First I have to say I really like Manjaro and it was on one of my computers for years. the problem started when I tried to upgrade the kernel and nothing worked, so I downloaded the current ISO to USB stick and upgraded the system. I also upgraded to BTRFS on that device.
Here is where it gets strange, when I select Manjaro from the Grub menu a page displays with three lines that start with the word error. when I hit the e key to edit a perfectly good boot page comes up but no matter what I do it will not respond or it will go to another distro on the menu. If I edit this file or not it won’t react, control-x will not save control -s also has no effect function 10 won’t boot, any Emacs commands do not work on this page.
trying not to install again (don’t know if it would delete the bad boot page and replace it) When I have installed Manjaro it always booted just fine but I have to update Grub to include the other distros and this time it just didn’t work
I don’t quite get what exactly does not work. Are you talking about live usb, or you did manage to install, and then if so what bootloader are you using. Grub from another OS will not play nicely with manjaro and probably won’t be able to boot it. Better use rEFInd for example, if you have so many OSes.
In any case you need to describe more clearly what you experience and what you have, especially since you have a complicated setup.
I installed the latest Manjaro from a usb stick (because it would not fit on a DVD) Everything worked fine. My main Distro is Tumbleweed (2 copies) and also on this drive is KDE Neon and Linux Mint. They all boot from /dev/sda1 Manjaro is installed on sdc1 (where I have installed it before)
/dev/sdb is mainly a backup drive. the bootloader for all of them has always been Grub now Grub2 there have been very few if any problems When anything is installed I have to update grub.config which keeps everthing in order When I run into a problem I could allways use the Open Suse Tumbleweed disk because it has an upgrade function on disk which I had to use to get my networking fully functional after some local internet problems should I add this to my original post? Thanks for responding
Please provide output of
inxi -zv8
Kernel: 7.1.6-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-7.1.6-1-default
root=UUID=2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0 splash=silent
mitigations=auto quiet security=selinux selinux=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.28.0
wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
Tumbleweed 20260805
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT PC
v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3647h serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: SH988UC#ABA uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: BIOS
vendor: Hewlett-Packard v: 786G7 v01.02 date: 10/22/2009
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.63 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (24.2%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 20 GiB note: est. slots: 5 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 4 GiB note: est.
Device-1: XMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s
volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: JEDEC ID:80 2C
part-no: 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D serial: <filter>
Device-2: XMM2 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s
volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: JEDEC ID:80 CE
part-no: M378B5673EH1-CH9 serial: <filter>
Device-3: XMM3 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s
volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: JEDEC ID:02 FE
part-no: EBJ20UF8BCF0-DJ-F serial: <filter>
Device-4: XMM4 type: no module installed
Device-5: SYSTEM ROM type: Flash detail: non-volatile size: 4 MiB
speed: N/A volts: N/A width (bits): data: 2 total: 2 manufacturer: N/A
part-no: N/A serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23)
stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1998 min/max: 1998/3166 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1998 2: 1998 bogomips: 12635
Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht
lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge
pni pse pse36 pti rep_good sep smx sse sse2 sse4_1 ssse3 syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008 ports:
active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2e12
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
alternate: fbdev,intel dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Acer A231H serial: <filter> built: 2011 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.643 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.302 y: 0.612 blue: x: 0.145 y: 0.067 white:
x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3") diag: 585mm (23")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1152x864,
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus wayland:
drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.1.6 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK) device-ID: 8086:2e12
memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 layers: 1 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
22.1.8 128 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 26.1.6 (LLVM 22.1.8)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3a6e
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k7.1.6-1-default status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 1100 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10de
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: temporary dynamic scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: KINGSTON_SV300S37A120G_50026B723702B3B0 maj-min: 254:0
type: MultiPath dm: dm-0 size: 111.79 GiB
Components:
p-1: sdb maj-min: 8:16 size: 111.79 GiB
Device-2: ST3808110AS_5LR5QTMG maj-min: 254:1 type: MultiPath dm: dm-1
size: 74.53 GiB
Components:
p-1: sdc maj-min: 8:32 size: 74.53 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.09 TiB used: 16.66 GiB (1.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000NM0033-9ZM173
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: GA0A scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: BBF1 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3808110AS
size: 74.53 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: H scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NS95 rev: RN01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-2: /.snapshots raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-3: /boot/grub2/i386-pc raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-4: /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi raw-size: 275.88 GiB
