Constantly get: The wimupdate command failed to add peinstaller to boot.wim

[phuongnd08]

Setup:

• Which version of Windows you chose: Windows 11
• Raspberry Pi model: 5
• Name of SD card you tried to flash (some are too slow or too small): SamSung Evo Plus (130M/s)
• What day you first downloaded wor-flasher: yesterday
• What linux operating system you are using to run wor-flasher on. (Raspberry Pi OS, Twister OS, Debian, etc): Linux ubuntu2204 5.15.0-119-generic #129-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 2 20:37:01 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Procedure:

The linux system is a virtual one running on UTM. Attach USB SDcard Reader to Machine.
Step 1: Clone https://github.com/Botspot/wor-flasher
Step 2: Run ./install-wor.sh
Step 3: Choose Windows 11, en-us, pre-installer
Step 4: Getting error

[phuongnd08]

Error log:

Copying files to /dev/sda:
  - Startup environment
  - Installation files
`  - EFI files
  - PE installer
The wimupdate command failed to add /home/phuongnd08/wor-flasher-files/peinstaller to boot.wim
Errors:
[ERROR] "/media/phuongnd08/wor-flasher/bootpart/sources/boot.wim": Error reading header: Input/output error
ERROR: Exiting with error code 50:
       Could not read data from a file.

[WombleWoo7547]

From my understanding, this appears to be an issue where the Linux host cannot read the download boot.wim file. Try redownloading Windows 11 through wor-flasher, re-installing the UTM linux host, and if all else fails, use the Pi to image the Pi.

Most Pi 4s and all 5s have RPi-imager built in to the bootloader. Flash RPiOS to that and then use WoR flasher to image a USB stick with the PE installer, then use that to install onto the MicroSD. That would be the ideal solution to the problem, that's nearly always going to work (always nearly with computers :D).

As Linus Sebastian from the Tech Tips himself said: "Windows is a piece of st. Linux is a piece of st ... MacOS is also a piece of s**t"