docs: ubuntu iso's hybrid format and parted warnings (#585)

Document that `parted` warnings about invalid GPT and physical block
size issues can be safely ignored as they are a consequence of "hybrid
iso's".

Fixes: https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/issues/312
Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti <jviottidc@gmail.com>
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@ -16,4 +16,35 @@ To deactivate this feature, `touch` any of the files listed below:
- `/usr/share/appimagekit/no_desktopintegration`
- `/etc/appimagekit/no_desktopintegration`
Flashing Ubuntu ISOs
--------------------
Ubuntu images (and potentially some other related GNU/Linux distributions) have
a peculiar format that allows the image to boot without any further
modification from both CDs and USB drives.
A consequence of this enhancement is that some programs, like `parted` get
confused about the drive's format and partition table, printing warnings such
as:
> /dev/xxx contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table.
> However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should.
> Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT
> partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an
> msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table? Both the primary and
> backup GPT tables are corrupt. Try making a fresh table, and using Parted's
> rescue feature to recover partitions.
***
> Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes,
> but Linux says it is 512 bytes.
All these warnings are **safe to ignore**, and your drive should be able to
boot without any problems.
Refer to [the following message from Ubuntu's mailing
list](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033495.html) if
you want to learn more.
[appimage]: http://appimage.org