From c69b2fa053241d6d32073df09c363b1f9d2b7f85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexis Svinartchouk <alexis@resin.io>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:29:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Warn when the source drive has no partition table

Changelog-entry: Warn when the source drive has no partition table
Change-type: patch
---
 .../app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx   | 9 +++++++++
 lib/shared/messages.ts                                   | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx b/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
index de877671..6f73c112 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
@@ -419,6 +419,15 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 						}
 					}
 				} else {
+					if (selected.partitionTableType === null) {
+						analytics.logEvent('Missing partition table', { selected });
+						this.setState({
+							warning: {
+								message: messages.warning.driveMissingPartitionTable(),
+								title: 'Missing partition table',
+							},
+						});
+					}
 					metadata = {
 						path: selected.device,
 						displayName: selected.displayName,
diff --git a/lib/shared/messages.ts b/lib/shared/messages.ts
index 9bdd3372..c0c1e81c 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/messages.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ export const warning = {
 		].join(' ');
 	},
 
+	driveMissingPartitionTable: () => {
+		return outdent({ newline: ' ' })`
+			It looks like this is not a bootable drive.
+			The drive does not appear to contain a partition table,
+			and might not be recognized or bootable by your device.
+		`;
+	},
+
 	largeDriveSize: () => {
 		return 'This is a large drive! Make sure it doesn\'t contain files that you want to keep.';
 	},