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Error when creating Linux boot images.

See original GitHub issue

Etcher version: 1.5.50-x64.AppImage
Operating system and architecture: Both Debian 64-bit and macOS latest edition
Image flashed: Trying to flash various Linux install ISOs.
Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? I attached my log. Not sure if that helps.

I keep getting a message saying the following after verification step:

“Something went wrong. If it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted.” -1561517786134.log

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:38 (9 by maintainers)

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blesspronexiscommented, Oct 13, 2019

I have the same issue on the Latest MacOS Catalina 10.15. The solution is to run balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher as sudo.

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rasyadhscommented, Jul 5, 2019

Have you tried this solution? #2833 https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2833#issuecomment-505145234 This lazy steps work for me.

Workaround: Moving your image inside balenaEtcher.app seems to do the trick. You can do this by selecting “Show Package Contents” on balenaEtcher.app and dragging your image inside of it. Then you can select your image as usual from Finder and the flashing will go ahead. Make sure you select the image inside balenaEtcher.app