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pve-usbstick.adoc | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pve-usbstick.adoc b/pve-usbstick.adoc
> index 5eb9132..7cc3dbd 100644
> --- a/pve-usbstick.adoc
> +++ b/pve-usbstick.adoc
> @@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ Instructions for Windows
>  
>  Download Etcher from https://etcher.io , select the ISO and your USB Drive.
>  
> +Current Etcher versions report "It looks like this is not a bootable
> +image" when selecting Proxmox VE ISO images. This can safely be ignored.
> +Flashing will work nonetheless. 
> +
>  If this doesn't work, alternatively use the OSForensics USB
>  installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
>  
>