Bug 1942698 - Fedora mediawriter fails to create bootable flash drive from ISO
Summary: Fedora mediawriter fails to create bootable flash drive from ISO
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mediawriter
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Martin Bříza
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 1942893 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-24 18:35 UTC by Geraldo Simião
Modified: 2021-04-07 15:39 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mediawriter-4.2.1-2.fc34 mediawriter-4.2.1-2.fc33
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Last Closed: 2021-04-03 01:27:16 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
screen capture when trying to write iso to flash drive (482.87 KB, video/mp4)
2021-03-24 18:35 UTC, Geraldo Simião
no flags Details

Description Geraldo Simião 2021-03-24 18:35:20 UTC
Created attachment 1766004 [details]
screen capture when trying to write iso to flash drive

Description of problem:
After the last update (https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5 ) mediawriter fail to create a valid bootable flash drive from a custom iso (video atached)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mediawriter-4.2.1-1.fc34
Fedora 34 KDE beta 1.3 iso with all recent updates

How reproducible:
Allways


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start mediawriter and attach a flash drive to the usb port
2. Select a ISO image to burn
3. Click on start button

Actual results:

An message displaying "ERROR" on the mediawriter status window (see file attached)


Expected results:
Bootable pendrive sucessfully created

Additional info:
After that I runned sudo dnf dg mediawriter and it downgraded to version 4.2.0-1 and get working again.
Tested that on Fedora 33 kde too and the same happens.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2021-03-25 07:12:03 UTC
FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd has been submitted as an update to Fedora 33. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2021-03-25 07:12:04 UTC
FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd has been submitted as an update to Fedora 33. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2021-03-25 07:12:34 UTC
FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 34. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5

Comment 4 Jan Grulich 2021-03-25 10:06:01 UTC
*** Bug 1942893 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Geraldo Simião 2021-03-25 13:05:33 UTC
After update to the new build (mediawriter-4.2.1-2.fc34) the bug is now fixed, all works as expected. Thanks Jan Grulich :D

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2021-03-26 01:34:05 UTC
FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd has been pushed to the Fedora 33 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2021-03-26 18:33:23 UTC
FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5 has been pushed to the Fedora 34 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Geraldo Simião 2021-03-29 19:13:25 UTC
After the updates mediawriter works correctly again. Bug fixed! Thanks :D

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2021-04-03 01:27:16 UTC
FEDORA-2021-7bbf1866b5 has been pushed to the Fedora 34 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2021-04-07 15:39:08 UTC
FEDORA-2021-ffcda1b1fd has been pushed to the Fedora 33 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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