Post by Aleix PiulachsI had problems with parrot4.4_i386.iso and balenaEtcher 1.19.21, but I
uninstalled version 1.19.21 and installed balena1.18.11 and fixed it and
it worked
Older versions of BalenaEtcher may very well be vulnerable to several
exploits linked to the underlying Electron toolkit. Also the program
connects to the Internet during use, which makes it potentially more
vulnerable. I do not follow Balena development, but you would be well
inspired to make sure you are not using a vulnerable older release.
If Balena causes you problem I can offer my personal experience with
bootable flash drives: since I discovered Ventoy I never had to mess
around with dd or Balena or any other tools like that. I have one usb
flash drive with Ventoy installed on it (a GUI is provided), all the ISO
I want to test or use simply copied on the drive (the usb drive remains
usable as storage), and at boot time I can pick whichever I want. Tested
with Parrot, Debian live, Kali, Clonezilla and many others, and even
Windows installation media.
I am not in any way affiliated with Ventoy, just a grateful user.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html