On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:13:01 -0500, Knute Johnson wrote:

> First thing, don't unzip it.  Etcher doesn't care.
>
> Could Etcher see it or did if fail in process?
>
> On 11/4/2017 13:40, David wrote:
>> Just trying to install Raspbian on an SD card for my brand new Pi 3.
>>
>> As per the instructions I am using Etcher.
>>
>> It failed, and I thought that it was unable to unzip the archive
>> because it was over 4GB. However I used 7Zip to unzip, and Etcher still
>> reported that it was unable to access the image (which was on a network
>> drive).
>>
>> I've now copied it to a local hard drive (I try and keep everything I
>> can on the file server) and it seems to be working.
>>
>> Anyone any idea why Etcher can't flash from a network drive?

First thing I didn't unzip it. I only tried that when Etcher failed to
access the archive (although it could select it).

Sequence:

(1) Run Etcher against .zip file on the Z drive. Picked up by the GUI
prior to run. Failed to access at start of run.

(2) Unzip archive using 7Zip onto the Z drive. Select. Run Etcher. Failed
to access.

(3) Copy .img file from Z to local drive. Run Etcher. Select. Worked fine.

The only variation I haven't tried so far it to run Etcher on a local copy
of the .zip archive. I now assume that it will probably work but have no
real reason to test at the moment, although this would confirm that
network access not the archive was the initial problem.

Cheers


Dave R


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