Balena Etcher Validation Step Issues

Hi,

I have been using Balena to flash my own Linux OS on a Windows computer and have recently run into errors at the validation step. It seems to pass validation when a previously-flashed-to-USB is used and I can format the USB to an ntfs file structure prior to the flash with Balena. A new usb that is unpartitioned but still formatted throws this error. On a second attempt to flash it, the grub partition is created from the first failed flash and I am able to format and pass validation. Is there a way to pass the first time?

I’ve tried the following:

  • completely new USB formatted to NTFS → failed
  • Unpartitioned and unformatted USB → failed