Short story, I have an old MacBook pro (2014) with Osx still installed and Manjaro XFCE running on another partition. XFCE started being just buggy so I decided to clean the Osx partition and do a totally fresh install with Manjaro i3
I chose to let the installer delete the old partitions and create a 8gb swap partition. I got wifi working earlier in the installer boot menu but not during the actual installer.
I got this message after the installation from the USB stick was almost finished:
" The bootloader could not be installed. The installation command
At least on macbooc Pro 9.2 there is a solution for wifi here
Maybe at least say what macbook is it exactly (inxi -zv8)
And i am pretty sure there is some special procedure for the bootloader EFI tooā¦it is a Mac after allā¦
Try to connect a phone with usb cable and see if you will get internet with tethering, it will make your life easier. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MacBookPro11,x#Wi-Fi
So now we know that you have to update to kernel 66 and then install linux66-broadcom-wl for the wifi to work. On the same page there is something about the bootloader too.
Ok thanks! I also found some threads about my specific wifi chip. Iāll check that later. Now Iām off to buy some food and beer!
Iāll check this thread later tonight
Thanks again
EDIT: it worked to let my phone tether share internet with the MacBook. Altho the browser in the installer, pale moon, isnāt good enough to let this forum sign me in so I still have to write everything on my phone. But atleast I can surf most pages and try to learn what to do and learn how I can make the Manjaro i3 USB installer work with the bootloader stuff.
Iām still no near finding out what to do but I gotta have a working laptop Otherwise Iāll go to a friend tomorrow and make a Manjaro xfce usb stick again
EDIT2: I guess what I need to do is set some GRUB parameters in the boot menu before the actual installer loads?