Unexpected partitions after writing image to USB NVME Drive

Hi guys,

Scratching my head here.

Trying to write ANY image file to my new NVME USB device results in some very strange partition structure after the write. No errors are received on screen and it validates OK.

Tried without success:
MacOS etcher (latest)
Windows etcher (latest)
Use diskpart to CLEAN drive
pre format as NTFS
pre format as FAT32
different USB ports
various image files

Regardless of the image used or the steps taken above, the resulting partition structure looks like:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/704640082170085396/871439054221246485/unknown.png

Log:

index.css:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:13 (electron) The remote module is deprecated. Use https://github.com/electron/remote instead.
log @ electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:13
gui.js:90441  _____ _       _
|  ___| |     | |
| |__ | |_ ___| |__   ___ _ __
|  __|| __/ __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
| |___| || (__| | | |  __/ |
\____/ \__\___|_| |_|\___|_|

Interested in joining the Etcher team?
Drop us a line at join+etcher@balena.io

Version = 1.5.121, Type = dmg
gui.js:58408 Sun Aug 01 2021 20:40:18 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time) Application start ({"packageType":"dmg","version":"1.5.121","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c340dc95-a65b-4a13-9bc7-6cd43912da87","flashingWorkflowUuid":"e8c0c07a-394d-4594-b360-242084dd9046"})
gui.js:51110 Sun Aug 01 2021 20:40:40 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time) Open image selector ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c340dc95-a65b-4a13-9bc7-6cd43912da87","flashingWorkflowUuid":"e8c0c07a-394d-4594-b360-242084dd9046"})
gui.js:51110 Sun Aug 01 2021 20:40:55 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time) Select image ({"image":{"size":3980394496,"name":"2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf.img","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":4194304,"size":268435456,"type":12,"index":1},{"offset":272629760,"size":3707764736,"type":131,"index":2}],"extension":"img","path":"/Volumes/1TB WD/2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf.img","logo":false,"blockMap":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c340dc95-a65b-4a13-9bc7-6cd43912da87","flashingWorkflowUuid":"e8c0c07a-394d-4594-b360-242084dd9046"})
gui.js:51110 Sun Aug 01 2021 20:41:03 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time) Flash ({"image":{"size":3980394496,"name":"2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf.img","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":4194304,"size":268435456,"type":12,"index":1},{"offset":272629760,"size":3707764736,"type":131,"index":2}],"extension":"img","path":"/Volumes/1TB WD/2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf.img"},"drives":[{"size":500107862016,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":4096,"raw":"/dev/rdisk3","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk3","blockSize":4096,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":false,"device":"/dev/disk3","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/Untitled","label":"Untitled"}],"description":"Netac Mobiledatastar Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"d912d44d-02a7-498b-b799-87148491233a","status":"started","flashInstanceUuid":"d912d44d-02a7-498b-b799-87148491233a","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c340dc95-a65b-4a13-9bc7-6cd43912da87","flashingWorkflowUuid":"e8c0c07a-394d-4594-b360-242084dd9046"})
gui.js:51110 Elevating command: /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Frameworks/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer) /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app-x64/generated/child-writer.js
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gui.js:51110 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-1643, socket root /var/folders/41/k1h79w5578g859xhk9mf0ldm0000gn/T/
gui.js:51110 Image: /Volumes/1TB WD/2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf.img
gui.js:51110 Devices: /dev/disk3
gui.js:51110 Auto blockmapping: true
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Any advice please? Ive been at this for days now!

Flashing software, including Etcher, only write what is provided by the image itself, including the partition table. Which image are you using?

Hi @Ereski,

Thanks for your response.

I have tried a number of images. A retropie image and various RaspberyPiOS images.

Doesnt seem to matter. ever write results as above :frowning:

In “normal” SD Card installations of Raspbian (now known as RaspberryPi OS), the image is written to the SD Card, and only upon first boot is the automatic expansion of the partition to fill the remaining available space performed. The image itself is not written by Etcher as taking up the full available space of the drive…it happens by Raspbian. I am wondering if that automatic resizing is not occurring / working properly when attempting to boot directly from your USB drive (which I assume is what you are doing here). If you run sudo raspi-config and navigate to Advanced, there is the option to resize the filesystem and expand it to the full space of the drive. Perhaps give that a try. Thanks!