Getting "Missing Partition Table" Error while trying to create bootable USB from Manjaro

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I’m trying to create a bootable SD card for my Raspberry Pi. I tried using Balena Etcher to flash the ISO, but got the error “Missing Partition Table” when trying to create the media. At first I wondered if this was only an issue with the obscure ISO I had downloaded, so I didn’t do much to fix it. Then I needed to create a USB for Windows 10 to repair someone else’s computer and had the same issue. I don’t think it is an issue with the USB drive or SD card because it will give the error before I choose the drive to write to.

I am very willing to use a different program if Balena Etcher is the issue. I’m fairly new to Linux and don’t know what is available yet.

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The file you downloaded should be a .img.xz file, a compressed disk image, not an ISO. You should use the manjaro-arm-flasher, I believe it is in the x86_64 repo.

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I have used rpi-imager and mintstick-git without issue. Didn’t know manjaro had one too as has been mentioned…

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Do you know about the manjaro-arm-installer?

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This needs to be explained as it does not make much sense. What exactly are you trying to burn and where did you get it.

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That’s part of the tools for building the image?

I wish the architect installer could be adapted for arm so we could customize partitions… But I guess that’s off topic, sorry.

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The installer is a bash script, you can modify it to customize the partitions.

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