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The writer process ended unexpectedly

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Etcher version: 1.5.109
Operating system and architecture: Linux pop-os 5.4.0-7642-generic #46~1598628707~20.04~040157c-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 28 18:02:16 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Image flashed: raspberry pi OS Lite
Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

Error: EIO: i/o error, write
code: "EUNPLUGGED"
device: "/dev/sdc"
errno: -5
name: "Error"
syscall: "write"
message: "EIO: i/o error, write"
stack: "Error: EIO: i/o error, write"

{"stack":"Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly\n    at createError (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:63120:23)\n    at createUserError (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:63131:16)\n    at Server.<anonymous> (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:79338:28)","message":"The writer process ended unexpectedly","description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false,"image":"2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip"}

I also tried manually unzipping the archive and feeding the image to Etcher, with the same error result

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:22 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

3reactions

Floppycommented, Oct 12, 2020

Good to hear! First person to bisect and find the actual version where it breaks gets this cookie -> 🍪 😁

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michaelmcdonaldcommented, Oct 11, 2020

I rolled back a few versions, to 1.5.106, and had the same problem. Then I tried going way back, to 1.5.70, and it works! Something’s changed 😃

Confirmed this correct my issue as well. Every OS / card / USB port I tried failed. Rolled back to 1.5.70 and issue was fixed.

Running on macOS 10.14.6

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