Unable to write ISO — elevate as administrator by default.

JaredRichardWilliam commented 3 months ago

Issue

I've installed https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases/download/5.1.2/FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.1.2.exe on Windows 11 Pro build 22631.3958. Like https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-media-writer-failure-windows-11/109897/15, it's unable to write to my USB-A storage device:

I wanted to get some logs, but

#!/usr/bin/env -S pwsh
& "$Env:SystemDrive\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\mediawriter.exe"

spawns a new process independent of the shell.

Disk

I've solely tried the aforementioned storage device:

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          232 GB  1024 KB        *
  Disk 1    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB        *
* Disk 2    Online           14 GB    14 GB

DISKPART> select disk 2

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART>

States

I've tried it with and without a single-partition filesystem:

DISKPART> detail disk

SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Device
Disk ID: C74707FF
Type   : USB
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 4     E                       Removable       0 B  Unusable

DISKPART>

DISKPART> detail disk

SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Device
Disk ID: C74707FF
Type   : USB
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 4     F   NEW VOLUME   FAT32  Removable     14 GB  Healthy

DISKPART>

Responses

By the way, I might respond as @RokeJulianLockhart if need be — that is the actual author of this BR. I'm merely using my brother's account because it's his PC which is affected.

JaredRichardWilliam commented 3 months ago

https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/issues/723#issue-2459780601

Elevation

I've ascertained how to remediate this:

#!/usr/bin/env -S pwsh
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
& "$Env:SystemDrive\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\mediawriter.exe"

It needs to be automatically elevated.

Automatic Remounture by Explorer

However, note that some buggy behaviour is experienced:

Merely wait for the write to finish. Two black explorer.exe windows with attached formatting dialogs shall appear.

If you click "Cancel":

It shouldn't be automatically remounted by explorer (especially during the verification process) because most users shall chose to wipe it, as Windows recommends.

RokeJulianLockhart commented 3 months ago

https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/issues/723#issuecomment-2282907043

...and Fedora-KDE-Live-x86_64-40-1.14.iso fails verification:

Luckily, it boots and installs correctly otherwise.

Would be nice if dmesg (if that's what I'm looking at, with Plymouth disabled) were to state the key combination necessary to reboot from this state.

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