size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4 label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-5: /home raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-6: /opt raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-7: /root raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-8: /srv raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-9: /usr/local raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
ID-10: /var raw-size: 275.88 GiB size: 275.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.66 GiB (6.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: Tumble 1 uuid: 2a0ab234-7f77-4e4e-8e6f-61def9d09db0
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: 4916a97d-5fe9-4e90-90ca-553194667dbc
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: KINGSTON_SV300S37A120G_50026B723702B3B0 size: 111.79 GiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1 mapped: ST3808110AS_5LR5QTMG
size: 74.53 GiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 254:2
mapped: KINGSTON_SV300S37A120G_50026B723702B3B0-part1 size: 37.75 GiB
fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: d8ad8d30-1b2f-4769-9255-72e3afb216a4
ID-4: /dev/dm-3 maj-min: 254:3
mapped: KINGSTON_SV300S37A120G_50026B723702B3B0-part2 size: 27.42 GiB
fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: 4b6bfce2-c9bb-465d-876c-6fae665b465c
ID-5: /dev/dm-4 maj-min: 254:4
mapped: KINGSTON_SV300S37A120G_50026B723702B3B0-part3 size: 46.63 GiB
fs: ext4 label: Backup Manjaro
uuid: 9f235118-75d4-4dd8-8c1e-307e4e9da2f0
ID-6: /dev/dm-5 maj-min: 254:5 mapped: ST3808110AS_5LR5QTMG-part1
size: 74.53 GiB fs: btrfs label: N/A
uuid: 319a4353-85af-4899-b053-b52ce08caf63
ID-7: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 8 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-8: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 174.28 GiB fs: ext4 label: Tumb 1 Back
uuid: e44735d6-543c-4c96-b375-ece69fa21546
ID-9: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 156.17 GiB fs: ext4 label: Neon 5
uuid: d2976e4e-4eb3-4f0d-b642-ab72f417dc0c
ID-10: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 size: 165.13 GiB fs: ext4
label: Mint 7 uuid: 770e20a0-5617-4847-ac02-b75b2421c102
ID-11: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 size: 158.04 GiB fs: btrfs label: Tumble 2
uuid: ac615e76-b6db-4f2d-ad60-17aaefe5f27a
ID-12: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 37.75 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: d8ad8d30-1b2f-4769-9255-72e3afb216a4
ID-13: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 27.42 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 4b6bfce2-c9bb-465d-876c-6fae665b465c
ID-14: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 46.63 GiB fs: ext4
label: Backup Manjaro uuid: 9f235118-75d4-4dd8-8c1e-307e4e9da2f0
ID-15: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 74.53 GiB fs: btrfs label: N/A
uuid: 319a4353-85af-4899-b053-b52ce08caf63
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-1:5 info: NEC HighSpeed Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0409:005a class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1.1:6 info: Logitech Mouse type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 046d:c077 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-1.2:7 info: Holtek Keyboard LKS02 type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 04d9:1702 class-ID: 0300
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 7-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 8-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2674 pm: rpm pkgs: 2651 libs: 1287 tools: yast,zypper pm: flatpak
pkgs: 23
Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-non-oss.repo
1: download.opensuse.org-non-oss ~ http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/
Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-oss.repo
1: download.opensuse.org-oss ~ http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/
Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed.repo
1: download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed ~ http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/
No active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/openSUSE-20260731-0.repo
No active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-debug.repo
Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-openh264.repo
1: repo-openh264 ~ http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed
No active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-source.repo
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 244
1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 3292 mem: 3.91 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 0.7% command: konsole pid: 3225 mem: 124.4 MiB (1.5%)
3: cpu: 0.3% command: plasmashell pid: 1614 mem: 363.3 MiB (4.6%)
4: cpu: 0.2% command: kwin_wayland pid: 1332 mem: 213.0 MiB (2.7%)
5: cpu: 0.1% command: systemd pid: 1 mem: 42.5 MiB (0.5%)
Memory top: 5 of 244
1: mem: 363.3 MiB (4.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 1614 cpu: 0.3%
2: mem: 277.4 MiB (3.5%) command: DiscoverNotifier pid: 1743 cpu: 0.1%
3: mem: 213.0 MiB (2.7%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 1332 cpu: 0.2%
4: mem: 124.4 MiB (1.5%) command: konsole pid: 3225 cpu: 0.7%
5: mem: 117.2 MiB (1.5%) command: polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
pid: 1650 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
Processes: 244 Power: uptime: 0h 36m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.03 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 261 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.3.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.41
sam2@loui-hpcompaq8000elite:~>
Mod edit: removed double asterisks ** & escape backslashes \ from terminal output to improve readability
Yes, provide inxi. But i think i see where this one is going.
So i suspected right. You are trying to use the Suse Grub to boot manjaro. This might or might not work, there is no guarantee.
Alternative to using a completely different loader would be to try using manjaro grub to boot the others (no guarantee too) or switching to Unified kernel images and skipping the bootloader altogether, the firmware will directly boot the kernel then.
If you do not want to bother with complicated configs, just keep manjaro on a separate disk, with its own efi partition so that there is no other influences…and boot from the firmware selecting the manjaro disk.
p.s.
one time free of charge formatting from me, but next time use the code button/tags
p.p.s. actually better paste it again, since you are using some fancy™ 
terminal like zsh (yeah it is the default i know) or fish and the formatting is pasted too.
Assuming you have a fully qualified UEFI system, and your boot mode is also UEFI rather than Legacy boot, you might find the following of interest. Once you’ve used a Ventoy USB you might wonder how you ever managed without it: