Due to the nature of this hardware, this may actually be a unique issue but I’d like to see if there might be a way to get this working.
My desktop’s motherboard is an old MSI X58A-GD45 with an i7 quad core CPU and a dedicated Nvidia GTX 970 graphics card (no integrated video input)
This old motherboard runs something known as ‘2.2 TB Infinity’ in order to support the use of GPT partitions. From what I gather it appears to be some sort of EFI and I haven’t yet figured out if I can change anything on it beyond the boot device. Otherwise it comes with standard BIOS.
Currently the 2.2 TB Infinity is what my Windows 10 partition runs under, due to it being a requirement in order to utilize any of my hard drives with capacity higher than 2.2 TB. It is the only OS installed on this system.
The Goal
My goal is to install Manjaro onto a new SSD (Samsung 870) I added to my system under the 2.2 TB Infinity EFI with a dual-boot configuration, all of my attempts to even boot into the LiveUSB environment have failed. As of writing, the furthest I have gotten with this is to the GrubRescue screen but if I can’t get to that there is simply a black screen that may or may not just say ‘Grub’ on it.
Symptoms:
Attempting to boot to the LiveUSB environment results in either a GrubRescue instance or a hanging black screen on a confirmed 'Good' USB installer, the only OS installed on the system is Windows 10. The 'ls' command in GrubRescue for each storage device shows 'unknown filesystem'
Overall System Specs (From Speccy in Windows):
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz 119 °F
Bloomfield 45nm Technology
RAM
24.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 534MHz (7-7-7-19)
Motherboard
MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522) (CPU 1) 101 °F
Graphics
Standard Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
HP W2072a (1600x900@60Hz)
Standard Monitor (1920x1080@30Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (NVIDIA) 139 °F
Storage
1863GB Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 ATA Device (SATA) 94 °F
931GB Samsung SSD 870 QVO 1TB ATA Device (SSD) 87 °F
5588GB Western Digital WDC WD60EZRX-11MVLB1 ATA Device (SATA) 88 °F
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0 ATA Device (SATA) 99 °F
111GB KINGSTON SH103S3120G ATA Device (SSD) 90 °F
57GB USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 USB Device (USB)
So far I have taken the following actions in attempt to troubleshoot this:
Re-imaged the USB image using multiple different tools (including the DD terminal command with a Manjaro VM onto the USB drive) and tested it good on another system Attempted alternative imaging options using RufusUSB (DD mode/ISO mode) Attempted booting with the BIOS instead of 2.2 TB Infinity Attempted the commonly found fix for the unknown filesystem error commands for GrubRescue Attempted using the Windows bootloader to try and boot the USB device Disabled secure boot in BIOS/Windows Disabled fast boot in BIOS/Windows Attempted reinstalling Grub on the USB media using a Manjaro VM
Any ideas would be appreciated, let me know if you need any further info.